Northern & Shell
Northern & Shell (holding company name Northern and Shell Network Ltd) is a British publishing group, founded in December 1974 and owned since then by Richard Desmond. Formerly a publisher of pornographic magazines including Penthouse and Asian Babes, it published the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and Daily Star Sunday, and the magazines OK!, New! and Star until these were sold to Trinity Mirror in February 2018. Northern & Shell also owned three entertainment television channels: Channel 5, 5* and 5USA until 2015. It owned Portland TV, which operates pornographic TV channels including Television X and Red Hot TV; the company sold Portland in April 2016.
The Northern & Shell Building in front of Tower 42, with 20 Fenchurch Street under construction, in August 2012. | |
| Company type | Limited company |
|---|---|
| Founded | December 1974 |
| Founder | Richard Desmond |
| Headquarters | Lower Thames Street London, EC3 United Kingdom |
| Services | Publishing and television |
| Owner | Richard Desmond |
| Website | www.northernandshell.co.uk |
Northern & Shell has operated The Health Lottery in the UK since it launched in 2011.