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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Digital First Media
Ownership Structure: privately held
Headquartered in: Colorado
Major Industry: media
Specific Industry: newspapers
Penalty total since 2000: $22,826,241
Number of records: 13
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| employment-related offenses | $22,763,501 | 8 |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $36,000 | 1 |
| safety-related offenses | $26,740 | 4 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| wage and hour violation | $22,753,551 | 7 |
| privacy violation | $36,000 | 1 |
| workplace safety or health violation | $26,740 | 4 |
| labor relations violation | $9,950 | 1 |
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the
Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.
Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found
here.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year  | Agency | Penalty Amount |
| Journal Register East, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2003 | WHD | $44,750 |
| St. Paul Pioneer Press | labor relations violation | 2003 | NLRB | $9,950 |
| Journal Register Company East, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2004 | WHD | $18,053 |
| Hartford Courant | privacy violation | 2005 | CT-DCP | $36,000 |
| CHICAGO TRIBUNE | workplace safety or health violation | 2005 | OSHA | $9,000 |
| Media News Group, Inc | wage and hour violation | 2006 | WHD | $6,552 |
| CHICAGO TRIBUNE | workplace safety or health violation | 2007 | OSHA | $7,000 |
| Media News Group, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2009 | WHD | $15,761 |
| Freedom Communications dba Orange County Register | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $22,000,000 |
| Journal Register Company | wage and hour violation | 2011 | WHD | $8,435 |
| Chicago Tribune Company | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $660,000 |
| 21ST CENTURY MEDIA, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2014 | OSHA | $5,040 |
| FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC | workplace safety or health violation | 2015 | OSHA | $5,700 |
