Shaw Media (United States)
Shaw Media is an American, Dixon, Illinois-based publisher, of about 80 newspapers and news websites in Illinois and Iowa.[1] The company has since 2000 acquired a number of properties in the Chicago media market, covering a swath of the north, western and southern suburbs.
Founded in 1851, Shaw Media is the third oldest, continuously owned and operated family newspaper in the nation.[2]
Acquisitions
In 2013, Sun-Times Media sold The Herald-News of Joliet to Shaw Media.[3]
In 2012, Shaw Media acquired Suburban Life Publications, a group of weeklies in Chicago's western suburbs, from GateHouse Media.[4]
Properties
- Bureau County Republican[5] – Princeton
- Daily Chronicle[6] – DeKalb
- The Herald-News[7] – Joliet
- Kane County Chronicle[8] – Geneva
- Morris Daily Herald[9] – Morris
- Northwest Herald[10] – Crystal Lake
- Suburban Life Media[11] – Group of 20 weekly newspapers headquartered in Downers Grove
- The Telegraph – Alton
- The Telegraph[12] – Dixon
- The Record newspapers (Yorkville): Kendall County Record, Plano Record, Sandwich Record, Ledger-Sentinel.[13] – Yorkville
Football magazine
Shaw Media and the Daily Herald announced in spring 2014 the launch of a new Chicago Football magazine led by veteran football analyst Hub Arkush. The first issue is to be published in April 2014.[14][15] The magazine will cover the NFL, college football and high school football.
References
- ^ "Subscription Center". ChicagoBusiness.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ^ "Shaw Media". Shaw Media. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ^ "Shaw Media to purchase The Herald-News". mySuburbanLife.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ^ "Subscription Center". ChicagoBusiness.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ^ http://www.bcrnews.com
- ^ http://www.daily-chronicle.com
- ^ http://www.theherald-news.com
- ^ http://www.kanecountychronicle.com
- ^ http://www.morrisdailyherald.com
- ^ http://www.nwherald.com
- ^ http://www.mysuburbanlife.com
- ^ http://www.saukvalley.com
- ^ http://www.KendallCountyNow.com
- ^ "Daily Herald, Shaw launching "Chicago Football" magazine". Football.dailyherald.com. 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ^ "Hub Arkush & Daily Herald To Publish New 'Chicago Football' Magazine". Chicagoradioandmedia.com. 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2016-04-01.