DallasNews Corp
9.90%
470,000
1413898
235050101
Jul 14, 2025
Jul 22, 2025, 07:26 PM
Reporting Persons (5)
This is a joint filing. The reported shares may overlap between reporting persons and should not be summed.
| Name | Type | % of Class | Aggregate | Sole Voting | Shared Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic Investment Opportunities LLC | Other | 9.90% | 470,000 | 0 | 470,000 |
| MNG Enterprises, Inc. | CO | 9.90% | 470,000 | 0 | 470,000 |
| MNG Investment Holdings LLC | Other | 9.90% | 470,000 | 0 | 470,000 |
| Freeman Heath | Individual | 9.90% | 470,000 | 0 | 470,000 |
| Alden Global Capital LLC | Investment Adviser | 9.90% | 470,000 | 0 | 470,000 |
Disclosure Items (7)
Series A Common Stock, $0.01 par value
DallasNews Corp
P.O. Box 224866, Dallas, TX, 75222-4866
This Schedule 13D is being filed by the following persons (each a "Reporting Person" and, together, the "Reporting Persons"): i. Strategic Investment Opportunities LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Opportunities"); ii. MNG Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("MNG"); iii. MNG Investment Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("MNG Holdings"); iv. Heath Freeman, as the President of Alden ("Mr. Freeman"); and v. Alden Global Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Alden"). Each of the Reporting Persons is party to that certain Joint Filing Agreement, as further described in Item 6 of this Schedule 13D. Accordingly, the Reporting Persons are hereby filing a joint Schedule 13D. Set forth on Schedule A annexed hereto is the name and present principal business, occupation or employment, and the name, principal business, and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted, of the executive officers and directors of Opportunities, MNG, MNG Holdings, and Alden. To the best of the Reporting Persons' knowledge, except as set forth herein, none of the persons listed on Schedule A beneficially owns any securities of the Issuer or is a party to any contract, agreement, or understanding required to be disclosed herein.
The principal business address of each of Opportunities, MNG, and MNG Holdings is 5990 Washington Street, Denver, Colorado 80216. The principal business address of each of Mr. Freeman and Alden is 1971 W. Lumsden Road, Suite 330, Brandon, Florida 33511.
The principal business of Opportunities is investing. The principal business of MNG is to serve as the parent company and manager of MediaNews Group, Inc., a leading newspaper publisher in local, multi-platform news and information. The principal business of MNG Holdings is to serve as the managing member of Opportunities. Mr. Freeman is the President of Alden. The principal business of Alden is investment management.
During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons have been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding were or are subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
The response to Item 2(a) of this Schedule 13D is incorporated herein by reference.
The shares of Series A common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Series A Common Stock"), were purchased with the working capital of Opportunities (which may, at any given time, include margin loans made by brokerage firms in the ordinary course of business) in open market purchases. The aggregate purchase price of the Series A Common Stock reported herein was approximately $6,414,333.68, excluding brokerage commissions.
As of the date hereof, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own 470,000 shares of Series A Common Stock, or approximately 9.9% of the Series A Common Stock outstanding. The percentage of the Series A Common Stock reported as beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons is based on 4,739,025 shares of Series A Common Stock outstanding as of July 8, 2025, as reported in Exhibit 2.1 to the Form 8-K filed by the Issuer on July 10, 2025.
Each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to share the power to vote or direct the voting of, and the power to dispose or direct the disposition of, the Series A Common Stock reported herein.
The transactions in the Series A Common Stock effected by the Reporting Persons within the past sixty days are set forth in Exhibit 4 attached hereto.
No person other than the Reporting Persons is known to have the right to receive, or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of, the Series A Common Stock.
Not applicable.
The disclosure in Item 4 of this Schedule 13D is incorporated herein by reference. On July 22, 2025, the Reporting Persons entered into a Joint Filing Agreement in which the Reporting Persons agreed to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of statements on Schedule 13D with respect to the securities of the Issuer to the extent required by applicable law. The Joint Filing Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Other than as described herein, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings, or relationships among the Reporting Persons, or between the Reporting Persons and any other person, with respect to the securities of the Issuer.
Exhibit Description Exhibit 1: Joint Filing Agreement, dated July 22, 2025 Exhibit 2: Schedule A Exhibit 3: Letter to the Board, dated July 22, 2025 Exhibit 4: Schedule B: Schedule of Transactions