July 27, 2006
Newspaper group GateHouse Media Inc., a portfolio company of Willkie client Fortress Investment Group LLC, files registration statement with the SEC for planned initial public offering tentatively valued at up to $200 million.
On July 21, newspaper group GateHouse Media Inc., a portfolio company of Willkie client Fortress Investment Group LLC, filed a registration statement with the SEC for a planned initial public offering tentatively valued at up to $200 million. Private equity firm Fortress is the controlling shareholder of GateHouse, which was formerly known as Liberty Group Publishing. GateHouse has more than 420 publications ranging from daily newspapers to advertising-only "shoppers," and had more than $384 million in revenue last year. Willkie also recently assisted in GateHouse Media’s acquisition of the Community Newspaper Company chain of more than 100 suburban newspapers and in its agreement to acquire Enterprise NewsMedia Holding, LLC. The IPO is being handled by partners William Dye and Rosalind Fahey Kruse, and associates Morgan Elwyn, Peter Haller, Adam Henslovitz, and Thomas O'Grady.
