Our Company

As our name implies, Digital First Media is out to transform the local news business. We are a management company overseeing more than 800 multi-platform local news products across 18 states, making us the second-largest newspaper company in the U.S. This includes 75 daily news operations as well as a host of local weeklies. DFM is made up of 21st Century Media (formerly Journal Register Company) and MediaNews Group and includes publications such as The Denver Post, San Jose Mercury News, St. Paul Pioneer Press, New Haven Register, Los Angeles Daily News and Salt Lake Tribune. Digital First's national news hub in New York City, called Project Thunderdome, is geared toward creating innovative, engaging stories and multimedia for DFM properties and other customers. Digital First Media is driven by the vision of CEO John Paton and a host of digital innovators, inventive storytellers and dedicated local voices from coast to coast.