CrossMedia Services

CrossMedia Services

CrossMedia provides online marketing services for major retailers and manufacturers. The company enables retailers to extend their local print promotions onto the web; transforms print catalogs into searchable web pages; and offers the “ShopLocal” web service on hundreds of newspaper web sites.

News

May 6, 2004

Gannett, Knight Ridder And Tribune Acquire Crossmedia Services

Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), Knight Ridder, Inc. (NYSE: KRI) and Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) today announced that they have jointly acquired CrossMedia Services, Inc.

Status

Exited

Acquirer

Fund

River Cities Fund III

Year Invested

2001

City and State

Chicago, IL

Testimonial

They invested during an uncertain time for the Company and our country, just months after 9/11. River Cities believed in what we were building, they believed in the management team, and they were willing to take risks, providing sound advice and asking thoughtful, tough questions. I highly recommend the River Cities team.

— Brian Hand, CEO, CrossMedia Services, Inc.