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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.0B
- Private
- US
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MediaNews Group is one of the largest newspaper companies in the United States situated throughout California, the Rocky Mountain region and the Northeast. We are privately owned and operate 57 daily newspapers in 12 states with combined daily and Sunday circulation of approximately 2.6 million and 2.9 million, respectively. Each of our newspapers maintains a Web site focused on local news content. These Web sites are hosted by MediaNews Group Interactive, our new media division, and are aggregated along with our content under the umbrella site www.newschoice.com. We also own a television station, a CBS affiliate in Anchorage, AK and operate radio stations in Texas.
Vice Chairman & CEO
William Dean SingletonNumber of Employees 10,000
Contact Information
101 W. Colfax Avenue
Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80202
303.954.6360
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Newspaper Publishers: 511110
Recent Events
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Report: MediaNews Group, Verve Wireless to partner on mobile news
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Verve Wireless Partners with A.H. Belo, Media News, Hearst, Cox Newspapers, Examiner.com and...
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MediaNews Group Northern California Selects Impact Engine as its Display Ad Platform Provider for Yahoo!...
News & Analysis
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Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Daily Gazette Company and Medianews Group
- 2007-05-22
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2007, or TDD, +1- 202-514-1888 WASHINGTON, May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today in U.S. District Court in Charleston, W.Va., alleging that the Daily Gazette Company and MediaNews Group Inc. MediaNews violated the antitrust laws when...
Paper merger gets nod Justice Department approves MediaNews
- 2006-08-01
Denver-based MediaNews Group Inc. got the go-ahead Monday to acquire the San Jose Mercury News and Contra Costa Times when federal antitrust regulators closed their review of the purchase. Dean Singleton, chief executive officer of MediaNews and publisher of this newspaper, said he expects the deal with...
DOJ Statement on Decision to Close Investigation of MediaNews's Acquisition of Contra Costa Times and San Jose Mercury News
- 2006-07-31
WASHINGTON, July 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement of the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division on its decision to close its investigation of MediaNews Group Inc.'s acquisition of The Contra Costa Times and San Jose Mercury News. The investigation focused on whether a combination of newspapers in...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Joseph J. Lodovic | President |
| David Bessen | CIO & Vice President |
| Ron Mayo | CFO & Vice President |
| Steven B. Rossi | COO & Executive Vice President |
| Anthony Tierno | Senior Vice President, Operations |
| Elizabeth A. Gaier | Senior Vice President, New Business Development |
| Michael R. Petrak | Senior Vice President, Marketing |
| Stephen M. Hesse | Senior Vice President, Circulation |
| Charles Kamen | Vice President, HR |
| David J. Butler | Vice President of News |
| Linda K. Bradford | Vice President of Shared Services |
| Michael Koren | Vice President & Controller |
| Michael Tully | President & Publisher, San Jose Mercury News & Vice President, California Bay Area News Group |
| Peter R. Vandevanter | Vice President Targeted Products |
| Steven M. Barkmeier | Vice President, Tax |
| James McDougald | Treasurer |
| Pat Robinson | Secretary |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| William Dean Singleton | Vice Chairman & CEO |
| Richard B. Scudder | Chairman |
| Howell E. Begle | Board of Directors |
| Jean L. Scudder | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | Vice Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Newspaper Agency Corporation | Chairman | Former |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | President | Current |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | CIO & Vice President | Current |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | CFO & Vice President | Current |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | COO & Executive Vice President | Current |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Operations | Current |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | Senior Vice President, New Business Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Circulation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | Vice President, HR | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | Vice President of News | Current |
| San Jose Mercury News | Editor and Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | Vice President of Shared Services | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | Vice President & Controller | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MediaNews Group, Inc. | President & Publisher, San Jose Mercury News & Vice President, California Bay Area News Group | Current |
| San Jose Mercury News | President & Publisher | Former |
| Knight-Ridder, Inc. | Vice President, Operations | Former |
| The Kansas City Star Company | Publisher | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MediaNews Group, Inc. | Vice President Targeted Products | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | Vice President, Tax | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | Treasurer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | Secretary | Current |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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| MediaNews Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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