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Article: The Hearst Corporation Agrees to Purchase White Directory Publishers, Inc.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- September 2, 2004
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NEW YORK -- The Hearst Corporation today agreed to purchase White Directory Publishers, Inc., the fourth-largest independent yellow pages publisher in the United States. The announcement was made by Victor F. Ganzi, president and Chief Executive Officer of The Hearst Corporation, and George B. Irish, president of Hearst Newspapers. The transaction is expected to close on or about September 30, 2004.
White Directory Publishers, based in Buffalo, New York, publishes 56 directories in 11 states, with a combined distribution of more than 8 million copies. A family owned and operated company, White Directory Publishers was founded in 1968 by Wilbur D. Lewis and has ...