Dow Jones Local Media Group

Dow Jones Local Media Group
legal form	Inc.
founding	1936
Seat	Middletown
management	John N. Wilcox ( CEO ), Patrick J. Purcell ( Executive Chairman )
Number of employees	1500
Branch	Newspapers , websites
Website	www.dowjoneslmg.com
Status: November 20, 2011

The Dow Jones Local Media Group (abbreviation: DJLMG, formerly: Ottaway Community Newspapers, Inc. or Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. ) is an American media company based in Middletown , New York State .

The foundation stone for the Dow Jones Local Media Group was laid with the founding of the newspaper Bulletin in Endicott , New York State, by publisher James H. Ottaway in November 1936. From 1944 onwards, James H. Ottaway bought additional newspapers in New York State in order to incorporate them under the newly founded Empire Newspapers-Radio, Inc. in 1946 . In 1969, Dow Jones & Company offered Ottaway Community Newspapers, Inc. 914,038 shares (value: ~ $ 36 million). On July 31, 1970, it merged with Dow Jones & Comp. As part of the merger, the name was changed to Dow Jones Local Media Group.

The Dow Jones Local Media Group now publishes daily newspapers , Sunday newspapers and weekly newspapers in seven American states ( California , Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania ) . The Dow Jones Local Media Group also publishes several websites , magazines and other publications .

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The Dow Jones Local Media Group is organized in regionally independent companies. Companies directly managed by Dow Jones Local Media Group are Limelight Deals (Middletown, New York) and Marketing Blacksmith (Middletown, New York).

• Cape Cod Media Group, Hyannis ( Massachusetts )
  • Cape Cod Times , Hyannis
  • Cape Cod View , Hyannis
  • Barnstable Patriot , Hyannis
• Hudson Valley Media Group, Middletown, New York
  • Times Herald-Record , Middletown
  • Orange Magazine , Middletown
• Nantucket Island Media Group, Nantucket, Massachusetts
  • The Inquirer and Mirror , Nantucket
  • Nantucket Today , Nantucket
• Pocono Mountains Media Group, Stroudsburg ( Pennsylvania )
  • Pocono Record , Stroudsburg
• San Joaquin Media Group, Stockton ( California )
  • The Record , Stockton
• Seacoast Media Group, Portsmouth ( New Hampshire )
  • The Portsmouth Herald
  • The Exeter News Letter
  • The Hampton Union
  • The York Weekly
  • York County Coast Star
• South Coast Media Group, New Bedford, Massachusetts
• The Standard Times
• Hathaway Publishing, Somerset, Massachusetts
  • The Advocate
  • The Chronicle
  • Middleboro Gazette
  • The Spectator
  • The Fall River Spirit
  • New England Business Bulletin
• Southern Oregon Media Group, Medford ( Oregon )
  • Medford Mail Tribune
  • The Nickel , Medford
  • Ashland Daily Tidings , Medford

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} FundingUniverse (Ed.): Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. ( HTML [accessed November 20, 2011]).
2. ↑ New York Secretary, Daniel of State (ed.): Ottaway NEWSPAPERS, INC. July 31, 1970 ( HTML [accessed November 20, 2011]).
3. ↑ Bloomberg Businessweek (ed.): Dow Jones Local Media Group . ( HTML [accessed November 20, 2011]).
4. ^ Dow Jones Local Media Group (Ed.): About Dow Jones Local Media Group . ( HTML [accessed November 20, 2011]).