M&A Deal Summary

Valassis Communications Acquires Clipper Magazine

On November 5, 2015, Valassis Communications acquired publishing company Clipper Magazine from TEGNA

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Valassis Communications’ 2nd transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Valassis Communications’ 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Valassis Communications’ 1st transaction in Pennsylvania.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-11-05
Target Clipper Magazine
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Valassis Communications
Sellers(s) TEGNA
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Clipper Magazine

Mountville, Pennsylvania, United States
Clipper Magazine LLC is an independent direct-mail advertising magazine companies. Clipper Magazine has grown from a single four-page campus advertising publication to over 320 individual market editions in 23 states.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Valassis Communications

Livonia, Michigan, United States
Category Company
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

Valassis Communications, Inc. provides various media and marketing services in the United States, Europe, Mexico, and Canada.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 14
Sector (Publishing) 2 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 13
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 5 of 14
Year (2015) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-05 Printed Deals

Rochester, New York, United States

Printed Deals is a provider of offering coupon books, direct mail advertising in four-color and glossy magazines.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-03-21 ReachUSA

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

ReachUSA (Reach Magazine) is an advertising services company operates in the Cincinnati and Dayton markets and is distributed to approximately 861,000 households 12 times a year. ReachUSA® offers a wide array of highly effective advertising solutions. Encompassing coupon magazines, editorial magazines, event marketing, solo mail products and more.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

TEGNA

Tysons, Virginia, United States
Category Company
Founded 1906
Sector Media
Employees6,430
Revenue 2.9B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

TEGNA is a diversified media company. The Company operates through two business segments, Media and Digital. The Media segment comprises of 46 television stations in 38 markets. The Digital segment consists of the Cars.com (formerly Classified Ventures LLC) and CareerBuilder businesses. TEGNA, Inc. was formerly known as Gannett Co. TEGNA was originally established in 1906 and is based in Tysons, Virginia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 10
Sector (Publishing) 3 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 6 of 10
Year (2015) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-08 Gannett

McLean, Virginia, United States

Gannett Co., Inc. is a digitally focused media and marketing solutions company committed to strengthening communities across its network. Gannett's operations comprise of USA TODAY, 92 daily local publications in the US and Guam, more than 400 non-daily publications in the U.S., and, through our Newsquest subsidiary, more than 150 local news brands online, mobile and in print in the UK. Gannett was established in 2014 and is based in McLean, Virginia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-21 Sightline Media Group

Vienna, Virginia, United States

Sightline Media Group is a provider of news, information and marketing solutions in the military, defense, federal technology, and C4ISR markets. Sightline Media offers our business clientele a wide range of platforms to reach the market. Sightline Media Group was founded in 1940 and is based in Vienna, Virginia.

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