Investments
4Portfolio Exits
1Partners & Customers
5About MediaNews Group
MediaNews Group is the nation's second largest newspaper company as measured by circulation, with headquarters in Denver, Colorado. MediaNews Group and its affiliated companies publish 61daily newspapers and approximately 100 non-daily publications in 13 states. In addition, MediaNews Group provides programming and operational services for a CBS affiliate in Anchorage, Alaska and four radio stations in Texas licensed to Affiliated Media, Inc. FCC Trust. MediaNews Group Interactive, MediaNews Group's new media division maintains more than 75 Web sites for its daily newspapers.
Latest MediaNews Group News
May 13, 2021
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MediaNews Group Investments
4 Investments
MediaNews Group has made 4 investments. Their latest investment was in Wanderful Media as part of their Series B on April 4, 2014.

MediaNews Group Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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4/28/2014 | Series B | Wanderful Media | $14.5M | No | 1 | |
5/21/2013 | Series A - III | |||||
1/16/2013 | Series A - II | |||||
9/25/2012 | Series A |
Date | 4/28/2014 | 5/21/2013 | 1/16/2013 | 9/25/2012 |
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Round | Series B | Series A - III | Series A - II | Series A |
Company | Wanderful Media | |||
Amount | $14.5M | |||
New? | No | |||
Co-Investors | ||||
Sources | 1 |
MediaNews Group Portfolio Exits
1 Portfolio Exit
MediaNews Group has 1 portfolio exit. Their latest portfolio exit was Wanderful Media on June 09, 2017.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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6/9/2017 | Acquired | 3 |
Date | 6/9/2017 |
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Exit | Acquired |
Companies | |
Valuation | |
Acquirer | |
Sources | 3 |
MediaNews Group Acquisitions
4 Acquisitions
MediaNews Group acquired 4 companies. Their latest acquisition was Times-Shamrock Communications - Newspapers Division on August 31, 2023.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
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8/31/2023 | Acquired Unit | 3 | ||||
7/10/2023 | ||||||
2/6/2020 | ||||||
1/25/1999 | Series C |
Date | 8/31/2023 | 7/10/2023 | 2/6/2020 | 1/25/1999 |
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Investment Stage | Series C | |||
Companies | ||||
Valuation | ||||
Total Funding | ||||
Note | Acquired Unit | |||
Sources | 3 |
MediaNews Group Partners & Customers
5 Partners and customers
MediaNews Group has 5 strategic partners and customers. MediaNews Group recently partnered with News Corp Australia on January 1, 2014.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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1/27/2014 | Partner | Australia | Digital First Media Announces AdTaxi Partnership with News Corp Australia - MediaNews Group The partnership includes the launch of news Xtend by News Corp Australia , a digital-marketing extension package for small to medium sized businesses in Australia . | 1 | |
2/12/2013 | Partner | ||||
6/19/2012 | Vendor | ||||
12/1/2005 | Partner | ||||
Partner |
Date | 1/27/2014 | 2/12/2013 | 6/19/2012 | 12/1/2005 | |
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Type | Partner | Partner | Vendor | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | Australia | ||||
News Snippet | Digital First Media Announces AdTaxi Partnership with News Corp Australia - MediaNews Group The partnership includes the launch of news Xtend by News Corp Australia , a digital-marketing extension package for small to medium sized businesses in Australia . | ||||
Sources | 1 |
MediaNews Group Team
13 Team Members
MediaNews Group has 13 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, William Dean Singleton.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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William Dean Singleton | Chief Executive Officer | Current | |
Name | William Dean Singleton | ||||
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Work History | |||||
Title | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Status | Current |
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