Freedom Communications, Inc. profile and media properties

Media Owners editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 1:12pm on Thursday, July 1, 2010

Freedom Names Mitchell Stern President and Chief Executive

June 29, 2010 -– Freedom Communications announced today that Mitchell Stern has been named president and chief executive officer. Stern is a member of the Freedom Board of Directors and previously served as CEO of DirecTV U.S.

“We are very pleased that Mitch has agreed to lead Freedom Communications as its Chief Executive Officer,” said Chairman of the Board James Dunning Jr. “With his 30 years of experience in the media industry, he brings a wealth of experience and forward-thinking to the job. His talents as both a strategic thinker and a hands-on executive are a perfect fit for Freedom, and make him the right person to lead our talented associates and diverse properties in tackling the challenges of the new media environment.”

Mr. Stern will assume his new duties July 1. He succeeds Burl Osborne, who as interim CEO led Freedom through its recently completed restructuring. Mr. Osborne will remain on the board of directors and also serve as a special advisor to the Company.

L. Hofland    Pinon Hills/San Bernardi

Posted at 12:37pm on Sunday, December 27, 2009

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Good caring people/all news coverage/especially the local areas. We in this area need this news-
paper and be sure to keep same people employed.
p.s. not related and do not know the people personally.....thank you....

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Posted at 2:23pm on Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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Media Owners editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 4:49pm on Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Freedom Communications filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on September 1, 2009. The Orange County Register reported:

"Freedom Communications Inc. in Irvine, parent of the Orange County Register, reached agreement with the company’s lenders on the restructuring of its debt and will complete the process through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization filed in a Delaware court today, company officials announced.

“I consider this to be good news, not bad news,” said Burl Osborne, Freedom’s interim chief executive. “It’s not about liquidation or going out of business. It allows the company to operate more effectively.”

Under the reorganization, Freedom’s debt will be cut to $325 million from more than $770 million.

Existing shareholders, including members of the founding Hoiles family, and two private equity firms, the Blackstone Group and Providence Equity Partners, will retain a 2 percent equity interest in the company. They also will be granted warrants that will allow them to purchase up to 10 percent of the shares in the company.

However, the family, which has owned the flagship Register since 1935, and has since seen the company grow to 33 dailies, 70 weeklies and other publications, and eight television stations, will give up control to the banks. The lenders will select a new board and appoint a new CEO.

Osborne said he expects the bankruptcy process to take four to six months, although it may take a little longer to get Federal Communications Commission approval for the company’s television stations."

Media Owners editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 11:36pm on Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Freedom Communications has named independent director and media veteran Burl Osborne as Interim CEO.

IRVINE, CA - June 16, 2009 - Freedom Communications, Inc. today named independent director and media veteran Burl Osborne as its Interim CEO, replacing Scott Flanders who resigned to take the CEO post at Playboy Enterprises, Inc.

Mr. Osborne has served on Freedom's Board of Directors since May 2004.

He was executive editor and then publisher of the Dallas Morning News from 1980 to 2001 and has been credited with building it into one of the top papers in the country. He also held a number of positions, including president of the publishing division, with the Belo Corporation, which is the parent company of the Morning News.

Mr. Osborne was chairman of the board of the Associated Press from 2002 to 2007. He also has served as chairman of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and as a director of the Newspaper Association of America.

Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 12:02pm on Friday, June 12, 2009

Scott Flanders, currently the president and CEO of Freedom Communications, is leaving the company to become CEO of Playboy Enterprises. He will start his new job at Playboy on July 1, 2009.

Christie Hefner, daughter of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, stepped down as CEO of Playboy Enterprises at the end of 2008, after 20 years with the company.

Maria Kenez    Mesa AZ

Posted at 5:47pm on Friday, February 13, 2009

please do not deliver your free paper to me. I did not ask for it and I do not want it. (Not saying it is bad or good, just unnecessary.)

Thanks

Liz Doty    Harlingen texas

Posted at 3:50pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2008

I would like to have information run in the community section/calendar/events etc...about an upcoming pageant to be heldat the marine Military Academy. How can I get the information to the Brownsville, McAllen, Harlingen papers??? and how often can it run?? thank you