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GateHouse Media

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American media company (1998–2019)

GateHouse Media Inc. was an American publisher of locally based print and digital media. It published 144 daily newspapers, 684 community publications, and over 569 local-market websites in 38 states. Its parent company, New Media Investment Group, acquired Gannett in 2019, with the combined company using the Gannett name and maintaining its headquarters in Virginia.2 It was founded in 1997.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1997Founded1

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GateHouse Media Inc. was an American publisher of locally based print and digital media. It published 144 daily newspapers, 684 community publications, and over 569 local-market websites in 38 states. Its parent company, New Media Investment Group, acquired Gannett in 2019, with the combined company using the Gannett name and maintaining its headquarters in Virginia. In 2015, Gannett spun off its publishing holdings into a standalone company, and renamed that company USA Today Co. in 2025.2

Corporate structure

GateHouse Media is part of a group headed by USA Today Co.. 240 entities, 7 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

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The story

Liberty Group Publishing

Liberty Group Publishing was formed in 1998 when Kenneth L. Serota, a former Hollinger International attorney with backing from Leonard Green & Partners, bought 160 community newspapers from Hollinger. Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, Liberty then expanded the network increasing the total newspapers to 330 by 2000. Faced with problems, it downsized to 270 by June 2005.

GateHouse Media

In June 2005, Fortress Investment Group bought Liberty for $527 million. Fortress expanded it to 75 dailies, 231 weeklies, 117 shoppers, and 230 websites. It was renamed GateHouse and its headquarters moved to suburban Rochester, New York, in April 2006. In October 2006, GateHouse had its IPO with Fortress maintaining 60% ownership. On October 23, 2007, GateHouse announced the purchase of 14 daily newspapers and other publications from Morris Communications.

The company received notification from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 21, 2008, that it had fallen below the NYSE's continued listing standards for average global market capitalization over a consecutive 30-trading-day period of not less than $75 million and $1.00 average closing price, and had submitted a business plan to the NYSE Regulation for coming back into compliance for continued listing. The company has been in communication with the NYSE regarding its noncompliance with continued listing standards, but was unsuccessful in its efforts to avoid suspension and delisting.

From Wikipedia’s article on GateHouse Media, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2015Acquired Halifax Media Group1

In August 2019, it was announced that New Media Investment Group had reached an agreement to acquire Gannett Company. The merged company would take on the better-known Gannett name and be based at Gannett's headquarters in McLean, Virginia, but with New Media Investment Group's CEO Mike Reed as CEO.

The acquisition of Gannett by New Media Investment Group was completed on November 19, 2019, making the combined company the largest newspaper publisher in the United States.

From Wikipedia’s article on GateHouse Media, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 2019Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1997Founded Founded1

Sources

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