Times-Shamrock selling newspaper group, including The Citizens' Voice
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Times-Shamrock selling newspaper group, including The Citizens' Voice
BY JEFF HORVATH STAFF WRITER 2 hrs ago
Times-Shamrock Communications is selling its newspaper group, including The Times-Tribune, to MediaNews Group effective Thursday, CEO Jim Lewandowski announced.
The sale, announced during an all-staff Zoom meeting, includes the company's four daily newspapers The Times-Tribune, The Citizens' Voice, the Republican Herald and The Standard-Speaker as well as its weekly and periodic newspapers, commercial printing operations, Absolute Distribution Inc. and Times-Shamrock Creative Services.
It does not include the Times-Shamrock's radio or billboard operations, or the Scranton Times Building.
Colorado-based MediaNews Group is owned by the investment fund Alden Global Capital.
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