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Newsday Media Group

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Newsday Media Group[1] was described by The New York Times as "the parent company of the Long Island tabloid" (referring to Newsday).[2] Long Island Business News referred to Media Group's flagship as "Long Island’s only daily newspaper."[3]

Union contracts are with them, rather than with their publications.[4]

History

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Newsday Media Group was acquired from the Chicago Tribune by Cablevision in 2008.[5] Following when Altice purchased Cablevision in 2016,[6] Newsday Media Group was reverted to its prior ownership.[1][7]

In 2019, they sold their AM New York Metro holdings to Schneps Media.[2][8]

Controversy

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Online postings that didn't reflect favorably were deleted as part of ownership transition.[9][10]

In 2004, they "admitted Thursday that it had substantially overstated its daily and Sunday circulation."[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sydney Ember (July 7, 2016). "Dolan Family Repurchases Newsday". The New York Times.
  2. ^ a b Marc Tracy (October 11, 2019). "A New Owner, and Layoffs, for amNewYork". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Claude Solnik (August 1, 2018). "Patrick Dolan becomes Newsday sole owner". Long Island Business News.
  4. ^ James T. Madore (January 20, 2018). "Newsday Media Group union approves new labor pact". Newsday. unionized employees, most of whom are journalists
  5. ^ "Cablevision to Buy Newsday (But Why?)". The New York Times. May 12, 2008.
  6. ^ Nick Kostov (September 17, 2015). "Altice to Buy Cablevision for $10 Billion". The Wall Street Journal.
  7. ^ "no-title". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. July 7, 2016. has bought back 75 percent of Newsday Media
  8. ^ "Schneps Media acquires amNewYork from Newsday Media Group". Queens Courier. October 2, 2019.
  9. ^ "Newsday shuts down online comments". Long Island Business News. February 28, 2018.
  10. ^ One spokesperson compared it to "Bloomberg doesn't cover Bloomberg"
  11. ^ "Newsday: Circulation inflated". June 18, 2004.