   independent news & media plc (inm) is a media organisation based in dublin, ireland, with interests in 22 countries on 4 continentsdublin, ireland: company website, group profile, retrieved 16 june 2008 worldwide. the company owns over 200 print titles, more than 130 radio stations, over 100 commercial websites and many billboard locations, and is a leading press player in five countries. the inm group of companies has been dominated by tony o'reilly and his family since 1973 â o'reilly was ceo until early 2009, one of his sons, formerly coo, gavin o'reilly, became ceo in early 2009, and two others were non-executive directors for many years.o'reilly resigned as ceo on the 19th of april 2012 and was replaced by the current coo, vincent crowley. o'reilly had come under pressure in recent months from two of inm's largest shareholders; businessman denis o'brien and financier dermot desmond. on april 26 2013 the company announced it had struck a deal with its bankers to exchange part of its debt for up to 20% of equity. the deal is subject to the sale of its south african newspapers, a reduction in staff levels of 10%, a capital raising, and the restructuring of the company's pension plan.  ==history== the company was formed as independent newspapers limited in 1904 by william martin murphy, as the publisher of the irish independent. in 1973 (sir) tony o'reilly acquired 100% of the "a" shares of the company from the murphy and chance families, and was later forced to bid for the "b" (non-voting) shares. the company was later floated on the irish stock exchange and london stock exchange. the group expanded overseas, acquiring interests in the uk, australia, new zealand, and south africa. in 1999, the company name was changed to independent news and media plc. while the o'reilly family and close allies still have a controlling interest (ove
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