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Trinity Mirror lands £1m Rugby World Cup deal

Trinity Mirror has landed a deal worth more than £1 million to produce programmes for the 2015 Rugby World Cup being staged in England.

rugby-world-cup-2015-logoSport Media, the Liverpool-based company which already handles matchday programmes for a range of Premier League and SPL football clubs, including Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Celtic, as well as being media partners with the Welsh Rugby Union, will produce all 48 programmes for the tournament, plus an official preview magazine.

Trinity Mirror’s regional newspapers will promote and market the tournament.

Bernard Lapasset, the chairman of Rugby World Cup, said in an official release: “The appointment of a publisher with significant digital and print reach is an important pillar of the Rugby World Cup 2015 outreach and engagement programme to ensure that the tournament is accessible by as many people as possible in the UK and beyond.

“Through an extensive portfolio of news and sports titles, Trinity Mirror is recognised as an innovative leader in its field and will play an important PR role for what promises to be an outstanding Rugby World Cup.”


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