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MediaNews Group, Inc.
 PROFILE
MediaNews Group makes news of its own as one of the nation's Top 10 newspaper firms. The firm has almost 50 daily and 100 non-daily publications in 10 states, including "The Denver Post" (80%), "The Salt Lake Tribune," and the "Los Angeles Daily News." MediaNews focuses on building newspaper clusters in specific geographic regions. It also operates Web sites for most of its daily papers and has expanded into television through the acquisition of KTVA in Anchorage, Alaska. The company is a venture of vice chairman and CEO Dean Singleton and chairman Richard Scudder, who began buying newspapers together in 1983.

 COMPETITION
The E. W. Scripps Company (SSP)
Gannett Co., Inc. (GCI)
Tribune Company (TRB)

 DEALS
Deal: MediaNews Group Buys Kearns-Tribune From AT&T Broadband
Date Announced: 12.01.00
Value of transaction (US $Mil): 0
Description: Newspaper company buys Salt Lake City's largest newspaper, which was was partially owned by the broadband unit of AT&T.

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: June
2000 Sales (mil.): 947.30
1-Yr. Sales Growth: (6.2)%
Employees: 8,939
Revenue per employee: $105,973.82

 KEY PEOPLE
• William D. Singleton
    CEO
• Ronald A. Mayo
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
1560 Broadway, Ste. 2100
Denver, CO 80202
US
Phone: 303-563-6360
Fax: 303-894-9327
Online: Web Site

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