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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$463.2M
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Journal Register Company is a leading U.S. newspaper publishing company. Journal Register Company owns 27 daily newspapers and 368 non-daily publications. Journal Register Company currently operates 239 individual Web sites that are affiliated with the Company's daily newspapers, non-daily publications and its network of employment Web sites. These Web sites can be accessed at www.journalregister.com. All of the Company?s operations are strategically clustered in seven geographic areas: Greater Philadelphia; Michigan; Connecticut; Greater Cleveland; New England; and the Capital-Saratoga and Mid-Hudson regions of New York. The Company owns JobsInTheUS, a network of 21 premier employment Web sites.
Chairman & CEO
Robert M. JelenicNumber of Employees 3,400
Contact Information
790 Township Line Road
Yardley, Pennsylvania 19067
(215) 504-4200
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Newspaper Publishers: 511110
News & Analysis
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Journal Register Company Enters Forbearance Agreement With Banks; Hires Chief Restructuring Officer
Journal Register Company (the "Company") (PINKSHEETS: JRCO) today announced that it has entered into a Forbearance Agreement and Amendment No. 3 (the "Forbearance Agreement") to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 25, 2006, as amended (the "Credit Agreement"), between the Company, the lenders party thereto (the...
Journal Register Company to Terminate SEC Reporting
Journal Register Company (PINKSHEETS: JRCO) announced today that it intends to file a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC in order to terminate registration of the Company's common stock and suspend its obligation to file current and periodic reports with the SEC. As previously announced, the...
Journal Register Company Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Craig Huber. Craig Huber Yes, good morning. A few questions. Can you discuss how your operations did add revenues in the month of December? Was it significantly worse than the whole quarter is the first question? Jim Hall Craig, we've...
Raindance Shares Surge as West Corporation Plans Acquisition.
M2 PRESSWIRE-8 February 2006-SessionsIR.com: Raindance Shares Surge as West Corporation Plans AcquisitionC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08022006 Stocks in the News: Knobias, Inc. (OTC: KNBS), Raindance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: RNDC), West Corp. (NASDAQ: WSTC), Journal Register Co. (NYSE: JRC), TheStreet.com Inc. (NASDAQ:...
Officials Sue Owner of Two Torrington, Conn., Newspapers over Labor Violations.
By David A. Smith, Waterbury Republican-American, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 6--Federal labor officials Monday said they filed suit against the publisher of two Torrington publications, alleging they did not pay reporters, photographers and other employees overtime and the federally ...
Journal Register Company Presents To Bear Stearns' Clients At Its New Suburban Philadelphia Production Facility
Business Editors TRENTON, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 23, 2002 Journal Register Company (NYSE:JRC) today presented to Bear Stearns' clients at Journal Register Offset, the Company's new suburban Philadelphia production facility. Journal Register Company management provided a tour of the facility and an update of its integration into the Company's Greater...
Journal Register Company Completes Sale of The Telegraph in Alton, Illinois to Freedom Communications, Inc
Business Editors TRENTON, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 24, 2000 Journal Register Company's (NYSE: JRC) previously announced sale of The Telegraph, located in Alton, Illinois, to Freedom Communications, Inc. was completed today. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. "We are confident that under Freedom Communications ownership, The...
Journal Register Company Announces Agreement to Sell The Telegraph in Alton, Illinois to Freedom Communications, Inc
Business Editors TRENTON, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 31, 2000 Journal Register Company (NYSE: JRC) announced today that it has signed a letter of intent to sell The Telegraph, located in Alton, Illinois, to Freedom Communications, Inc. The Telegraph has daily circulation of 28,000. The terms of the transaction were not...
Journal Register Company Announces Agreement to Sell St. Louis Weekly Newspaper Group to Pulitzer Inc
Business Editors TRENTON, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 26, 2000 Journal Register Company (NYSE: JRC) announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell the Suburban Newspapers of Greater St. Louis including the Ladue News to Pulitzer Inc. (NYSE: PTZ) of St. Louis for $165 million or approximately 12.9 times...
MERGERS/ACQUISITIONS/PARTNERSHIPS
The Journal Register Co. (Trenton, NJ) has acquired Connecticut Magazine from Communications International. Terms were not disclosed...Hearst Magazines International and Mondadori Editore in Italy have launched Hearst Mondadori Editoriale. The new company will publish its first magazine, an Italian edition of Cosmopolitan, next spring. HMI also recently introduced a Romanian...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Jean B. Clifton | President & COO |
| Julie A. Beck | CFO & Senior Vice President |
| Allen J. Mailman | Senior Vice President, Technology |
| Edward S. Condra | Senior Vice President, Operations |
| Thomas E. Rice | Senior Vice President, Operations |
| W. Wilson Dorward | Senior Vice President, Finance & Treasurer |
| Daryl Hively | Vice President, Interactive Media |
| John Collins | Vice President, Budget & Planning |
| Lee Carlson | Vice President, Advertising |
| Marc Goldfarb | Vice President |
| Michael Murray | Vice President, Circulation |
| William J. Higginson | Vice President, Production |
| Marisa L. Werkheiser | Director, Investor Relations |
| Ricardo A. Venegas | Treasurer |
| Burton B. Staniar | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Robert M. Jelenic | Chairman & CEO |
| Errol M. Cook | Board of Directors |
| Gary D. Nusbaum | Board of Directors |
| James W. Hall | Board of Directors |
| John L. Vogelstein | Board of Directors |
| Joseph A. Lawrence | Board of Directors |
| Laurna Godwin Hutchinson | Board of Directors |
| Stephen P. Mumblow | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Integrated Newspaper Systems, Inc. | President & CEO | Current |
| Journal Register Company | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Journal Register Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | President & COO | Current |
| Qsp, Inc. | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Journal Register Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Journal Register Company | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | CFO & Senior Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Senior Vice President, Technology | Current |
| Integrated Newspaper Systems, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
Edward S. Condra. Mr. Condra has been the Senior Publisher Suburban Philadelphia Cluster since May 2003. Mr. Condra started his newspaper career when he joined Journal Register Company in 1991 as a classified Sales representative at The Trentonian in Trenton, NJ. Mr. Condra was promoted to Publisher of The Troy Record in Troy, NY in 1997 and was also responsible for the total Capital-Saratoga Cluster from 1999 through 2000. In October 2000, Mr. Condra was promoted to Publisher of the Daily Local News in West Chester, Pa. Mr. Condra is a 1986 graduate of Kutztown University and began his career with The Yellow Book in Huntington Valley, Pa.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Senior Vice President, Operations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Senior Vice President, Operations | Current |
| Suburban Newspapers of Greater St. Louis | President & CEO | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Senior Vice President, Finance & Treasurer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Vice President, Interactive Media | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| New Haven Register, Inc. | CFO | Current |
| Journal Register Company | Vice President, Budget & Planning | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Vice President, Advertising | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Vice President | Current |
Michael Murray, age 57, is Senior Vice President of Circulation for the Company, a position he has held since October 2007. Mr. Murray was Vice President of Circulation since October 2002. He joined the corporate office in October 2001 as Corporate Circulation Director and has been with Journal Register Company since 1998 where he was the Circulation Director for the Daily Local News in West Chester, Pennsylvania. In early 1999, he was promoted to Circulation Director at the Delaware County Daily Times located in Primos, Pennsylvania. Mr. Murray has 39 years of newspaper management experience since beginning his career in 1969. His experience includes directorships at the Des Moines Register, and Asbury Park Press and Corporate Director positions with Thomson Newspapers and Ingersoll Publications. He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of DFM Associates, Inc., a Philadelphia based publishing and advertising company.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Vice President, Circulation | Current |
William J. Higginson, age 52, is Senior Vice President of Production for the Company, a position he has held since August of 2006. Mr. Higginson had been Vice President, Production since July 1995. He joined the corporate office in May 1994 as Production Director. Prior to that, Mr. Higginson was Production Director at the New Haven Register from 1990 to 1994 and Production Director at The Trentonian from 1989 to 1990. Mr. Higginson has 25 years of management experience in the newspaper industry.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Vice President, Production | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Director, Investor Relations | Current |
| Journal Register Company | Director, Investor Relations | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Treasurer | Current |
Burton B. Staniar, age 66, has been a director of the Company since May 2001 and currently serves on the Compensation Committee, the Corporate Governance Committee and the Audit Committee. Mr. Staniar is Chairman of Knoll, Inc. a global office furnishing company. Prior to joining Knoll, Inc. in 1994, Mr. Staniar was Chairman of Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, which operated television and radio stations, a television production company and cable programming ventures. He was named Chairman of Westinghouse Broadcasting Company in 1987 after previously serving as President of Group W Cable, Inc. Mr. Staniar has also held marketing and general management positions at Colgate-Palmolive Company and Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Mr. Staniar is a director at Knoll, Inc.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Knoll, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Westinghouse | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Warburg, Pincus, LLC | Managing Director, New York | Current |
| Warburg Pincus, LLC | Vice Chairman & Managing Director | Current |
| Flamel Technologies Incorporated | Director (Vice Chairman of Warburg Pincus) | Current |
| New York University | Trustee | Current |
| Flamel Technologies Incorporated | Board of Directors | Current |
| New Providence Asset Management Limited | Chairman | Current |
| Prep,Inc. | Chairman of the Board of Directors | Current |
| Journal Register Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Jewish Museum | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sharegift USA | Board of Directors | Current |
| New York City Ballet | Director | Current |
| Warburg, Pincus, LLC | Vice Chairman, New York | Current |
| NYU Stern School of Business | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Flamel Technologies, S.A. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Americans for Gun Safety | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ags Foundation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Congregation Emanu-El | Board of Directors | Current |
| Third Way | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Jewish Museum | Trustee | Current |
| Congregation Emanu-El | Trustee | Current |
| Third Way | Trustee | Current |
| Lazard Ltd. | Partner | Former |
| Mattel, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Information Holdings Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
Joseph A. Lawrence, age 58, has been a director of the Company since August 1997 and currently serves on the Audit Committee and as Chairman of the Compensation Committee. From June 1997 to January 1999, Mr. Lawrence was Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Qwest Communications International Inc. Prior to June 1998, Mr. Lawrence was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of LCI International, Inc. ("LCI"). Mr. Lawrence joined LCI in October 1993 as Senior Vice President of Finance and Development and Chief Financial Officer, assuming the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in August 1997. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Lawrence was Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration for MCI Communications Corporation's Consumer Markets division and from 1985 to 1990 was Vice President of Finance for MCI Communications Corporation's Mid-Atlantic division.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Board of Directors | Current |
Laurna Godwin-Hutchinson, age 48, has served on the Board of Directors since 2005 and is currently a member of the Compensation Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee. Ms. Godwin-Hutchinson is the President of Vector Communications Corporation, a public engagement and communications consulting firm that she co-founded in 1998. Prior to that time, Ms. Godwin-Hutchinson served as a broadcast journalist for nearly twenty years and is a three-time Emmy award winner and a 2006 recipient of the Quest Award from the National Federation of Press Women – Missouri affiliate for continued high standards of professional excellence. Ms. Godwin-Hutchinson is an active volunteer in community affairs, and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri; a trustee of the Greater St. Louis Community Foundation; and as a member of the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association and Women of Achievement.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Journal Register Company | Board of Directors | Current |
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