Dirks, Van Essen & Murray

Merger and acquisition firm in the U.S. newspaper industry

"Lee E. Dirks founded the firm in 1980 after a successful career as a journalist and the nation’s first newspaper-stock analyst. Owen Van Essen joined the firm in 1986 and became president in 1998. Phil Murray came aboard in 1996 after more that 10 years as an award-winning journalist."

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Voice Media Group Owner of alt-weeklies; sold Village Voice for undisclosed sum

• client (Jan '15→?)

2100 Trust Private equity firm, owner of Freedom Communications

• client

Updated almost 10 years ago

Types	Organization, Business, Media Organization, Consulting Firm
Website	http://www.dirksvanessen.com

Dirks, Van Essen & Murray

Merger and acquisition firm in the U.S. newspaper industry

Services & Transactions

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