Dirks, Van Essen & Murray | Newspaper Mergers, Acquisitions, Appraisals & Consulting

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It has thus established itself as the industry’s top authority on transactions and valuations. In addition, DV&M offers comprehensive operational and financial consulting services to newspaper companies.</p> <p>The firm has successfully closed hundreds of newspaper transactions and has handled many more deals than all other firms combined. Since the mid-1990’s, Dirks, Van Essen & Murray has been involved in more than half of all daily newspaper transactions, while all other firms combined have accounted for less than 20%.</p></div> <div id="box-wrapper"> <div id="box-top-grey"> <h1>Latest Press Release</h1> </div> <div id="box-mid-grey"> <div class="tiny-holder-home"> <h4>New Media Acquires Texas and Oklahoma Newspapers</h4> NEW YORK, NY, July 1, 2014 - New Media Investment Group Inc. acquired the Southwest newspaper operations of American Consolidated Media, which consist of five dailies, nine weekly newspapers and a shopper group. Dirks, Van Essen & Murray, a merger and acquisition firm based in Santa Fe, New Mexico represented American Consolidated Media in the sale. The ACM group includes small-market daily newspapers in central Texas anchored by the Brownwood Bulletin, Stephenville Empire Tribune and Waxahach... <a href="/web/20140904170833/http://www.dirksvanessen.com/press_releases/view/183/new-media-acquires-texas-and-o/">More</a> </div> </div> <div id="box-bot-grey"></div> </div> </div> <div id="right-column" style="width: 220px; padding-left: 15px;"> <div id="home-news"> <strong>So much more than paper, </strong><br> the newspaper industry doesn't under-emphasize the importance of the digital and mobile device markets. </div> <h1>Quarterly Updates</h1> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20140904170833/http://www.dirksvanessen.com/articles/view/196/2nd-quarter-2014/">2nd Quarter 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20140904170833/http://www.dirksvanessen.com/articles/view/195/first-quarter-2014/">First Quarter 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20140904170833/http://www.dirksvanessen.com/articles/view/192/year-end-2013/">Year-End 2013</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20140904170833/http://www.dirksvanessen.com/articles/view/191/4th-quarter-2013/">4th Quarter 2013</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20140904170833/http://www.dirksvanessen.com/articles/view/186/3rd-quarter-2013/">3rd Quarter 2013</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20140904170833/http://www.dirksvanessen.com/articles/quarterly_updates/">Archive Updates</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <img src="/web/20140904170833im_/http://www.dirksvanessen.com/img/dve-logo-newspaper-footer.gif" style="float: left;"> <div style="margin-left: 30px;"> <strong>DIRKS, VAN ESSEN & MURRAY</strong><br> 119 East Marcy Street | Suite 100 | Santa Fe, NM 87501<br> TEL (505) 820 2700 | FAX (505) 820 2900 </div> <div style="margin-left: 60px;"> <strong>CAL DVM INC</strong><br> A subsidiary of Dirks, Van Essen & Murray<br> L. 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