LocalPoint Media is owned by an alliance of twenty community newspaper companies, including some of the largest and most respected community newspaper chains in the country, and Suburban Newspapers of America (SNA), the largest trade association in North America representing the community newspaper industry. SNA will serve as manager of the network.

Owners Include:

ASP Westward, LP
American Community Newspapers, LLC
Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.
Dix Communications
GateHouse Media Inc.
NPG Newspapers, Inc.
Packet Publications
Schurz Communications, Inc.
Sun-Times Media Group
Suburban Newspapers Inc.
Aurora Publishing Company
CrossRoadsNews, Inc.
Fayette Publishing Inc.
Holden Landmark Corporation
Mile High Newspapers
Recorder Community Newspapers
Red Wing Publishing Co.
Richner Communications
Rust Communications

NEWS

Listen to the Wachovia/SNA Call — Community Newspapers Report 2nd Quarter Results

8/19/2008 — Last week, SNA co-hosted a call with Wachovia Equity Research to share the second quarter community newspaper advertising results with the financial community. The audio recording of that call is now available free of charge.

Click here to download the MP3 recording (10 MB)

Donna Barrett, President/CEO of Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. and David Black, President/CEO of Black Press provided extensive commentary during the call that was handled in a Q&A format by John Janedis, Media Analyst, Wachovia Equity Research.

Anyone that publishes community newspapers or advertises with them will be interested in this call. The community newspaper segment of the industry in general is not experiencing the double digit declines or massive layoffs that are dominating the metro daily industry. Community newspapers remain the sweet spot of the industry and although they are certainly affected by the tough economy, executives remain optimistic and bullish on the future. (Click here for full press release detailing the second quarter findings).

After listening to the call, please send us your feedback or post a comment in our forums. Newspapers that did not participate in the second quarter report are encouraged to sign-up for the third quarter report by sending your name, email address and phone number to sna@suburban-news.org.

Questions? Contact Nancy Lane directly at (843) 390-1531.