Sightline Media Group, formerly Gannett Government Media and Army Times Publishing Company, is a United States company that publishes newspapers, magazines, websites, and other publications about the U.S. and other militaries.
The company's ''Military Times'' group publishes four bimonthly newspapers aimed at current and former U.S. military personnel: ''
Army Times
''Army Times'' (ISSN 0004–2595) is a newspaper published 26 times a year serving active, reserve, national guard and retired United States Army personnel and their families, providing news, information and analysis as well as community and ...
'' (founded 1940), ''
Navy Times
''Navy Times'' (ISSN 0028-1697) is an American newspaper published 26 times per year serving active, reserve and retired United States Navy personnel and their families, providing news, information, analysis, community lifestyle features, educa ...
'' (founded 1951), ''
Air Force Times
''Air Force Times'' is a newspaper published 26 times per year to provide active, reserve and retired United States Air Force and Air National Guard personnel and their families with news, information, analysis, community and lifestyle features, e ...
'' (founded 1947), and ''
Marine Corps Times
''Marine Corps Times'' (ISSN 1522-0869) is a newspaper serving active, reserve and retired United States Marine Corps personnel and their families, providing news, information and analysis as well as community and lifestyle features, educational s ...
'' (founded 1999). It also publishes ''
Defense News
''Defense News'' is a website and newspaper about the politics, business, and technology of national security published by Sightline Media Group. Founded in 1986, ''Defense News'' says it serves an audience of senior military, government, and in ...
'' (founded 1986), ''
C4ISRNET'' and ''
Federal Times''.
Its defunct publications include ''
Armed Forces Journal
''Armed Forces Journal'' (''AFJ'') was a publication for American military officers and leaders in government and industry.
Created in 1863 as a weekly newspaper, ''AFJ'' was published under various names by various owners in various formats f ...
'', founded in 1863, which was the nation's longest-running defense-themed publication until it ceased publication in 2014.
History
The company was founded in 1940 as the Army Times Publishing Company.
In August 1997, it was purchased by the
Gannett Company
Gannett Co., Inc. ( ) is an American mass media holding company headquartered in New York City. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation.
It owns the national newspaper ''USA Today'', as well as severa ...
.
As part of the spinoff of digital and broadcasting properties in 2015, Gannett spun off these properties to
Tegna
Tegna Inc. (stylized in all caps as TEGNA) is an American publicly traded broadcast, digital media and marketing services company headquartered in Tysons, Virginia. It was created on June 29, 2015, when the Gannett Company split into two publi ...
. In March 2016, Tegna sold Sightline Media Group to
Regent
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, a Los Angeles-based
private equity firm
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controlled by investor
Michael Reinstein
Michael A. Reinstein is an American businessman, lawyer, private equity executive, and the founder and chairman of Regent, L.P., Regent, a global private equity firm.
Early life
Michael Reinstein was born in Los Angeles, California. He attended ...
. Regent formed the publisher Archetype in 2019 for its media holdings.
In 2011, hackers breached a Sightline database of subscribers, obtaining their names, passwords, email addresses, duty status, paygrade, and branch of service.
References
External links
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''Military Times''
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Military magazines published in the United States