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Dirks, Van Essen & Murray is the leading merger-and-acquisition firm in the U.S. newspaper industry. Since its inception in 1980, the firm has focused solely on assisting companies in the sale and acquisition of daily newspapers for a variety of purposes. It has thus established itself as the industry's top authority on transactions and valuations.

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%.

Over the years, Dirks, Van Essen & Murray has provided services to most of the nation's largest newspaper companies, both public and private, as well as to numerous independent owners and family-owned groups. Having seen our work as prospective buyers, 13 of the 15 largest newspaper companies in the U.S. have engaged Dirks, Van Essen & Murray to assist them in divesting their own daily or non-daily newspapers. Moreover, some of the nation's most prominent independent owners, including the Daniels family in Raleigh, North Carolina, Scott Low in Quincy, Massachusetts, Joe D. Smith in Alexandria, Louisiana, the Rollins family of Durham, North Carolina, and the Rogers family of Lawrence, Massachusetts have selected our firm when they decided it was time to explore a sale.



Dirks, Van Essen & Murray | 119 East Marcy Street | Suite 100 | Santa Fe, NM 87501 | TEL 505.820.2700 | FAX 505.820.2900
CAL DVM, Inc., a subsidiary of Dirks, Van Essen & Murray | L. James Grattan, Broker | CA DRE #01478788

As the nation's leading newspaper brokers, Dirks, Van Essen & Murray specializes in newspaper mergers and acquisitions as well as newspaper appraisals.

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