Landmark Communications

Sale process for The Virginian-Pilot is put on hold

Chris.Dinsmore — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:53:10 -0500

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.

Landmark suspends sale of assets, but not The Pilot

Chris.Dinsmore — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:19:00 -0400

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.

Landmark's sale of Tenn. TV station falls through

Chris.Dinsmore — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:00:18 -0400

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

Landmark completes sale of The Weather Channel to NBC

Chris.Dinsmore — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:28:23 -0400

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 sells online marketer

Chris.Dinsmore — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:01:01 -0400

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.

Meet Decker Anstrom, Landmark's Weather man

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:17:20 -0400

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.

Timeline: the history of The Weather Channel

Mark.Edelen — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:00:00 -0400

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

Weather Channel deal sealed for $3.5 billion to NBC group

Mark.Edelen — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:00:00 -0400

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.

Arkansas company scouts The Virginian-Pilot, other papers

Mark.Edelen — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:31:21 -0400

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.

NBC Universal negotiating to buy Weather Channel

Chris.Dinsmore — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:44:42 -0400

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.