Private Eye cover depicting Desmond following his purchase of the Daily Express newspaper

Richard Clive Desmond (born December 8, 1951) is a British publisher, current owner of Express Newspapers and founder of Northern and Shell plc. Express Newspapers publishes the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Star on Sunday and Daily Star. Northern and Shell was notorious for publishing a large number of pornographic titles, such as Big Ones and Asian Babes, prior to their sale to Remnant Media in 2004. He is also the owner of the most popular pornographic television channels in the UK, the Fantasy Channel and Red Hot TV. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x710, 48 KB) Summary Cover of Private Eye magazine, depicting Richard Desmond, owner of Daily Express newspaper and various pornographic television channels. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x710, 48 KB) Summary Cover of Private Eye magazine, depicting Richard Desmond, owner of Daily Express newspaper and various pornographic television channels. ... Private eye may mean: Look up Private eye on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Private Eye a fortnightly British satirical magazine-newspaper, edited by Ian Hislop (as of 2005) A private investigator, a private detective for hire (see also crime fiction and detective fiction) Private Eye, a song by Alkaline Trio... The Daily Express is a conservative, middle-market British newspaper, currently tabloid, and it is owned by Express Newspapers, which is currently owned by Richard Desmond. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... Richard Clive Desmond (born December 8, 1951) is a British publisher, current owner of Express Newspapers and founder of Northern and Shell plc. ... The Daily Express is a conservative, middle-market British newspaper, currently tabloid, and it is owned by Express Newspapers, which is currently owned by Richard Desmond. ... The Daily Express is a British newspaper, currently tabloid, and it is owned by Richard Desmond. ... The Daily Star is a British tabloid newspaper. ... Pavonazzeto marble sculpture, see Erotic art in Pompeii Pornography (from Greek πορνογραφία pornographia — literally writing about or drawings of prostitutes) (also informally referred to as porn or porno) is the representation of the human body or human sexual behaviour with the goal of sexual arousal, similar to, but distinct from, erotica... Asian Babes is a British pornographic magazine which concentrates on depictions of women of Indian, Chinese, Japanese and Thai origin, with occasional depictions of women from other parts of Asia and the far East. ... Remnant Media is a British company which owns a variety of pornographic top-shelf magazines which were acquired from Richard Desmonds company Northern and Shell. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Television X is an adult television channel owned by Richard Desmond. ... Red Hot TV is a set of 8 British adult television channels. ...

From a Jewish background, Desmond grew up in north London and left school at 14. His first job was for Thomson Newspapers, working in classified advertisements. He moved on to another company and by the age of 21 owned two record shops. He acquired an interest in publishing and in 1974 published a magazine called International Musician. In 1982 he published a British version of the American pornographic magazine Penthouse. But his biggest publishing deal was the launch of celebrity magazine OK! in 1993. The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Desmond attracted controversy over his £100,000 donation to the Labour Party. Several prominent Labour members, including Clare Short, broke ranks to question whether the party should be accepting money from a publisher of pornographic magazines. The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Right Honourable Clare Short (born February 15, 1946) is a British Labour Party politician. ...

After buying Express Newspapers in 2000 for £125m, Desmond became embroiled in a bitter feud with Viscount Rothermere, publisher of the Daily Express's rival the Daily Mail. The Mail ran several articles describing Desmond as a pornographer and christening him "Dirty Desmond". This article is about the year 2000. ... Harold Jonathan Esmond Vere Harmsworth (born December 3, 1967) succeeded as the 4th Viscount Rothermere in 1998. ... The Daily Mail is a British tabloid newspaper, first published in 1896. ...

In April 2004, the Daily Express shifted its support from Labour to the Conservatives. On the same day Desmond caused a scandal by accusing the Daily Telegraph, which was then considering accepting a takeover offer by the German Axel Springer group, of giving in to Nazis. Desmond allegedly harangued the Telegraph's chief executive and associates in faux German at a business meeting and imitated Adolf Hitler, before erupting in a tirade of four-letter words. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article deals with The Daily Telegraph in Britain, see The Daily Telegraph (Australia) for the Australian publication The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper founded in 1855. ... Axel Springer (d. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ... (help· info) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 until his death. ...

Desmond currently lives in North London, on Bishop's Avenue. North London is that part of London which is north of the River Thames. ...