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Article: Dow Jones to Change Name of Community News Subsidiary to Dow Jones Local Media Group Inc.
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- Business Wire
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- June 8, 2009
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NEW YORK -- Dow Jones & Company announced today that its community newspaper and other media properties subsidiary will be renamed Dow Jones Local Media Group Inc. effective July 1.
The Dow Jones Local Media Group includes eight daily newspapers, 15 weekly newspapers and a collection of magazines and Internet sites in six U.S. states which previously operated as Ottaway Newspapers Inc.
"The new name reflects the closer working relationship between our successful local news franchises and the rest of Dow Jones and News Corp.," said Les Hinton, CEO of Dow Jones.
Ottaway Newspapers got its start in 1936 when James H. Ottaway Sr. purchased the ...