List of assets owned by the New York Times Company

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This is a list of assets owned by the New York Times Company. [1]

Contents

Business units

Media properties

Other properties (related to the New York Times brand)

Other assets

Joint ventures

Investments

Investment portfolio as of January 2017: [6]

Former assets

Regional Media Group

Thirteen dailies and one weekly newspaper primarily in the Southern United States, including titles in Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Broadcast Media Group

Radio stations

AM StationFM Station
City of license/MarketStation/
Frequency
Years ownedCurrent ownership
New York City WQXR/WQEW 15601944–2007 WFME , owned by Family Radio
WQXR-FM 96.31944–2009Owned by New York Public Radio

Television stations

City of license / Market StationChannel
TV (RF)
Years ownedCurrent ownership status
Huntsville, Alabama WHNT-TV 19 (19)1980–2007 CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Fort Smith - Fayetteville, Arkansas KFSM-TV 5 (18)1979–2007CBS affiliate owned by Tegna Inc.
Moline, Illinois - Davenport, Iowa WQAD-TV 8 (38)1985–2007 ABC affiliate owned by Tegna Inc.
Des Moines, Iowa WHO-TV 13 (13)1996–2007 NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Oklahoma City KFOR-TV 4 (27)1996–2007NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
KAUT-TV 43 (19)2005–2007 The CW owned-and-operated (O&O)
Scranton - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania WNEP-TV 16 (50)1985–2007ABC affiliate owned by Tegna Inc.
Memphis, Tennessee WREC/WREG-TV 3 (28)1971–2007CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Norfolk, Virginia WTKR 3 (40)1995–2007CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company

New England Media Group

This comprised two of the three largest-circulation newspapers in Massachusetts, purchased in 1993 (Boston) and 1999 (Worcester). This group also included boston.com.

The Globe and the other New England assets were sold to John Henry in August 2013, with the sale taking effect at the end of October. In 2014, Henry sold the Telegram & Gazette to another media group.

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