The company is based on the corner of Pennyburn Pass and Duncreggan Road, Derry.
The papers has different levels of success, the Sunday publication was and continues to be the only local paper published on a Sunday; however Derry on Monday was axed just two years later due to poor circulation figures and was replaced by an expanded City News.
In January 2004, Local Press Ltd, a holding company of investment firm 3i purchased the Derry Journal Group as well as the News Letter, a leading Northern Irish daily, from Trinity Mirror.
[2] In 2014, Johnson Press's Republic of Ireland titles were sold to Iconic Newspapers.
In addition to Derry Journal Newspapers, JPIMedia own several other local titles across Northern Ireland through the holding company Johnston Publishing (NI).