Digital First Media
Private | |
Industry | Media |
Headquarters | Denver, CO, USA |
Area served | New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico & California |
Key people |
CEO & President Steve Rossi CFO Michael Koren EVP Mac Tully |
Owner | Alden Global Capital |
Number of employees | 10,000+ |
Divisions | MediaNews Group & Journal Register Company |
Website |
www |
Digital First Media is a management company specializing in newspapers in the United States. It is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.[1]
It manages the MediaNews Group, Southern California News Group, Digital First Ventures, and 21st Century Media. Its website states it is "a business name of MediaNews Group".[2][3][4][5]
As of 2012, the combined newspapers and online media outlets managed by the company had 66.6 million readers.[6]
According to June comScore numbers, Digital First Media ranked No. 8 in comScore's General News Category ranking.
California
On March 21, 2016, a bankruptcy judge approved the sale of Freedom Communications and its two major newspapers, the Orange County Register and the Riverside Press-Enterprise to Digital First Media. The papers were integrated into Digital First Media's Los Angeles Newspaper Group, which was renamed the Southern California News Group on the same day.[7][8]
References
- ↑ "Leadership". Digital First Media. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
- ↑ Harden, Mark (December 13, 2011). "MediaNews Group manager, Digital First, to invest in tech startups". Denver Business Journal.
- ↑ Rainey, James (January 15, 2012). "News exec John Paton is out to stop the presses". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "Company Overview of Digital First Media Inc.". Bloomberg Businessweek.
- ↑ "Journal Register Company Announces The Creation of Digital First Media Inc." (Press release). Journal Register Company. September 7, 2011.
- ↑ Carey, Pete (May 4, 2012). "Digital First Media's chief says newspapers have key advantages in the struggle for readers and advertising". San Jose Mercury News.
- ↑ Talking New Media blog: "Bankruptcy judge approves Digital First Media purchase of Freedom Communications assets", by D.B. Hebbard21 March 2016.
- ↑ LA Observed blog: "Memo: LA News Group now So Cal News Group", by Kevin Roderick, 21 March 2016.