Joseph Tartakoff
Sep 23, 2010 4:40 PM
Bankrupt Philadelphia Media Holdings, which owns the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com, has been sold to a group of its senior lenders for the second time in six months. The same group of lenders agreed to pay $135 million for the company in April, but that deal…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Apr 28, 2010 7:45 PM
Expect even more upheaval at Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com parent Philadelphia Newspapers. The company, which filed for bankruptcy last February, has now been sold to a group of its senior lenders for $135 million (That total includes $69 million in cash, a $36 million loan, and $30…
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Staci D. Kramer
Oct 27, 2009 12:11 AM
Ryan Davis has been promoted to president of Philly.com after playing a lead role in an overhaul of the site as director of strategic operations for parent company Philadelphia Media Holdings. He will be responsible for all digital operations, including strategy, content and technology. He’s also responsible for a new…
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Staci D. Kramer
Aug 20, 2009 8:15 PM
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and philly.com will live to fight another day—and with new owners—if creditors and a bankruptcy judge approve a plan filed late Thursday by publisher Philadelphia Media Holdings, LLC. Under the plan, a local group led by home building exec and PMH Chairman Bruce Toll would…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jun 2, 2009 11:20 PM
For today’s snapshot of the U.S. newspaper economy, we offer Philadelphia—where one paper stopped publication yesterday and the company that filed for bankruptcy earlier this year says it will start charging for online access. The Bulletin actually folded for the second time; publisher Thomas G. Rice bought the name of…
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Staci D. Kramer
Mar 2, 2009 7:37 PM
The Philadelphia Daily News will continue to exist as a brand and a separate, competitive newsroom (for now) but will be published as an edition of bigger sibling the Philadelphia Inquirer. It’s the latest scheme from bankrupt Philadelphia Media Holdings, which has figured out a kind of split-the-baby approach to…
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Lauren Rich Fine
Feb 23, 2009 9:39 AM
Lots of news in newspaper land recently, with both Journal Register and the Philadelphia Newspapers filing for bankruptcy. And then, there is the swirling debate over whether newspapers can charge for their content, which began with Walter Isaacson’s Time magazine piece and was the focus of Gordon Crovitz’ Information Age…
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Staci D. Kramer
Feb 22, 2009 10:50 PM
A bad weekend for papers in the Philadelphia area and publishing companies in general ... Saturday, the Journal Register Co (OTCBB: JRCO). filed to reorganize under Chapter 11. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc., owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com, followed suit Sunday. Philadelphia Media Holdings bought the…
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