 It is owned by the North West of Ireland Printing and Publishing Company, which was established in 1901 by the Lynch family, who also own several other papers in the region including the "Ulster Herald", "Fermanagh Herald", "Strabane Chronicle", "Tyrone Herald", and "Gaelic Life".Its main competitors are the "Donegal Democrat" and "Derry Journal".The paper, despite a "rebranding" several years ago, continues to be known, for short, locally across the northern half of County Donegal as the "Derry People".