In August 2013, Times-Shamrock announced it would divest several of its properties in order to focus the company on northeastern Pennsylvania.[1] The divested properties:
In October 2015, Times-Shamrock announced another major divestment of several newspaper properties. The divested properties were all part of the Towanda Printing Company business segment. Sample News Group, of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, acquired the properties. Also included in the sale was the Towanda Printing Company printing facility.[4] The divested properties include:
- The Daily Review (Towanda, Pennsylvania)
- The News-Item (Shamokin, Pennsylvania)
- Bradford-Sullivan Pennysaver (Towanda, Pennsylvania)
- The Citizen-Standard (Valley View, Pennsylvania)
- The Farmer's Friend (Towanda, Pennsylvania)
- The Northeast Driller (Sayre, Pennsylvania)
- The Owego Pennysaver (Owego, New York)
- Susquehanna County Independent (Montrose, Pennsylvania)
- The Troy Pennysaver (Troy, Pennsylvania)
- The Weekender (Montrose, Pennsylvania)
In July 2017, it was announced that Times-Shamrock was selling its radio stations in the Reno, Nevada, market to Entravision. KRZQ was not included in the sale, as it was sold separately to John Burkavage's Bighorn Media.[5]
The affected stations were:
- KRZQ, Reno, Nevada (city of license: Fallon, Nevada)
- KZTI, Reno, Nevada (city of license: Fallon Station, Nevada)
- KWNZ, Lovelock, Nevada
- KNEZ, Fernley, Nevada
In August 2023, Times-Shamrock announced it had sold its remaining four daily newspapers, including its flagship title, The Times-Tribune, to Colorado-based MediaNews Group, owned by Alden Global Capital. The sale includes weekly and periodic newspapers and commercial printing operations—Absolute Distribution Inc. and Times-Shamrock Creative Services.[6]
The daily newspapers sold included:
The weekly newspapers sold included:
- The Abington Suburban
- The Triboro Banner
- The Valley Advantage
- The Pocono Times
- Wyoming County Press Examiner, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
- Ithaca & Tri-Village Pennysaver
In August 2025, Milwaukee Radio Alliance (a partnership between Times-Shamrock and All-Pro Broadcasting) announced that sell WLUM-FM and WLDB to Educational Media Foundation for $4 million.[7][8] Weeks later in September, it was announced that Civic Media would acquire WZTI and its FM translators from Milwaukee Radio Alliance for $465,000.[9]
The affected stations were:
- WLDB, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- WLUM, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- WZTI, Greenfield, Wisconsin
