Company Overview
Highlights
Newspaper operations centered on California, the Rocky Mountains, and the Northeast.
Total daily and Sunday circulation of approximately 2.6 million and 2.9 million, respectively.
Purchased the San Jose Mercury News and the Contra Costa Times from Knight-Ridder in 2006.
Founded by Richard B. Scudder and Dean Singleton in 1983, MediaNews Group publishes 54 daily newspapers in 12 states, including the Oakland Tribune, the San Jose Mercury News, and the Denver Post. It also owns some 70 non-dailies, and operates websites affiliated with its newspapers. The company also owns a CBS-TV affiliate station in Anchorage, Alaska, and operates radio stations in Texas.