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MediaNews Group, Inc. |
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PROFILE |
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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 |
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The E. W. Scripps Company (SSP)
Gannett Co., Inc. (GCI)
Tribune Company (TRB)
DEALS |
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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.
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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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 |
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William D. Singleton
CEO
Ronald A. Mayo
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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1560 Broadway, Ste. 2100
Denver, CO 80202
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Phone: 303-563-6360
Fax: 303-894-9327
Online: Web Site
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