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, citing the credit crunch.

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 continuing negotiations to sell The Virginian-Pilot.

NORFOLK Landmark Media Enterprises LLC announced Wednesday that the planned sale of its Nashville television station had fallen through because of the credit crunch.

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 Bain Capital.

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 in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Terms were not disclosed.

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 books and conversation," Anstrom said Monday.

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 Landmark nor NBC disclosed the price. But people close to the negotiations said NBC and its partners, Bain Capital and The Blackstone Group, offered about $3.5 billion.

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 debuts. November 1982 The Weather Channel starts airing locally to Cox Cable subscribers. August 1983

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 executives checked out the merchandise.

NORFOLK A group including NBC Universal and two private equity firms are in “exclusive negotiations” to buy The Weather Channel, its owner Landmark Communications Inc. confirmed in a statement late Friday.