Leading newspaper owners U.S. 2020-2022

Published by
Amy Watson,
Dec 1, 2022
The largest local newspaper owner in the United States in 2022 (as of May that year) was Gannett, with a total of 494 papers. Whilst larger companies - Gannett, Tribune/News Media Group (owned by hedge fund Alden Global Capital), and Lee Enterprises all owned fewer papers in 2022 than in 2020, regional chains saw increases. Cherry Road Media, founded in 2020, owned a total of 63 papers in 2022 at the time of survey, and Paxton Media Group grew its number of papers owned by 40 during the same time period.

Largest newspaper owners in the United States in 2020 and 2022, by total number of newspapers owned

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Release date

June 2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

2020 and 2022

Supplementary notes

*Media News Group is also known as Digital First, owned by Alden Global Capital.
**Company first entered the industry in 2020. Source did not provide data for that year.

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