Business
MediaNews-Gannett bid for the newspaper chain is $1.83 billion, sources say, surpassing one some family members favor.
Oct. 14, 2003
MediaNews Group Inc. said Tuesday that it will take control of 10 daily newspapers owned by Donrey Media Group, adding to its presence in California.
Jan. 13, 1999
Entertainment & Arts
Media: Sources say firm helped MediaNews buy Daily News as part of strategy to protect its core franchise, the Los Angeles Times.
Aug. 3, 2000
Bay Area News Group, the San Francisco-area newspaper publisher controlled by MediaNews Group Inc., offered buyouts to almost all 1,100 of its employees to slash costs.
Feb. 20, 2008
The publisher gets the interest in exchange for transferring ownership of two newspapers.
Oct. 23, 2007
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was among a group of organizations that loaned at least $385 million to MediaNews Group Inc. for the acquisition of California newspapers.
Aug. 19, 2006
William Dean Singleton, chief executive of MediaNews Group, the company that owns the Houston Post, has become the newspaper’s publisher.
Sept. 8, 1988
Times Mirror Co., publisher of the Los Angeles Times, said Thursday it formed an advertising alliance with MediaNews Group’s Los Angeles-area newspapers and made a minority investment in the MediaNews affiliate that oversees those and other papers.
May 15, 1998
Obituaries
Richard B. Scudder, MediaNews Group co-founder, dies at 99; Barton Biggs, dot-com crash predictor, dies at 79
July 17, 2012
Singleton is said to be the favored suitor for three Knight Ridder properties in California.
April 20, 2006