21st Century Media was an American media company. It was the successor of
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Publications and Journal Register Company, and it was succeeded by
Digital First Media.
The company operated more than 350 multi-platform products in 992 communities. On April 5, 2013, the assets of Journal Register Company and its affiliates were sold to 21st CMH Acquisition Co. The Journal Register Company then became known as 21st Century Media.
The company was led by CEO John Paton. He argued that the Journal Register needed to transform from a newspaper company to a "digital first, print last" company. Paton, formerly CEO of
ImpreMedia, initiated this change on February 1, 2010, by announcing he would provide all reporters with Flip video cameras as a sign of his commitment to the company's digital transformation.
In 2013,
MediaNews Group
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and 21st Century Media merged into
Digital First Media.
Digital First Media is owned by
Alden Global Capital.
Properties
The company owned daily and
weekly newspapers, other print media properties and newspaper-affiliated local Web sites in the U.S. states of
Connecticut,
Michigan, New York,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania and
New Jersey. It also operated 3 commercial printing facilities.
21st Century Media's flagship
daily newspaper was the ''New Haven Register''. Its ten largest daily newspapers (approximate daily circulation over 20,000) were:
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New Haven Register'' of
New Haven, Connecticut (76,664)
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The Oakland Press'' of
Pontiac, Michigan
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(63,174)
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Delaware County Daily and Sunday Times
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'' of
Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania (43,520)
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The Macomb Daily'' of
Mount Clemens, Michigan (42,045)
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The Trentonian'' of
Trenton, New Jersey (Sunday: 26,500)
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The News-Herald (Ohio)'' of
Willoughby, Ohio (39,453)
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The Daily Local News'' of
West Chester, Pennsylvania
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(27,087)
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The Morning Journal
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'' of
Lorain, Ohio
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(26,777)
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Mercury (Pennsylvania)
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Pottstown, Pennsylvania
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(21,080)
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Daily Freeman
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'' of
Kingston, New York (18,492)
History
In 2004, JRC bought
21st Century Newspapers
21st Century Newspapers was a corporation owning newspapers in the state of Michigan and based in Pontiac, Michigan, and founded in 1995.
History
21st Century Newspapers' first acquisitions were ''The Oakland Press'' and ''The Macomb Daily'' and ...
, gaining ownership of several daily newspapers in Greater
Detroit.
In 2006, JRC bought the Web site
JobsInTheUS.com. It is also a major shareholder in consulting company
PowerOne Media. That same year, the company moved its headquarters to
Yardley, Pennsylvania
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from
Trenton, New Jersey.
In early 2007, JRC completed the sales of its former
Massachusetts and
Rhode Island newspapers to
GateHouse Media and
RISN Operations, respectively.
In early 2008, the New York Stock Exchange announced it was planning to suspend trading of JRC's common stock. The stock had been below $1.05 for 30 consecutive days, at one point falling to 16 cents, which was the all-time low at that time. The stock was delisted as of April 16.
On February 21, 2009, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US Bankruptcy Court, located in Manhattan,
New York, NY
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.
On August 12, 2009, JRC emerged from bankruptcy as a private company.
On March 17, 2010, the company named an advisory board composed of
Jeff Jarvis (author of "What Would
Google Do" and
BuzzMachine);
Jay Rosen of
New York University, and
Emily Bell, the director of the
Tow Center for Digital Journalism at
Columbia University.
On March 11, 2010, the company named Bill Higginson, Journal Register's former Senior Vice President, Production, as the company's president and COO. On March 4, 2010, the company named Jeff Bairstow as chief financial officer. Bairstow joined Journal Register after working for Synarc Inc., a leading provider of medical imaging analysis, subject-recruitment and biochemical-marker services.
On September 5, 2012, Digital First Media, parent company of JRC, confirmed the group had again filed for bankruptcy protection.
On April 5, 2013, the assets of Journal Register Company and its affiliates were sold to 21st CMH Acquisition Co., an affiliate of funds managed by
Alden Global Capital. The Journal Register Company then became known as 21st Century Media and continued to be managed by Digital First Media.
References
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External links
Journal Register Company corporate web site
at the International Directory of Company Histories
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