List of assets owned by Hearst Communications explained

List of assets owned by Hearst Communications, a privately held American-based media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower in New York City, USA.:

Publishing

Newspapers

• The Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut)
• Albany Times Union (Albany, New York)
• Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, Texas)
• Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, Connecticut)
• Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Illinois)
• Greenwich Time (Greenwich, Connecticut)
• The Hour (Norwalk, Connecticut)
• Houston Chronicle (Houston, Texas)
• Huron Daily Tribune (Bad Axe, Michigan)
• Journal-Courier (Jacksonville, Illinois)
• Journal Inquirer (Manchester, Connecticut)
• Laredo Morning Times (Laredo, Texas)
• Midland Daily News (Midland, Michigan)
• Midland Reporter-Telegram (Midland, Texas)
• The New Haven Register (New Haven, Connecticut)
• The News-Times (Danbury, Connecticut)
• The Pioneer (Big Rapids, Michigan)
• Plainview Daily Herald (Plainview, Texas)
• RJ Media Group^[1]
  • The Cheshire Herald (Cheshire, Connecticut)
  • Record-Journal (Meriden, Connecticut)
• San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, Texas)
• San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California)
• seattlepi.com, formerly the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, Washington)

Magazines

• Bicycling
• Car and Driver
• Cosmopolitan
• Country Living
• Dr. Oz THE GOOD LIFE
• ELLE
• ELLE DECOR
• Esquire
• Food Network Magazine
• Good Housekeeping
• Harper's BAZAAR
• HGTV Magazine
• House Beautiful
• Inside Soap
• O, The Oprah Magazine
• Popular Mechanics
• Redbook
• Road & Track
• San Antonio Magazine
• Seventeen
• Town&Country
• VERANDA
• Prevention
• Men's Health
• Woman's Day
• Women's Health

Broadcasting

See main article: Hearst Television.

Production & distribution

• Hearst Media Production Group

Radio

• WBAL-AM (Baltimore, MD)
• WIYY-FM (Baltimore, MD)

Television

• WVTM-TV (Birmingham, AL)
• KHBS-TV/KHOG-TV (Fort Smith, AR)
• KCRA-TV & KQCA-TV (Sacramento, CA)
• KSBW-TV (Salinas, CA)
• WBBH-TV (Fort Myers, FL)
• WESH-TV & WKCF-TV (Orlando, FL)
• WMOR-TV (Tampa, FL)
• WPBF-TV (West Palm Beach, FL)
• WJCL-TV (Savannah-Hilton Head Island, GA-SC)
• KCCI-TV (Des Moines, IA)
• WLKY-TV (Louisville, KY)
• WDSU-TV (New Orleans, LA)
• WMTW-TV & WPXT-TV (Portland, ME)
• WBAL-TV (Baltimore, MD)
• WCVB-TV (Boston, MA)
• WAPT-TV (Jackson, MS)
• KMBC-TV & KCWE-TV (Kansas City, MO)
• KETV-TV (Omaha, NE)
• WMUR-TV (Manchester, NH)
• KOAT-TV (Albuquerque, NM)
• WPTZ-TV/WNNE-TV (Plattsburgh-Burlington, NY-VT)
• WXII-TV/WCWG-TV (Winston-Salem, NC)
• WLWT-TV (Cincinnati, OH)
• KOCO-TV (Oklahoma City, OK)
• WGAL-TV (Lancaster, PA)
• WTAE-TV (Pittsburgh, PA)
• WYFF-TV (Greenville, SC)
• WISN-TV (Milwaukee, WI)

Cable

• A+E Networks (50%, with The Walt Disney Company)
  • A&E
  • History
  • FYI
  • Viceland
  • Military History
  • Crime & Investigation Network
  • Lifetime
  • LMN
  • Lifetime Real Women
  • Defy (broadcast network; joint venture with Free TV Networks)
• Cosmopolitan Television
• ESPN Inc. (20%, with The Walt Disney Company which holds 80% majority)
  • ESPN
  • ESPN2
  • ESPN Classic
  • ESPNEWS
  • ESPN Deportes
  • ESPNU
  • ESPN Now
  • ESPN Plus
  • ESPN Films
  • ESPN PPV
  • ESPN Regional Television (dba ESPN Events)
  • ESPN International (see for complete list of channels)
    • North American Sports Network
    • TSN (30%)
  • ESPN Radio
  • Mobile ESPN
  • ESPN3
  • ESPN The Magazine
  • ESPN Home Entertainment (currently distributed by Genius Products)
  • ESPN Outdoors
    • BASS
  • ESPN Digital Center
  • Arena Football League (undisclosed minority stake acquired December 2006)

Business media

• LocalEdge - formerly THE TALKING PHONE BOOK,^[2]
• Blackbook
• IC Master
• Electronic Engineers Master Catalog
• Electronic Products Magazine
• First DataBank
• Fitch Ratings (80%) - FIMALAC (20%)
• FleetCross
• Floor Covering Weekly
• Homecare Homebase^[3]
• IDG/Hearst
• Local.com
• MCG Health^[4]
• MHK^[5]
• Metrix4Media
• MOTOR Information Systems
• NOVA Electronik
• ODG (Work Loss Data Institute)^[6]
• Stocknet
• StructuredContent
• TL Publications
• Used Car Guides
• Zynx Health Incorporated

Interactive media

Investments include:

• XM Satellite Radio
• MetaTV
• Circles
• Mobility Technologies
• Cymfony
• drugstore.com
• Referral Networks
• Hire.com
• govWorks.com
• Genealogy.com
• Scene7
• Tavolo
• Medscape
• iVillage, Inc.
• Brandwise
• Broadcast.com
• Exodus
• E Ink Corporation
• Zip2
• I Pro
• Netscape
• Digital Spy
• UGO Networks
• RealAge
• Delish.com
• Savored
• Manilla
• Hearst Shkulev Digital
• Puzzmo^[7]

Other

• King Features Syndicate
• Reed Brennan
• CDS Global
• Hearst Holdings, Inc.
• Wyntoon
• Hearst Shkulev Media
• iCrossing, Inc.
• NorthSouth Productions (50%)
• CAMP Systems International, Inc.
  • CAMP Europe S.A.S.
  • CAMP Data Support and Services (DSS), Ltd.
  • Inventory Locator Service, LLC
  • Continuum Applied Technology
  • Component Control
  • AMSTAT
• KUBRA Data Transfer Ltd. (80%)^{[8] [9]}

Former assets

• Light TV (joint venture with Mark Burnett, Roma Downey and MGM Television, sold to Allen Media Group and rebranded as TheGrio TV)
• Litton Entertainment (absorbed into Hearst Media Production Group)
  • Litton Worldwide Distribution
  • Litton Media Sales
  • Litton News Source

Former media

• The American Weekly (1896-1966): Sunday newspaper supplement (November 1, 1896, until 1966)
• The Atlanta Georgian (1912-1939)
• Baltimore News-American and predecessors (1923-1986)
• Boston Herald and predecessors (1904-1982)
• Chicago American (1900-1956)
• The Connoisseur (1901-1992)
• Detroit Times (1921-1960)
• Locomotion (1996-2005)
• Los Angeles Herald Examiner and predecessors (1903-1989)
• Marie Claire (1994-2021)
• Milwaukee Sentinel and predecessors (1919-1962)
• Nash's Magazine (1910-1937)
• New York Journal-American and predecessors (1896-1966)
• New York Daily Mirror (1924-1928, 1932–1963)
• Oakland Post Enquirer (1922-1960)
• Omaha Daily Bee (1928-1937)
• Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph (1927-1960)
• Rochester Journal-American (1922-1937)
• San Francisco Examiner (1880-2000)
• Science Digest (1937-1988)
• Sports Afield (1953-2000)
• Syracuse Herald-Journal and predecessors (1922-1939)
• The Washington Times and The Washington Herald (1917-1939)

See also

• Lists of corporate assets

Sources

• Columbia Journalism Review

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mirmina . Austin . Hearst CT Media finalizes deal to acquire RJ Media Group in Meriden . CT Insider . July 22, 2024 . December 30, 2023.
2. Web site: LocalEdge: Yellow Pages, White Pages, Phone Number Lookup, Maps, Driving Directions. localedge.com.
3. Web site: Hearst Buys Most of Homecare Homebase. William. Launder. 2 December 2013. WSJ.
4. News: Hearst Corporation Agrees to Acquire Milliman Care Guidelines LLC. 2017-08-23.
5. News: Hearst Agrees to Acquire Majority Stake in MedHOK, Inc., a Leading Healthcare Software-as-a-Service Company. 2017-08-23.
6. News: Hearst Media Buys Work-Loss Data Institute. 2017-01-17. Insurance Journal. 2017-08-23. en-US.
7. Web site: Press Resources . 2023-11-30 . https://archive.today/20231130031946/https://www.puzzmo.com/press/ . 2023-11-30 .
8. Web site: Hearst Corporation to Acquire 80% Stake in KUBRA Data Transfer Ltd. . Hearst News . Hearst.com . 3 September 2014 . 14 May 2020.
9. Web site: Mickey . Bill . Hearst Corp. Buys Controlling Interest in Digital Billing and Payments Firm . Folio . Access Intelligence, LLC . 14 May 2020 . 9 September 2014.