Landmark Media Enterprises LLC

Landmark Media Enterprises LLC (formerly Landmark Communications, Inc.) is a privately-owned media company with interests in digital publishing and marketing services.

The company owned 46 American newspapers in small and mid-sized markets through its subsidiary Landmark Community Newspapers, LLC. On May 27, 2021, that business was sold to Paxton Media Group, a privately controlled newspaper publishing oompany based in Paducah, Kentucky.

Landmark owns Dominion Enterprises, which publishes magazines and produces direct response websites about the real estate, employment, recreational, industrial and travel markets. The company is also involved in database marketing, career education and trade shows.

Landmark is headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, where the company's former flagship newspaper, The Virginian-Pilot, is published. On May 29, 2018, Tronc Inc. (now Tribune Publishing Company) bought the newspaper from Landmark for $34 million.

The Batten family controls Landmark Media Enterprises. In 2008, Landmark tried to sell all of its media holdings including newspapers and television stations. However, the 2008 financial crisis prevented possible acquirers from obtaining debt financing.

Landmark founded and owned the cable television service The Weather Channel, which is based in Atlanta. In June 2008, Landmark sold The Weather Channel to a consortium led by NBC Universal and two private equity firms -- Bain Capital and the Blackstone Group. The buyers are reported to have paid $3.5 billion. Now owned by Allen Media Group (aka Entertainment Studios), The Weather Channel is a leading source of weather information on television, available in 79 million U.S. households via cable and satellite TV.

Landmark sold WTVF TV 5 in Nashville to Journal Communications in 2012, and KLAS TV 8 in Las Vegas to Nexstar Broadcasting Group (now Nexstar Media Group) in 2014.