overview

holdings

landmarks

     landmarks

This chronology is indicative only. Context is provided by the broader communications and media timeline.

1905 founded by Samuel Slover, who later passes control to nephew Frank Batten

1930 buys WTAR-AM Norfolk for $10,000

1964 acquires cable tv franchises in Roanoke Rapids and Beckley, West Virginia

1965 Batten buys Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro Record and WFMY-TV from Jeffress family

1967 Norfolk Newspapers becomes Landmark Communications, Inc

1968 following Telecable v General Telephone US telco General Telephone sells TeleCable cable tv operations to Landmark

1969 buys Roanoke Times & World News

1978 buys KNTV San Jose for US$24.5m

1978 buys KLAS-TV Las Vegas for US$8m

1982 Weather Channel launched

1984 TeleCable cable tv arm spun off to stockholders

1987 The Travel Channel (TTC) founded by Trans World Airlines

1991 Landmark and Cox form Trader Publishing Company joint venture combining classified advertising publications of Landmark's Target Media and Cox's Trader Publications

1992 Landmark buys 97% share of TTC for US$50m

1992 buys Summary Scan! (later Promotion Information Management)

1992 buys Antique Trader Publications

1992 Landmark buys WTVF Nashville

1994 InfiNet established by Landmark (70%) and Wyvern Technologies

1995 Landmark buys out Wyvern, sells 50% of InfiNet to Knight-Ridder

1995 Ledger-Star ceases publication

1995 TeleCable acquired by TCI for US$1.8bn

1996 Gannett takes stake in InfiNet

1996 Landmark buys 50% stake in Pelmorex (Canadian operator of The Weather Network and Meteo Media)

1996 spins off The Vacation Store

1996 buys Tuff Stuff Publications from Cadmus Communications

1997 forms American Outdoor Advertising Inc.

1997 sells US Travel Channel to Paxson for US$75m

1997 buys The Insiders' Guides Inc.

1997 buys Falcon Publishing Co

1998 sells Travel Channel Latin America to Discovery Communications

1999 sells Landmark Specialty Publications (inc Antique Trader) to Krause Publications

1999 forms Landmark Education Services, buys Certified Careers Institute

2000 sells Falcon and Insiders' to Morris Communications

2000 Trader Publishing acquires UAP, Inc from UBM for US$520m

2000 Landmark buys Military Newspapers of Virginia, Inc

2000 buys Weather Services International from Litton Industries for US$120m

2001 establishes Continental Broadband

2002 Great Bridge closes

2002 Landmark sells American Outdoor Advertising to Lamar

2002 buys trade show operator Shorecliff Communications

2008 seeks US$5bn for The Weather Channel and associated assets

2008 NBC Universal, Bain Capital and the Blackstone Group agree to acquire The Weather Channel, Weather.com site and Weather Services International forecasting service for US$3.5bn