List of 15 Acquired Publishing Companies in Virginia

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Gannett Co., Inc. (old) Acquired Gannett 2019-08-05 $1.792B McLean, Virginia, United States	Publishing	2,917	6	6	-
American Community Newspapers LLC Acquired Courtside Acquisition Corp. 2007-07-01 Leesburg, Virginia, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Amplify Publishing Group Acquired Civica Media 2025-09-24 Herndon, Virginia, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Army Times Publishing Co. Acquired TEGNA 1997-06-13 Springfield, Virginia, United States	Publishing	-	-	-	-
ComCorp Acquired Moore Marketing 2022-10-18 Elkwood, Virginia, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Virginia Business Acquired BridgeTower Media 2024-08-01 Richmond, Virginia, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Briefings Publishing Group Acquired Douglas Publications, Inc. 2005-01-01 Alexandria, Virginia, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
University Science Books Acquired AIP Publishing LLC 2021-02-04 Herndon, Virginia, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
The Free Lance–Star Publishing Co. Acquired BH Media Group Inc. 2015-12-31 Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Public Utilities Fortnightly Acquired Smart Electric Power Alliance 2025-01-07 Arlington, Virginia, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Sabot Publishing, Inc. Acquired Cruz Bay Publishing, Inc. 2003-10-15 Richmond, Virginia, United States	Publishing	-	-	-	-
The Progress-Index Acquired Gannett 2014-07-02 $15.3M Petersburg, Virginia, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Rural Press (USA) Ltd. Acquired Penton Media, Inc. 2012-11-14 Fairfax, Virginia, United States	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Loudoun Times-Mirror Acquired Ogden Newspapers, Inc. 2018-07-11 Leesburg, Virginia, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Progressive Publishing Services Acquired Apex CoVantage LLC 2024-10-17 Herndon, Virginia, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-

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