[5] In February 1954, with the passage of the Television Act 1954, Associated Newspapers joined forces with Taylorfilms and Rediffusion (the latter being a division of BET plc) into forming Associated-Rediffusion, winning the rights for London's weekday ITV service.

However, Associated-Rediffusion eventually lost its rights into broadcasting within London during August 1967. dmg media publishes the following titles: On 27 April 2007, Associated Newspapers was ordered to pay undisclosed damages to Hugh Grant.

"[23] The publisher has also lost libel cases and paid damages to personalities including television presenter Thea Rogers,[24] and Oisin Fanning, former CEO of Smart Telecom.

[27] The statement claims that the paper misused private information, copyright infringement and breached the UK's Data Protection Act 2018.

[26] Prince Harry added that the legal action "hinges on one incident in a long and disturbing pattern of behavior" against his wife by British tabloid media.

[26] Associated Newspapers was ordered to pay damages of £120,000 and published two apologies, in April and May 2019, to a charitable organisation for wrongly claiming links to terrorism.