To start a new section, hold down the apple+shift keys and click to release this object and type the section title in the box below. Figure 5. Top 10 UK Media Companies by profit margin Rank Company Profit margin (%)* Media Sub-sector 1 Auto Trader Limited 53% 2 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited 37% 3 Euromonitor International Limited 23% 4 NGC Europe Limited 21% 5 Newsquest Media Group Limited 21% 6 Argus Media Limited 20% 7 Sky plc 20% 8 UKTV Media Holdings Limited 19% 9 Which? Limited 19% 10 Pearson plc 18% * Excluded: EMI Music publishing finance (UK) Ltd. HM Publishers Holdings Ltd, Northern 4 Shell Media Group Ltd., and Reuters Ltd. as their profit margin is due to large disposals during the period. Advertising Television Information publishing Gaming News Film Music Magazines Social media Source: Company data, Deloitte analysis Media Metrics The state of UK media and entertainment 9
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