Classified Ventures

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Classified Ventures, LLC, is a Delaware limited liability company, based in Chicago, owned by a strategic joint-venture of five large media companies -- A. H. Belo, Gannett Company, Inc., The McClatchy Company, Tribune Company, and Graham Holdings Company^[1] -- to capitalize on the revenue growth in the online classified advertising categories of automotive and rentals. Websites include Cars.com, Apartments.com and ApartmentHomeLiving.com.

In 2010, Classified Ventures was recognized as one of the “2010 Hottest Companies in the Midwest” by Lead411.^[2]

Products

v t e A. H. Belo

Newspapers	The Dallas Morning News Denton Record-Chronicle Al Día Neighborsgo La Prensa The Providence Journal

Related topics	Alfred Horatio Belo (founder) Belo Corporation (former parent company) Classified Ventures (joint venture) Robert W. Decherd (CEO)

Directors:

United States national newspapers:

Gannett Company regional daily newspapers in the United States

v t e Gannett Company television stations in the United States

ABC network affiliates	KVUE KXTV WFAA WHAS ¹ WJXX WVEC WZZM

CBS network affiliates	KENS KHOU KMOV ^{1, 2} KREM KTHV WFMY WLTX WMAZ WTSP WUSA WWL

The CW network affiliates	KASW ^{1, 2} KSKN WMAZ

Fox network affiliate	KMSB ¹

MyNetworkTV affiliates	KTVD KTTU ³ WATL WUPL

NBC network affiliates	KARE KGW ¹ KING KPNX / KNAZ KSDK KTVB / KTFT KUSA WBIR WCNC WCSH WGRZ WKYC WLBZ WTLV WXIA

Independent stations	KONG KTVK ^{1, 2}

Cable news channels	24/7 NewsWatch 15 Northwest Cable News Texas Cable News

¹ Owned by Sander Media, LLC, Gannett operates these stations through a SSA. ² Sale to Meredith Corporation pending. ³ Owned by Tucker Operating Company, LLC.

v t e Newsquest daily newspapers in the United Kingdom

The Argus, Brighton The Bolton News Telegraph & Argus, Bradford Evening Gazette, Colchester Bournemouth Daily Echo Dorset Echo Echo, Basildon, Essex Evening Times The Herald, Glasgow Lancashire Telegraph Oxford Mail The Northern Echo The Press, York Southern Daily Echo, Southampton South Wales Argus Swindon Advertiser Worcester News

v t e Gannett Government Media newspapers and magazines

Air Force Times Armed Forces Journal Army Times C⁴ISR Journal Defense News Federal Times Marine Corps Times Military Times Military Times Edge Navy Times Training & Simulation Journal

Other assets:

Investments:

v t e The McClatchy Company

Newspapers	Anchorage Daily News The Beaufort Gazette Belleville News-Democrat The Bellingham Herald The Bradenton Herald Centre Daily Times The Charlotte Observer Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Florida Keys Keynoter Fort Worth Star-Telegram The Fresno Bee Rock Hill (S.C.) Herald The Idaho Statesman Hilton Head (S.C.) Island Packet The Kansas City Star Lexington Herald-Leader The Telegraph (Macon, GA) Merced Sun-Star The Miami Herald The Modesto Bee The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) El Nuevo Herald The Olathe News The Olympian The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) The Sacramento Bee The San Luis Obispo Tribune The State (Columbia, S.C.) The Sun Herald The News Tribune Tri-City Herald The Wichita Eagle

Partnerships	CareerBuilder (14.4%) Classified Ventures (25.6%) The Seattle Times Company (49.5%) Topix (11.25%)

Acquisitions	Cowles Media Company Knight Ridder

Corporate directors

Newspapers	The Baltimore Sun Chicago Tribune Daily Press Hartford Courant Los Angeles Times The Morning Call Orlando Sentinel Sun-Sentinel

The Baltimore Sun Media Group	The Aegis Catonsville Times

Daily Press Media Group	Tidewater Review The Virginia Gazette

CT1 Media	CTNow Hartford

LA Times Media Group	Daily Pilot Hoy Huntington Beach Independent Burbank Leader Glendale News-Press

Orlando Sentinel Media Group	El Sentinel

Sun-Sentinel Media Group	Florida Jewish Journal El Sentinel del Sur de la Florida

Tribune Media Group	Chicago ChicagoNow Hoy Metromix (50%) Naperville RedEye

Investments	Classified Ventures CareerBuilder Topix

Tribune
Broadcasting
(TV stations by
primary affiliations)

TV networks	Broadcast Antenna TV This TV¹ Cable CLTV Food Network (30%) WGN America

ABC	WGNO WNEP² WQAD

CBS	KFSM WHNT WREG WTKR² WTVR

The CW	KDAF KIAH KPLR KRCW KTLA KWGN WCCT WDCW WGN-TV WGNT² WNOL WPIX WSFL WTTV / WTTK

Fox	KCPQ KDVR / KFCT KSTU KSWB KTVI KTXL WDAF WGHP WITI WJW WPMT WTIC WXIN WXMI

MyNet	KXNW KZJO WPHL

NBC	KFOR WHO

Ind.	KAUT

TV programs	EyeOpener Tribune Studios WGN Sports

Radio	WGN Chicago Cubs Radio Network

Comic strips	Animal Crackers Bottom Liners Bound and Gagged Brenda Starr Rockit Broom-Hilda Dick Tracy Gasoline Alley Gil Thorp Jumble Little Orphan Annie Loose Parts Love Is... Middletons Pink Panther Pluggers

Editorial cartoons	Dan Wasserman Dana Summers Dick Locher Don Wright Drew Sheneman Jack Ohman Matt Davies Paul Conrad Scott Stantis Wayne Stayskal Walt Handelsman

Humorists	Andy Rooney Dave Barry Diane Farr Jen Lancaster Mark Russell Michael Showalter Today's Chuckle

Political columnists	Arianna Huffington Bill Press Cal Thomas Carl Hiaasen Clarence Page Garrison Keillor Henry Kissinger Ian Bremmer Jesse Jackson Jonah Goldberg Jules Witcover Leonard Pitts Jr. Paul Kennedy Andrés Oppenheimer Victor Davis Hanson William Pfaff

Other columnists	Amy Dickinson Billy Graham Goren Bridge Liz Smith Mitch Albom Omarr's Astrological Forecast Rick Steves Robert Pagliarini Wolfgang Puck Zap2it

Tribune Digital Ventures

¹ A joint venture between Tribune and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
² Owned By Dreamcatcher Broadcasting, LLC, Tribune operates these stations through an SSA.

Corporate staff

Cable Television Assets

Other

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.