Arkansas company scouts The Virginian-Pilot, other papers
Wehco Media Inc. of Little Rock, Ark., said last month that it was considering a bid for The Virginian-Pilot and its sister papers, owned by Landmark Communications Inc. of Norfolk. Last week, its...
View ArticleWeather Channel deal sealed for $3.5 billion to NBC group
NORFOLK Landmark Communications Inc. of Norfolk has agreed to sell The Weather Channel Cos. to a consortium of NBC Universal and two private equity firms, the companies announced Sunday. Neither...
View ArticleTimeline: the history of The Weather Channel
July 1981 Landmark Communications Inc. announces it will begin operating a live 24-hour weather news network nationwide on cable TV starting in the spring of 1982. May 2, 1982 The Weather Channel...
View ArticleMeet Decker Anstrom, Landmark's Weather man
NORFOLK Decker Anstrom grew up without the benefit of a TV set at home. His mother and stepfather, high school teachers, didn't consider it a healthy influence. "They really believed in literature and...
View ArticleLandmark Communications sells online marketer
Landmark Communications Inc. of Norfolk announced today that it has sold Q Interactive, which provides marketing services to advertisers and publishers, to Intrepid Investments, a merchant bank based...
View ArticleLandmark completes sale of The Weather Channel to NBC
It's in NBC's hands now. Landmark Communications Inc. announced Friday that it has closed on the sale of The Weather Channel Cos. to NBC Universal and two private equity firms, The Blackstone Group and...
View ArticleLandmark's sale of Tenn. TV station falls through
NORFOLK Landmark Media Enterprises LLC announced Wednesday that the planned sale of its Nashville television station had fallen through because of the credit crunch.read more
View ArticleLandmark suspends sale of assets, but not The Pilot
NORFOLK Landmark Media Enterprises LLC, citing the "credit crisis," announced Wednesday that it has taken most of its properties, including Dominion Enterprises, off the market. But the company is...
View ArticleSale process for The Virginian-Pilot is put on hold
NORFOLK The Virginian-Pilot won't be sold. At least for now. The owner of The Pilot, Landmark Media Enterprises LLC, announced Tuesday that it had taken the newspaper and its affiliates off the market,...
View ArticleLandmark Media sells N.C. paper to Warren Buffett
GREENSBORO Landmark Media Enterprises has sold the News & Record of North Carolina to the newspaper division of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a Fortune 500 company led by billionaire Warren Buffett. BH...
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