M&A Deal Summary

GateHouse Media Acquires American Consolidated Media

On July 1, 2014, GateHouse Media acquired publishing company American Consolidated Media from SCA

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GateHouse Media’s 3rd transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is GateHouse Media’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is GateHouse Media’s 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-07-01
Target American Consolidated Media
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) GateHouse Media
Sellers(s) SCA
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

American Consolidated Media

Dallas, Texas, United States
American Consolidated Media, LP ("ACM") is a publisher of community newspapers and shopping publications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

GateHouse Media

Fairport, New York, United States
Category Company
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

GateHouse Media, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest local media companies as measured by its daily publications.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector (Publishing) 3 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 3
Year (2014) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-06-06 Herald Media

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Herald Media is the most powerful advertising and news medium in eastern Massachusetts. For readers, Herald Media's online and print publications offer strong, grassroots journalism written, photographed and edited by people whose foundations are within the communities they serve.

Buy $230M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-11-05 W-Systems

Cupertino, California, United States

W-Systems Corp. is a provider of transformational sales & marketing technology based on CRM and Marketing Automation. We are Certified Partners of top vendors including SugarCRM, DocuSign, Act-On, GoldMine, and Vonage. W-Systems was founded in 1996 and is based in Cupertino, California.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

SCA

South Melbourne, Australia
Category Company
Founded 2005
Sector Media
Revenue 504M AUD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

SCA is a media company. It provides free-to-air TV networks, national radio networks, online, mobile and unique one off events. SCA was founded in 2005 and is based in South Melbourne, Australia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2014) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-02-01 American Consolidated Media

Dallas, Texas, United States

American Consolidated Media, LP ("ACM") is a publisher of community newspapers and shopping publications.

Buy $80M
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