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USA Today acquisitions, on the record
The businesses USA Today bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
an acquisition in the first quarter of 2022 (Newsquest segment; business not named)Word for word“For the year ended December 31, 2023, Digital media revenues increased compared to 2022, driven by the impact of an acquisition in the first quarter of 2022.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | first quarter of 2022 | — |
businesses divested in 2023 and 2022 and non-core products sunsetWord for word“In addition, the decrease in Print advertising revenues was also due to the absence in 2023 of revenues of $31.3 million associated with both businesses divested and non-core products which were sunset in 2023 and 2022 .” 10-K for 2024 | divestiture | 2023 and 2022 | — |
Austin American-StatesmanWord for word“On February 28, 2025 , the Company completed its sale of the Austin American-Statesman.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | On February 28, 2025 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-25 | $137.5 million | $56.9 million |
| 2017-12-31 | $164.2 million | $37 million |
| 2018-12-30 | $204.9 million | $73.7 million |
| 2019-12-31 | $796.5 million | $665.6 million |
| 2020-12-31 | $0 | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $125,000 | $95,000 |
| 2022-12-31 | $15.4 million | $2.9 million |
| 2023-12-31 | $0 | $30,000 |
| 2024-12-31 | $0 | — |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2024-10-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-08-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-02-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-10-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-07-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-02-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-12-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-11-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-08-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-04-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-11-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-11-20 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2019-10-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-08-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-02-06 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2018-11-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-02-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-08-11 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-07-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from USA Today’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-26. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.