Calkins Media, Inc. was a media company established in 1937. It included daily newspapers and digital sites in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, a weekly newspaper in South Dade, and broadcast stations located in Huntsville, Tallahassee and Sarasota. Corporate and digital headquarters were located in Bucks County. In 2016,

Raycom Media Raycom Media, Inc. was an American television broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama. Raycom owned and/or provided services for 65 television stations and two radio stations across 44 markets in 20 states. Raycom ...

agreed to purchase Calkins Media's three television stations. A sale of WAAY-TV to Raycom affiliate American Spirit Media was blocked by the Department of Justice due to Raycom's ownership of WAFF. Raycom closed on the purchase of WWSB and WTXL-TV on May 1, 2017, while WAAY-TV was instead sold to Heartland Media. In 2017,

GateHouse Media GateHouse Media Inc. was an American publisher of locally based print and digital media. It published 144 daily newspapers, 684 community publications, and over 569 local-market websites in 38 states. Its parent company, New Media Investment Group ...

and Ogden Newspapers agreed to terms to purchase Calkins Media's newspaper assets.

Former assets

Newspapers

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The Beaver County Times ''The Beaver County Times'' is a daily newspaper published in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States, serving suburban Beaver County northwest of Pittsburgh. It is the sole newspaper covering Beaver County. The ''Times'' has previously produc ...

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Gannett Gannett Co., Inc. ( ) is an American mass media holding company headquartered in New York City. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. It owns the national newspaper ''USA Today'', as well as several ...

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Bucks County Courier Times The ''Bucks County Courier Times'' is a daily newspaper located in Levittown, Pennsylvania, United States, now operated by Gannett. History A precursor to the ''Bucks County Courier Times'' was founded in 1954 when Calkins Newspapers, Inc. pu ...

'' - (PA)The ''Bucks County Courier Times'' is a sister paper of ''The Intelligencer'' and the ''

Burlington County Times The ''Burlington County Times'' is a daily newspaper located in Westampton, New Jersey, U.S. The paper, which is part of the Gannett chain of newspapers, covers municipal and county issues in Burlington County, New Jersey as well as local and p ...

''. - (now owned by Gannett) *''

'' (NJ) - (now owned by Gannett) *'' Ellwood City Ledger'' - (now owned by Gannett) *'' Greene County Messenger'' - (now owned by Ogden Newspapers) *''(Uniontown, PA) The Herald-Standard'' - (now owned by Ogden Newspapers) *'' South Dade News Leader'' - (now owned by South Dade News, Inc.) *'' The Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pennsylvania)'' - (now owned by Gannett)

Television stations

Stations arranged alphabetically by

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and by

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. Note: *¹ The station is licensed to Sarasota, which is part of the Tampa market. However, WWSB does not serve all of the Tampa/St. Petersburg area as the ABC affiliate ( WFTS serves the Tampa metro area, WWSB serves the southern portion of the market). The station also serves portions of the

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market.

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