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. 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

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, 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 and 21st Century Media merged into

. Digital First Media is owned by

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The company owned daily and

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s, other print media properties and newspaper-affiliated local Web sites in the U.S. states of

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...

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, New York,

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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

and

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. It also operated 3 commercial printing facilities. 21st Century Media's flagship

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was the ''New Haven Register''. Its ten largest daily newspapers (approximate daily circulation over 20,000) were: * ''

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'' of

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(76,664) * ''

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'' of Pontiac, Michigan (63,174) * '' Delaware County Daily and Sunday Times'' of

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(43,520) * ''

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(42,045) * ''

The Trentonian ''The Trentonian'' is a daily newspaper serving Trenton, New Jersey, USA, and the surrounding Mercer County community. The paper in 2020 has a daily circulation of under 8,000 and a Sunday circulation under 7,000. As of August 2020, it was ranke ...

'' of

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(39,453) * ''

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'' of West Chester, Pennsylvania (27,087) * '' The Morning Journal'' of Lorain, Ohio (26,777) * ''The Mercury (Pennsylvania)'' of Pottstown, Pennsylvania (21,080) * '' Daily Freeman'' of

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(18,492)

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In 2004, JRC bought 21st Century Newspapers, gaining ownership of several daily newspapers in Greater

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. 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

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from

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newspapers to GateHouse Media and

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, 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. On August 12, 2009, JRC emerged from bankruptcy as a private company. On March 17, 2010, the company named an advisory board composed of

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, and

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, the director of the

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. 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

. The Journal Register Company then became known as 21st Century Media and continued to be managed by Digital First Media.

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Journal Register Company corporate web site
at the International Directory of Company Histories * {{Digital First Media Defunct newspaper companies of the United States Digital First Media Defunct companies based in Pennsylvania Companies based in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Publishing companies established in 1959 Companies disestablished in 2013 1959 establishments in Pennsylvania 2013 disestablishments in Pennsylvania Ingersoll family

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