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DallasNews Corp Stock: price and insider trades · United States
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 12 Sept 2024.
DallasNews Corp: what insiders have been doing
Headquartered in Dallas, United States, DallasNews Corp belongs to the Media & Communication sector and traces its origins to 2008. Filings by its managers are published through SEC (Form 4). No insider at DallasNews Corp has published a filing in the past twelve months. The most recent one dates from 25 September 2025.
Source: insider filings from SEC (Form 4). Past trades are no guide to future returns.
Insider Decl.
11
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€141,629
2 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€8M
9 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleRobert W. Decherd1 sale
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Financial data
as of FY 2018FY ended December 2018 · cache
Income statement
RevenueUS$174.2M
Net incomeUS$112.8k0.1% margin
Last declaration on 25 September 2025
Declarations11 total
514,376 shares@ US$16.5098.2% of flowSeries B Common StockSEC:0001193125-25-217283:0
6,308 shares@ US$16.50100.0% of flowSeries A Common StockSEC:0001193125-25-216350:0
7,534 shares@ US$16.50100.0% of flowSeries A Common StockSEC:0001193125-25-216349:0
13,910 shares@ US$16.50100.0% of flowSeries A Common StockSEC:0001193125-25-216348:0
7,590 shares@ US$16.50100.0% of flowSeries A Common StockSEC:0001193125-25-216346:0
20.065 shares@ US$16.50100.0% of flowSeries A Common StockSEC:0001193125-25-216344:0
3,761 shares@ US$16.50100.0% of flowSeries A Common StockSEC:0001193125-25-216353:0
13,369 shares@ US$16.5097.1% of flowSeries A Common StockSEC:0001193125-25-216351:0
25,000 shares@ US$6.00100.0% of flowSeries B Common StockSEC:0001413898-24-000043:0
Canonical exit: 9 Dec 2024 (T+90)
1,589 shares@ US$3.7599100.0% of flowSeries A Common StockSEC:0001229942-24-000002:0
Canonical exit: 10 Sept 2024 (T+90)
2,095 shares@ US$6.78100.0% of flowSeries A Common StockSEC:0001209191-21-051725:0
11 of 11 declarations
About DallasNews Corp
DallasNews Corp. is a U.S.-listed media company traded on the Nasdaq in the United States. It is the holding company behind two core operating businesses: The Dallas Morning News, its flagship newspaper franchise, and Medium Giant, an integrated marketing and communications agency. The company was formed in February 2008 through a spin-off from its former parent, and its headquarters are in Dallas, Texas. For investors, that combination matters: DallasNews sits at the intersection of legacy local news, digital monetization, and agency services, all within a structurally challenged but still strategically relevant regional media market. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413898/000141389825000027/daln-20250331x10q.htm))
The Dallas Morning News is the company’s most recognizable asset and remains central to its brand equity. DallasNews describes it as Texas’ leading newspaper, with a long-standing regional focus and nine Pulitzer Prizes, which underscores its editorial credibility and local influence. The newspaper business generates revenue from advertising across print and digital platforms, subscriptions, single-copy sales, and commercial printing and distribution services, particularly for national newspapers. This legacy publishing operation continues to be the economic anchor of the group, even as the broader industry faces pressure from secular declines in print advertising and circulation. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413898/000141389825000027/daln-20250331x10q.htm))
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Medium Giant provides a more diversified growth profile. The agency delivers strategy, creative, website management, content services, media management, and digital advertising capabilities, including paid search, social media, programmatic campaigns, direct mail, promotional products, out-of-market print inserts, and over-the-top advertising on streaming platforms. It also offers subscriptions to multi-channel marketing software and services. From an investor’s perspective, this business helps offset the cyclical and secular headwinds in traditional publishing by exposing the company to broader marketing budgets and recurring service relationships. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413898/000141389825000027/daln-20250331x10q.htm))
Competitive positioning is shaped by DallasNews’ local strength rather than national scale. The company competes in a market where advertising dollars have shifted rapidly toward other media, while free online news sources and digital alternatives continue to pressure paid readership. DallasNews has responded with cost discipline and operational restructuring. In 2024 it advanced a print-operations transition, including a new production facility in Carrollton, Texas, and management has highlighted expected annual expense savings from this broader optimization effort. The sale of the Plano printing facility in early 2025 further supported this reset and improved liquidity. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413898/000141389825000027/daln-20250331x10q.htm))
Recent headlines have been especially important. In the first quarter of 2025, DallasNews reported a large net profit driven by the Plano facility sale, while also noting that it would evaluate the use of remaining cash for digital investment and shareholder returns. In July 2025, the company announced a definitive agreement to be acquired by Hearst, which highlights the strategic value of The Dallas Morning News franchise and could reshape the company’s capital structure and ownership profile. For investors, DallasNews is best viewed as a niche U.S. media asset with a strong local brand, a second leg in agency services, and a recent corporate event that may materially alter its future path. ([investor.dallasnewscorp.com](https://investor.dallasnewscorp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/dallasnews-corporation-announces-first-quarter-2025-financial))
