GateHouse Media
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GateHouse Media is a U.S. newspaper publisher, headquartered in Fairport, New York and owning daily, weekly and specialty newspapers, most with circulations lower than 20,000, in several U.S. states.
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[edit] History
Operating until mid-2006 as Liberty Group Publishing, based in Downers Grove, Illinois, the company founded its national presence on several small dailies and weeklies from Canadian firm Hollinger International. Liberty doubled its size when, in May 2006, it announced it would acquire Community Newspaper Company of Massachusetts, the publisher of four daily and almost 100 weekly newspaper in the Boston area. At the same time, Liberty bought Community Newspaper competitor Enterprise News Media.[1] By the end of the year, the company had also announced it would acquire Journal Register Company's properties in southeastern Massachusetts.[2]
After the purchase of Community Newspaper and Enterprise Newsmedia, Liberty changed its name to GateHouse Media and moved its headquarters to upstate New York. It also "went public" with an IPO in October 2006. Company executives said GateHouse's focus on "hyper-local" journalism -- small newspapers covering small cities and towns with a depth that big newspapers and television cannot offer -- would enable it to buck downward trends in the newspaper industry.[3]
[edit] Holdings
[edit] Daily Newspapers
- Arkadelphia Daily Siftings Herald of Archadelphia, Arkansas
- The Daily World of Helena, Arkansas
- Hope Star of Hope, Arkansas
- Stuttgart Daily Leader of Stuttgart, Arkansas
- The Daily Independent of Ridgecrest, California
- Siskiyou Daily News of Yreka, California
- La Junta Tribune Democrat of La Junta, Colorado
- Telluride Daily Planet of Telluride, Colorado
- Charles City Press of Charles City, Iowa
- Benton Evening News of Benton, Illinois
- Canton Daily Ledger of Canton, Illinois
- Carmi Times of Carmi, Illinois
- Du Quoin Evening Call of Du Quoin, Illinois
- Eldorado Daily Journal of Eldorado, Illinois
- Advocate Press of Flora, Illinois
- The Journal Standard of Freeport, Illinois
- Harrisburg Daily Register of Harrisburg, Illinois
- Star Courier of Kewanee, Illinois
- Macomb Journal of Macomb, Illinois
- Marion Daily Republican of Marion, Illinois
- Daily Review Atlas of Monmouth, Illinois
- The Olney Daily Mail of Olney, Illinois
- Pekin Daily Times of Pekin, Illinois
- Daily Leader of Pontiac, Illinois
- Daily American of West Frankfort, Illinois
- Augusta Daily Gazette of Augusta, Kansas
- Derby Reporter of Derby, Kansas
- The El Dorado Times of El Dorado, Kansas
- Kansas City Kansan of Kansas City, Kansas
- Leavenworth Times of Leavenworth, Kansas
- McPherson Sentinel of McPherson, Kansas
- The Pratt Tribune of Pratt, Kansas
- Wellington Daily News of Wellington, Kansas
- The Bastrop Daily Enterprise of Bastrop, Louisiana
- Beauregard Daily News of Deridder, Louisiana
- Leesville Daily Leader of Leesville, Louisiana
- Southwest Daily News of Sulphur, Louisiana
- The Enterprise of Brockton, Massachusetts
- The MetroWest Daily News of Framingham, Massachusetts
- The Milford Daily News of Milford, Massachusetts
- Daily News Transcript of Needham, Massachusetts
- The Patriot Ledger of Quincy, Massachusetts
- Daily News Tribune of Waltham, Massachusetts
- The Daily Telegram of Adrian, Michigan
- Cheboygan Daily Tribune of Cheboygan, Michigan
- The Daily Reporter of Coldwater, Michigan
- Sentinel-Standard of Ionia, Michigan
- The Evening News of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
- Sturgis Journal of Sturgis, Michigan
- Crookston Daily Times of Crookston, Minnesota
- Boonville Daily News of Boonville, Missouri
- Lake Sun Leader of Camdenton, Missouri
- The Carthage Press of Carthage, Missouri
- Constitution Tribune of Chillicothe, Missouri
- Kirksville Daily Express of Kirksville, Missouri
- Chronicle Herald of Macon, Missouri
- Maryville Daily Forum of Maryville, Missouri
- The Mexico Ledger of Mexico, Missouri
- Moberly Monitor Index of Moberly, Missouri
- Neosho Daily News of Neosho, Missouri
- Rolla Daily News of Rolla, Missouri
- The Daily Guide of Waynesville, Missouri
- Devils Lake Daily Journal of Devils Lake, North Dakota
- Nebraska City News of Nebraska City, Nebraska
- The Leader of Corning, New York
- The Evening Telegram of Herkimer, New York
- Evening Tribune of Hornell, New York
- The Evening Times of Little Falls, New York
- The Palladium Times of Oswego, New York
- Wellsville Daily Reporter of Wellsville, New York
- The Wayne Independent of Honesdale, Pennsylvania
- The Standard Journal of Milton, Pennsylvania
- Morning Times of Sayre, Pennsylvania
- The Record Herald of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
- Mineral Daily News Tribune of Keyser, West Virginia
The Peoria Journal Star
[edit] Corporate governance
December 2006[4]
- Michael E. Reed, chief executive officer
- Mark R. Thompson, chief financial officer
- Paul Ameden, chief information officer
- Bill Blevins, vice president of online operations
- Scott T. Champion, co-president and co-COO for Western Region
- Randall W. Cope, co-president and co-COO for Southern Midwest Region
- Kirk A. Davis, president and publisher for GateHouse Media New England
- Gene A. Hall, executive vice president responsible for Northern Midwest Region
- Linda A. Hill, corporate controller
- Amy V. Kahn, director of human resources
- Kelly M. Luvison, executive vice president responsible for Atlantic Region
- Polly G. Sack, general counsel
- Caroll Stacklin, director for strategic operations and acting publisher of Suburban Chicago Newspaper Group
