Established in 1834 by Joshua and Jacob De Cordova, the company's primary product is The Gleaner, a morning broadsheet published six days each week.

The principal activities of the company and its subsidiaries are the publication and printing of newspapers and radio broadcasting.

Then there are also motor contractors, rural agents, space writers, correspondents, freelance photographers and contributors.

[2] In 1898 it became a publicly registered company and is listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange.

Continued growth prompted the company to erect the present building at 7 North Street, where construction work on the plant commenced on 1 February 1967.