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Newsroom unions urge Lee to reject Alden’s offer
$144M purchase would make hedge fund owner of 30+ Va. newspapers
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A dozen Lee Enterprises newsroom unions, including three in Virginia, wrote an open letter to company management Monday, urging Lee to reject Alden Global Capital’s purchase offer of approximately $144
Alden Global Capital seeks to buy Lee Enterprises for $144M
Deal would see most Virginia newspapers owned by one company
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Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund that owns The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press in Virginia, has proposed purchasing Lee Enterprises, the Iowa-based owner of the Richmond Times-Dispatch and most other
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VPM Media Corp. purchases Style Weekly
Richmond weekly paper was shut down by owner in September
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VPM Media Corp., the parent company of Richmond-based VPM public television and radio stations, announced Thursday it has acquired Style Weekly, the Richmond publication that was closed down in September
Tegna confirms acquisition offers
Media reports: Apollo Global Management, mogul Byron Allen offering $8B+
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Tysons-based broadcast and digital media corporation Tegna Inc. has received acquisition bids of more than $8 billion from Apollo Global Management Inc. and media mogul Byron Allen, according to media
Richmond’s Style Weekly shuts down after nearly 39 years
Owned by Alden Global Capital, alt weekly newspaper will end with Sept. 8 issue
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After close to 39 years, the Richmond-based alternative weekly newspaper Style Weekly will shut down this week, Editor-in-Chief Brent Baldwin posted on Style’s Facebook page Tuesday. The publication’s closing came
VPM hires news director
Elliott Robinson was Charlottesville Tomorrow's news editor
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VPM, Central Virginia’s NPR and PBS public broadcasting affiliate, has hired former Charlottesville Tomorrow News Editor Elliott Robinson as news director. “We are thrilled that Elliott will be leading VPM
Nonprofit news site launches to cover SW and Southern Virginia
Cardinal Press' founding editor is ex-Roanoke Times Editorial Page Editor
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Cardinal Press, a new nonprofit digital news service covering Southwest and Southern Virginia, will begin publishing stories in late September, with Dwayne Yancey, former editorial page editor for The Roanoke
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DOUG DAVIS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND REGIONAL MANAGER, NEXSTAR MEDIA INC., PORTSMOUTH Davis is the point person in Virginia for the country’s largest broadcast television group. Based in Portsmouth, home
Gannett names first chief data officer
Nate Rackiewicz will oversee a customer data and analytics team
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McLean-based Gannett Co. Inc. named Nate Rackiewicz its first chief data officer, it announced Monday. Rackiewicz will lead a team to implement the company’s customer identity, data and growth analytics,
Reston-based Comscore expands Fox Corp. partnership
Fox will use Comscore's national TV measurement
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Reston-based media measurement and analytics company Comscore Inc. has made a multi-year agreement expanding and extending its relationship with Fox Corp., including using Comscore’s national TV measurement, it announced Friday.