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Line 1: {{short description\|American publishing company}} {{redirect\|Military Times\|the publication formerly of that name\|Military History Matters{{!}}''Military History Matters''}} {{refimprove\|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox publisher \| image = [[File:Sightline Media Group.jpg\|300px]] \| parent = Archetype ([[Regent, ~~Equity Partners\|Regent Companies~~L.P.]]) \| status = \| founded = 1940 \| founder = \| successor = \| country = [[United States]] \| headquarters = [[Tysons, Virginia]] \| distribution = \| publications = [[Newspaper]]s, [[~~Magazines~~magazines]]▼ ▲\| publications = [[Newspaper]]s, [[Magazines]] \| topics = \| genre = Line 18 ⟶ 20: \| nasdaq = \| url = {{URL\|http://sightlinemediagroup.com/}} \| predecessor = Gannett Government Media }} '''Sightline Media Group''', formerly '''Gannett Government Media''' and '''Army Times Publishing Company''', is a United States company ~~which~~that publishes newspapers, magazines, ~~Web sites~~websites, and other publications about the U.S. and other militaries. Founded in 1940, it was purchased by the [[Gannett Company]] in August 1997.<ref name="gannett">{{cite web\|url=http://www.gannett.com/article/99999999/PRESSRELEASES15/100721029/Gannett-completes-purchase-of-Army-Times-Publishing-Co. \|title=Gannett completes purchase of Army Times Publishing Co. \|publisher=Gannett \|date=August 1, 1997 \|accessdate=June 16, 2015 \|deadurl=yes \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006031910/http://www.gannett.com/article/99999999/PRESSRELEASES15/100721029/Gannett-completes-purchase-of-Army-Times-Publishing-Co. \|archivedate=October 6, 2013 }}</ref> ItThe company's ''Military Times'' group publishes four bimonthly newspapers aimed at current and former U.S. military personnel: ''[[Army Times]]'' (founded 1940), ''[[Navy Times]]'' (founded 1951), ''[[Air Force Times]]'' (founded 1947), and ''[[Marine Corps Times]]'' (founded 1999). It also publishes ''[[Defense News]]'' (founded 1986), ''[[C4ISRNET]]'' and ''[[Federal Times]]''. Its defunct publications include ''[[Armed Forces Journal]]'', founded in 1863, which was the nation's longest-running defense-themed publication until it ceased publication in 2014. ~~It also publishes ''[[Defense News]]'' (founded 1986), ''[[C4ISRNET]]'' and ''[[Federal Times]]''.~~ ==History== ~~According to a [[Huffington Post]] [[AOL News]] online news article from [[Boston, Massachusetts]] by [[Jim Finkle]] of [[Thomson Reuters]], dated Wednesday, June 29, 2011:~~ The company was founded in 1940 as the Army Times Publishing Company. "Hackers broke into a Gannett Co database containing personal information about subscribers to publications read by U.S. government officials, military leaders, and rank-and-file soldiers, the media company said on Tuesday."<ref><http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/29/gannett-cyberattack-us-soldiers-hack-data-breach_n_886693.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec3_lnk1%7C74099></ref> In August 1997, it was purchased by the [[Gannett Company]].<ref name="gannett">{{cite press release \|url=http://www.gannett.com/article/99999999/PRESSRELEASES15/100721029/Gannett-completes-purchase-of-Army-Times-Publishing-Co. \|title=Gannett completes purchase of Army Times Publishing Co. \|publisher=[[Gannett]] \|date=August 1, 1997 \|access-date=June 16, 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130917181315/http://www.gannett.com/article/99999999/PRESSRELEASES15/100721029/Gannett-completes-purchase-of-Army-Times-Publishing-Co. \|archive-date=September 17, 2013}}</ref> As part of the spinoff of digital and broadcasting properties in 2015, Gannett spun off these properties to [[Tegna, Inc.\|Tegna]]. In March 2016, Tegna sold Sightline Media Group to [[Regent Equity Partners\|Regent Companies]], a Los Angeles-based [[private equity firm]] controlled by investor [[Michael Reinstein]]. As part of the spinoff of digital and broadcasting properties in 2015, Gannett spun off these properties to [[Tegna, Inc.\|Tegna]]. In March 2016, Tegna sold Sightline Media Group to [[Regent, L.P.\|Regent]], a Los Angeles-based [[private equity firm]] controlled by investor [[Michael Reinstein]]. Regent formed the publisher Archetype in 2019 for its media holdings.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/global-private-equity-firm-regent-announces-launch-of-archetype-multi-platform-media-accelerator-aimed-to-transform-legacy-publication-brands--822320565.html \| title=Global Private Equity Firm Regent Announces Launch of ARCHETYPE – Multi-Platform Media Accelerator Aimed to Transform Legacy Publication Brands \| access-date=2023-01-28 \| archive-date=2023-01-28 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128220202/https://www.prweb.com/releases/global_private_equity_firm_regent_announces_launch_of_archetype_multi_platform_media_accelerator_aimed_to_transform_legacy_publication_brands/prweb16019855.htm?utm_source=pocket_reader \| url-status=live }}</ref> ~~==Notes==~~ In 2011, hackers breached a Sightline database of subscribers, obtaining their names, passwords, email addresses, duty status, paygrade, and branch of service.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Finkle \|first1=Jim \|title=New Cyberattack Targets U.S. Soldiers \|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/29/gannett-cyberattack-us-soldiers-hack-data-breach_n_886693.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec3_lnk1%7C74099 \|work=[[HuffPost]] \|agency=Reuters \|date=June 29, 2011 \|language=en \|access-date=June 29, 2011 \|archive-date=July 3, 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703001349/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/29/gannett-cyberattack-us-soldiers-hack-data-breach_n_886693.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec3_lnk1%7C74099 \|url-status=live }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} Line 37 ⟶ 44: * [http://www.militarytimes.com/ ''Military Times''] {{GannettGovernment}} ~~[[Category:military magazines]]~~ [[Category:Military magazines published in the United States]]