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Investing in Newspaper Ownership Report 2015 Alphabetic Listing of Markets BIA/Kelsey. Phone: 703-818-2425 www.biakelsey.com Rank Market Rank Market Rank Market 164 Abilene-Sweetwater, TX 152 Albany, GA 58 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 47 Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM 179 Alexandria, LA 208 Alpena, MI 130 Amarillo, TX 147 Anchorage, AK 9 Atlanta, GA 112 Augusta, GA 39 Austin, TX 127 Bakersfield, CA 26 Baltimore, MD 156 Bangor, ME 93 Baton Rouge, LA 141 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 193 Bend, OR 166 Billings, MT 160 Biloxi-Gulfport, MS 159 Binghamton, NY 43 Birmingham, AL 158 Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV 109 Boise, ID 7 Boston, MA 182 Bowling Green, KY 52 Buffalo, NY 98 Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY 186 Butte-Bozeman, MT 196 Casper-Riverton, WY 90 Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque, IA 85 Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, IL 95 Charleston, SC 66 Charleston-Huntington, WV 24 Charlotte, NC 183 Charlottesville, VA 88 Chattanooga, TN 197 Cheyenne, WY-Scottsbluff, NE 3 Chicago, IL 132 Chico-Redding, CA 36 Cincinnati, OH 169 Clarksburg-Weston, WV 19 Cleveland-Akron, OH 89 Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO 77 Columbia, SC 138 Columbia-Jefferson City, MO 126 Columbus, GA 32 Columbus, OH 133 Columbus-Tupelo-West Point, MS 129 Corpus Christi, TX 5 Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX 100 Davenport, IA-Rock Island-Moline, IL 64 Dayton, OH 17 Denver, CO 72 Des Moines-Ames, IA 12 Detroit, MI 173 Dothan, AL 139 Duluth, MN-Superior, WI 91 El Paso, TX 175 Elmira, NY 150 Erie, PA 120 Eugene, OR 195 Eureka, CA 103 Evansville, IN 202 Fairbanks, AK 116 Fargo-Valley City, ND 70 Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI 54 Fresno-Visalia, CA 62 Ft. Myers-Naples, FL 101 Ft. Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 111 Ft. Wayne, IN 162 Gainesville, FL 210 Glendive, MT 185 Grand Junction-Montrose, CO 40 Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI 191 Great Falls, MT 68 Green Bay-Appleton, WI 46 Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC 99 Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC 37 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC-Asheville, NC 190 Greenwood-Greenville, MS 86 Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen, TX 45 Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA 178 Harrisonburg, VA 30 Hartford-New Haven, CT 167 Hattiesburg-Laurel, MS 206 Helena, MT 69 Honolulu, HI 10 Houston, TX 79 Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, AL 163 Idaho Falls-Pocatello, ID 27 Indianapolis, IN 94 Jackson, MS 176 Jackson, TN 48 Jacksonville, FL 104 Johnstown-Altoona, PA 181 Jonesboro, AR 151 Joplin, MO-Pittsburg, KS 207 Juneau, AK 31 Kansas City, KS-MO 61 Knoxville, TN 128 La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI 187 Lafayette, IN 124 Lafayette, LA 174 Lake Charles, LA 114 Lansing, MI
184 Laredo, TX 41 Las Vegas, NV 63 Lexington, KY 188 Lima, OH 105 Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, NE 56 Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR 2 Los Angeles, CA 49 Louisville, KY 144 Lubbock, TX 119 Macon, GA 82 Madison, WI 199 Mankato, MN 180 Marquette, MI 140 Medford-Klamath Falls, OR 50 Memphis, TN 189 Meridian, MS 16 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale, FL 35 Milwaukee, WI 15 Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN 142 Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson, ND 165 Missoula, MT 59 Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL 137 Monroe, LA-El Dorado, AR 125 Monterey-Salinas, CA 121 Montgomery, AL 102 Myrtle Beach-Florence, SC 29 Nashville, TN 51 New Orleans, LA 1 New York, NY 42 Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA 209 North Platte, NE 146 Odessa-Midland, TX 44 Oklahoma City, OK 74 Omaha, NE 18 Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, FL 200 Ottumwa, IA-Kirksville, MO 81 Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg-Mt Vernon 148 Palm Springs, CA 154 Panama City, FL 194 Parkersburg, WV 117 Peoria-Bloomington, IL 4 Philadelphia, PA 11 Phoenix, AZ 22 Pittsburgh, PA 23 Portland, OR 80 Portland-Auburn, ME 205 Presque Isle, ME 53 Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA 170 Quincy, IL-Hannibal, MO-Keokuk, IA 25 Raleigh-Durham, NC 172 Rapid City, SD 107 Reno, NV 57 Richmond-Petersburg, VA 67 Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA 153 Rochester, MN-Mason City, IA-Austin, MN 78 Rochester, NY 135 Rockford, IL 20 Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, CA 143 Salisbury, MD 34 Salt Lake City, UT 198 San Angelo, TX 33 San Antonio, TX 28 San Diego, CA 6 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA 123 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA 92 Savannah, GA 14 Seattle-Tacoma, WA 161 Sherman, TX - Ada, OK 83 Shreveport, LA 149 Sioux City, IA 110 Sioux Falls-Mitchell, SD 96 South Bend-Elkhart, IN 73 Spokane, WA 75 Springfield, MO 115 Springfield-Holyoke, MA 201 St. Joseph, MO 21 St. Louis, MO 84 Syracuse, NY 106 Tallahassee, FL-Thomasville, GA 13 Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota, FL 155 Terre Haute, IN 76 Toledo, OH 136 Topeka, KS 118 Traverse City-Cadillac, MI 97 Tri-Cities, TN-VA 71 Tucson, AZ 60 Tulsa, OK 192 Twin Falls, ID 108 Tyler-Longview, TX 171 Utica, NY 203 Victoria, TX 87 Waco-Temple-Bryan, TX 8 Washington, DC 177 Watertown, NY 134 Wausau-Rhinelander, WI 38 West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL 157 Wheeling, WV- Steubenville, OH 65 Wichita - Hutchinson, KS 145 Wichita Falls, TX -Lawton, OK 55 Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA 131 Wilmington, NC 122 Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA 113 Youngstown, OH 168 Yuma, AZ-El Centro, CA 204 Zanesville, OH Investing in Newspaper Ownership Report 2015 Alphabetic Listing of Markets BIA/Kelsey. Phone: 703-818-2425 www.biakelsey.com
Investing in Newspaper Ownership Report 2015 Rank Listing of Markets BIA/Kelsey. Phone: 703-818-2425 www.biakelsey.com Rank Market Rank Market Rank Market 1 New York, NY 2 Los Angeles, CA 3 Chicago, IL 4 Philadelphia, PA 5 Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX 6 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA 7 Boston, MA 8 Washington, DC 9 Atlanta, GA 10 Houston, TX 11 Phoenix, AZ 12 Detroit, MI 13 Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota, FL 14 Seattle-Tacoma, WA 15 Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN 16 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale, FL 17 Denver, CO 18 Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, FL 19 Cleveland-Akron, OH 20 Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, CA 21 St. Louis, MO 22 Pittsburgh, PA 23 Portland, OR 24 Charlotte, NC 25 Raleigh-Durham, NC 26 Baltimore, MD 27 Indianapolis, IN 28 San Diego, CA 29 Nashville, TN 30 Hartford-New Haven, CT 31 Kansas City, KS-MO 32 Columbus, OH 33 San Antonio, TX 34 Salt Lake City, UT 35 Milwaukee, WI 36 Cincinnati, OH 37 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC-Asheville, NC 38 West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL 39 Austin, TX 40 Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI 41 Las Vegas, NV 42 Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA 43 Birmingham, AL 44 Oklahoma City, OK 45 Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA 46 Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC 47 Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM 48 Jacksonville, FL 49 Louisville, KY 50 Memphis, TN 51 New Orleans, LA 52 Buffalo, NY 53 Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA 54 Fresno-Visalia, CA 55 Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA 56 Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR 57 Richmond-Petersburg, VA 58 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 59 Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL 60 Tulsa, OK 61 Knoxville, TN 62 Ft. Myers-Naples, FL 63 Lexington, KY 64 Dayton, OH 65 Wichita - Hutchinson, KS 66 Charleston-Huntington, WV 67 Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA 68 Green Bay-Appleton, WI 69 Honolulu, HI 70 Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI 71 Tucson, AZ 72 Des Moines-Ames, IA 73 Spokane, WA 74 Omaha, NE 75 Springfield, MO 76 Toledo, OH 77 Columbia, SC 78 Rochester, NY 79 Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, AL 80 Portland-Auburn, ME 81 Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg-Mt Vernon 82 Madison, WI 83 Shreveport, LA 84 Syracuse, NY 85 Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, IL 86 Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen, TX 87 Waco-Temple-Bryan, TX 88 Chattanooga, TN 89 Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO 90 Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque, IA 91 El Paso, TX 92 Savannah, GA 93 Baton Rouge, LA 94 Jackson, MS 95 Charleston, SC 96 South Bend-Elkhart, IN 97 Tri-Cities, TN-VA 98 Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY 99 Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC 100 Davenport, IA-Rock Island-Moline, IL 101 Ft. Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 102 Myrtle Beach-Florence, SC 103 Evansville, IN 104 Johnstown-Altoona, PA 105 Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, NE
106 Tallahassee, FL-Thomasville, GA 107 Reno, NV 108 Tyler-Longview, TX 109 Boise, ID 110 Sioux Falls-Mitchell, SD 111 Ft. Wayne, IN 112 Augusta, GA 113 Youngstown, OH 114 Lansing, MI 115 Springfield-Holyoke, MA 116 Fargo-Valley City, ND 117 Peoria-Bloomington, IL 118 Traverse City-Cadillac, MI 119 Macon, GA 120 Eugene, OR 121 Montgomery, AL 122 Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA 123 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA 124 Lafayette, LA 125 Monterey-Salinas, CA 126 Columbus, GA 127 Bakersfield, CA 128 La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI 129 Corpus Christi, TX 130 Amarillo, TX 131 Wilmington, NC 132 Chico-Redding, CA 133 Columbus-Tupelo-West Point, MS 134 Wausau-Rhinelander, WI 135 Rockford, IL 136 Topeka, KS 137 Monroe, LA-El Dorado, AR 138 Columbia-Jefferson City, MO 139 Duluth, MN-Superior, WI 140 Medford-Klamath Falls, OR 141 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 142 Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson, ND 143 Salisbury, MD 144 Lubbock, TX 145 Wichita Falls, TX -Lawton, OK 146 Odessa-Midland, TX 147 Anchorage, AK 148 Palm Springs, CA 149 Sioux City, IA 150 Erie, PA 151 Joplin, MO-Pittsburg, KS 152 Albany, GA 153 Rochester, MN-Mason City, IA-Austin, MN 154 Panama City, FL 155 Terre Haute, IN 156 Bangor, ME 157 Wheeling, WV- Steubenville, OH 158 Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV 159 Binghamton, NY 160 Biloxi-Gulfport, MS 161 Sherman, TX - Ada, OK 162 Gainesville, FL 163 Idaho Falls-Pocatello, ID 164 Abilene-Sweetwater, TX 165 Missoula, MT 166 Billings, MT 167 Hattiesburg-Laurel, MS 168 Yuma, AZ-El Centro, CA 169 Clarksburg-Weston, WV 170 Quincy, IL-Hannibal, MO-Keokuk, IA 171 Utica, NY 172 Rapid City, SD 173 Dothan, AL 174 Lake Charles, LA 175 Elmira, NY 176 Jackson, TN 177 Watertown, NY 178 Harrisonburg, VA 179 Alexandria, LA 180 Marquette, MI 181 Jonesboro, AR 182 Bowling Green, KY 183 Charlottesville, VA 184 Laredo, TX 185 Grand Junction-Montrose, CO 186 Butte-Bozeman, MT 187 Lafayette, IN 188 Lima, OH 189 Meridian, MS 190 Greenwood-Greenville, MS 191 Great Falls, MT 192 Twin Falls, ID 193 Bend, OR 194 Parkersburg, WV 195 Eureka, CA 196 Casper-Riverton, WY 197 Cheyenne, WY-Scottsbluff, NE 198 San Angelo, TX 199 Mankato, MN 200 Ottumwa, IA-Kirksville, MO 201 St. Joseph, MO 202 Fairbanks, AK 203 Victoria, TX 204 Zanesville, OH 205 Presque Isle, ME 206 Helena, MT 207 Juneau, AK 208 Alpena, MI 209 North Platte, NE 210 Glendive, MT Investing in Newspaper Ownership Report 2015 Rank Listing of Markets BIA/Kelsey. Phone: 703-818-2425 www.biakelsey.com
Information About Investing in Newspaper Ownership Report What s in this book? Welcome to BIA/Kelsey s Investing in Newspaper 2015 Ownership Report. This is the premiere information guide profiling daily and weekly newspapers by owner. The book highlights 6,828 newspapers sorted by their 2,513 owners. All 210 markets are represented herein. Other Newspaper Publications This book has a companion publication, BIA/Kelsey s Investing in Newspaper 2015 Market Report, from which the Ownership Report s information is extracted and reorganized by owner. The Market Report is a market-by-market investment guide providing an in-depth analysis of the financial, economic and demographic health of the individual markets and comprehensively profiles the competiting Daily and Weekly Newspapers in that market. Copyrights Data Provided Electronically (CD ROM, etc.) All of this data and much, much more is available through BIA s powerful database software, BIA/Kelsey s MEDIA Access Pro Newspaper Analyzer. With nearly 7,000 newspapers profiled with more than 700 fields of data for each newspaper, this is the most comprehensive, easy-to-use and accurate source of data available on the newspaper industry. For more information on the publications, software and custom research services offered by BIA/Kelsey, call a BIA/Kelsey representative at 1-800-331-5086 and/or see the last page of this book for a Price List and Order Form. BIA Advisory Services, LLC. Copyright 2015 by BIA Advisory Services, LLC (d/b/a BIA/Kelsey). The contents are the property of BIA/Kelsey and are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. No part of this material may be reproduced or transmitted by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording in an information storage and retrieval system, unless there is written permission from BIA/Kelsey or a license agreement with them for such use. All rights reserved. Information in this publication is solely for the internal use of clients of BIA/Kelsey and may not be distributed to third parties. The information is not for use as the basis for private offering, in a prospectus, in a valuation or appraisal report, or for developing derivative works distributed to third parties without written permission from BIA/Kelsey. Permission is considered upon request and the submittal of an indemnification and release form. Licensing agreements are available for expanded use or external distribution. For further information, please call 703-818-2425 or email permission@biakelsey.com. Warning: COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS WILL BE PROSECUTED. BIA/Kelsey shares 10% of the net proceeds of settlements and jury awards with individuals who provide essential evidence of illegal copying or electronic distribution. To report violations, please contact 703-818-2425 or email violations@biakelsey.com. Disclaimer Notice Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information in this publication. Any errors detected or called to our attention, which in our opinion are material, will be corrected in future releases. BIA/Kelsey assumes no liability for any errors or omissions in the information, and shall not be liable for any injuries or damages (including consequential) which might result from its use. BIA ADVISORY SERVICES, BIA FINANCIAL NETWORK, BIAfn, INVEST- ING IN RADIO, INVESTING IN TELEVISION, INVESTING IN NEWSPAPER, RADIO YEARBOOK, TELEVISION YEARBOOK, and MEDIA ACCESS PRO are trademarks of BIA Financial Network, Inc.
Information About Investing in Newspaper Ownership Report Keys and Codes General Market Rank - Newspaper markets are based on Television Market definitions. Codes After Sales Price + Sales price is amount listed plus notes, stock, or debt. d Distress sale. dn Donation. e Estimated sales price. g Group sale. g# Parent/satellite of a group sale. na Not available nc No cash consideration. st Stock transfer. sw Station swap. Questions about the Investing in Newspaper 2015 Ownership Report or other BIA/Kelsey publications or services should be directed to: BIA/Kelsey. 15120 Enterprise Ct., Chantilly, Virginia 20151 Phone: (703) 818-2425 E-mail: pubs@biakelsey.com Investing In Newspaper 2015. Copyright BIA Advisory Services, LLC. Unauthorized distribution prohibited. For permission: 703-818-2425 or permission@biakelsey.com
Information About Investing in Newspaper Ownership Report NEWSPAPERS LISTED BY OWNER CIRCULATION SUMMARY Owner Central City Publishing Home City & State Market Rank Newspaper # Days Publish Date Acq Sales Price (000) Est '14 Total Rev (000) 1/ Est Current Daily Circ Est Current Sunday Circ Est Current Weekly Circ Mark Stone Central City, KY 103 Times-Argus, The 1 670 2,164 Publisher PO Box 31 Central City, KY 42330 PH: 270-754-2331 FAX: 270-754-1805 3 Total for Central City Publishing Central Connecticut Communications Michael Schroeder Bristol, CT 30 Bristol Press, The 7 0901 u 1,590 6 6,400 6,400 Pres/Publisher/CEO New Britain, CT 30 Herald, The/ Sunday Herald Press 7 0901 u 2,210 5,600 12,300 1 5 8 1 Court St 4th Fl Newington, CT 30 Newington Town Crier 1 0901 u 260 5,340 New Britain, CT 06051 Wethersfield, CT 2 30 Wethersfield Post 1 0901 u 180 998 PH: 860-225-4601 Total for Central Connecticut Communications $4,240 7 FAX: 860-225-2611 Central Dakota Enterprises Arlo Mehlafff Eureka, SD 110 Northwest Blade 1 240 1,116 Publisher PO Box 797 Eureka, SD 57437 Total for Central Dakota Enterprises $240 PH: 605-284-2631 FAX: 605-284-2632 Central Dakota Times Debi Hopkins-Ruiz Kimball, SD 110 Central Dakota Times 1 250 2,795 Owner/Publisher PO Box 125 Chamberlain, SD 57325-0125 Total for Central Dakota Times $250 PH: 605-234-0266 FAX: 605-234-1266 Central Iowa Broadcasting Inc Luann Waldo Bayard, IA 72 News Gazette, The 1 290 2,740 Publisher PO Box 130 Bayard, IA 50029 Total for Central Iowa Broadcasting Inc $290 PH: 712-651-2321 FAX: 712-651-2599 4 Sample $670 Investing In Newspaper 2015. Copyright BIA Advisory Services, LLC. Unauthorized distribution prohibited. For permission: 703-818-2425 or permission@biakelsey.com
Newspaper Ownership Report Overview 1 Ownership Contact Information Company Name: This is the common name of the owning entity of the newspapers profiled. Primary Contact: Through survey responses, this is the primary contact provided for this owner. Unless instructed otherwise by the profiled company, BIA/Kelsey lists the President, CEO, Publisher or other top executive position. NOTE: Deeper ownership contacts (CFO, COO, etc.) are available in BIA s MEDIA Access Pro database software. Address: The address of the company s headquarters is profiled. Phone and Fax: We provide the primary contact s phone and fax numbers. 2 Home City & State The city and state where the newspaper is located. 3 Market Rank The rank of the Market in which the profiled company s newspapers are located is based on the number of television households in the market. 6 Estimated Newspaper Total Revenues (Est 14 Revenue) BIA/Kelsey estimates revenues for most newspapers in the markets. BIA s revenue estimates include advertising revenues and circulation revenues. We utilize direct mail surveys, telemarketing, market contacts and computer modeling to generate these estimates. Despite this effort, we must reiterate that these are just estimates. We view these estimates, however, as an important element to the book and encourage newspaper operators and owners to participate in our surveys. For more detailed revenue breakouts, see BIA/Kelsey s Investing in Newspaper Market Report. 7 Owner s Total Estimated Revenues This figure is the sum of the newspapers total revenues estimated by BIA/Kelsey for this owner. Please note that this figure is just an estimate and may not include all the newspapers for this owner. 8 Circulation Summary Circulation data for the daily and weekly newspapers was obtained by BIA/Kelsey surveys of the publisher. 4 Newspaper Attributes The newspaper name and number of days published each week. 5 Acquisition Information Date Acq: The date (Year Month) the newspaper was acquired by this owner. Sales Price: Presented in thousands, this is the price paid for the newspaper. To the right of the price you may encounter a code that signifies the type of transaction (See Keys & Codes). NOTE: Because the actual sales price of a newspaper may vary from the reported price, caution should be exercised with respect to the use of these data. Due to the complexity of the issue, major group purchase prices are not broken out among the newspapers purchased. Investing In Newspaper 2015. Copyright BIA Advisory Services, LLC. Unauthorized distribution prohibited. For permission: 703-818-2425 or permission@biakelsey.com