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Digital First Media
Company typePrivate
IndustryMedia
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
OwnerAlden Global Capital
Number of employees
10,000+
DivisionsMediaNews Group & Journal Register Company
Websitewww.digitalfirstmedia.com

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[when?] comScore numbers, Digital First Media ranked No. 8 in comScore's General News Category ranking.[citation needed]

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

  1. ^ "Leadership". Digital First Media. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  2. ^ Harden, Mark (December 13, 2011). "MediaNews Group manager, Digital First, to invest in tech startups". Denver Business Journal.
  3. ^ Rainey, James (January 15, 2012). "News exec John Paton is out to stop the presses". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ "Company Overview of Digital First Media Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek.
  5. ^ "Journal Register Company Announces The Creation of Digital First Media Inc" (Press release). Journal Register Company. September 7, 2011.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Talking New Media blog: "Bankruptcy judge approves Digital First Media purchase of Freedom Communications assets", by D.B. Hebbard21 March 2016.
  8. ^ LA Observed blog: "Memo: LA News Group now So Cal News Group", by Kevin Roderick, 21 March 2016.
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