Shaw Newspapers becomes Shaw Media

Press release:
Shaw Newspapers becomes Shaw Media


SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 / FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DIXON, Ill. – Chief Executive Officer Tom Shaw announced today a change in name to Shaw Media, to better reflect the forward motion of this legacy company. The change goes into effect on October 10, 2010.

The Shaw brand has been synonymous with high-quality newspapers for more than 159 years.

The name change is necessary to more appropriately capture the company’s ongoing growth – both inside and outside of newspapers – and its strength in current and emerging forms of media.

“We decided to embrace a name more reflective of the company we have become – a vibrant, community-based, media organization that is well poised to meet the changing information needs of the communities we serve,” Chief Executive Officer Tom Shaw said. “Although newspapers are still at the core of what we do so well, our future will increasingly use various publishing platforms to provide our valuable products and services.”

Shaw Media also announced that three distinct elements of its brand promise would guide the company and serve as goals for its future.

“Our brand promise is to provide relevant information for all of our customers, create and aggressively sell marketing solutions for all our business partners, and to be aggressive community advocates for the areas we define as our markets,” Shaw said.

Shaw Media publishes 60 newspapers, magazines and websites across Illinois and Iowa. Benjamin Flower Shaw published the first issue of The Dixon Telegraph and Herald in 1851.

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Contact:
Shaw Media, Tom Shaw, 815-284-4000