M&A Deal Summary

Tribune Publishing Acquires Wrapports - Suburban Publications

On October 31, 2014, Tribune Publishing acquired publishing company Wrapports - Suburban Publications from Wrapports

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Tribune Publishing’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Tribune Publishing’s 1st transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-10-31
Target Wrapports - Suburban Publications
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Tribune Publishing
Sellers(s) Wrapports
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Wrapports - Suburban Publications

United States
Wrapports - Suburban Publications includes Aurora Beacon-News, The Elgin Courier-News, the Lake County News-Sun, The Naperville Sun, the Post-Tribune in Northwest Indiana, The SouthtownStar and the 32 Pioneer Press weekly newspapers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Tribune Publishing

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Founded 2013
Sector Digital Media
Employees2,865
Revenue 746M USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Tribune Publishing is a media company rooted in award-winning journalism. Headquartered in Chicago, tronc operates newsrooms in 8 markets with titles including the Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, The Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida's Sun-Sentinel, Daily Press, The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Hartford Courant. Our legacy of brands has earned a combined 57 Pulitzer Prizes and is committed to informing, inspiring and engaging local communities. Tribune Publishing was founded in 2013 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 5
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 5
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-05-07 MLIM

San Diego, California, United States

MLIM LLC is a publisher of newspapers.

Buy $85M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Wrapports

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Founded 2009
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Wrapports LLC is a provider of daily weekly news through websites and content portals.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-12-26 Sun-Times Media Holdings

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Sun-Times Media Holdings LLC is a publisher of daily and weekly newspapers.

Buy -