Daily Mail And General Trust Acquires New Scientist For GBP 70 Mln LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Daily Mail & General Trust Plc. (DMGT.L) said that its Consumer Media business, dmg media, has acquired New Scientist, science publishing title, from a consortium of individual investors led by Bernard Gray, for 70 million pounds in cash. New Scientist has a large and growing international readership, with a weekly circulation of about 120,000, of which just over half are UK-based. In 2021, the business is expected to generate cash operating income and operating profit of about 7 million pounds and revenues are expected to exceed 20 million pounds. Copyright RTT News/dpa-AFX