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| Parent company | Archetype (Regent, L.P.) |
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| Predecessor | Gannett Government Media |
| Founded | 1940 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Tysons, Virginia, U.S. |
| Publication types | Newspapers,magazines |
| Imprints | Defense News Media Group |
| No. of employees | 180 |
| Official website | sightlinemediagroup |
Sightline Media Group, formerlyGannett Government Media andArmy Times Publishing Company, is a United States company that publishes newspapers, magazines, websites, and other publications about the U.S. and other militaries.
The company'sMilitary 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), andMarine Corps Times (founded 1999). It also publishesDefense News (founded 1986),C4ISRNET, andFederal Times.
Its defunct publications includeArmed Forces Journal, founded in 1863, which was the nation's longest-running defense-themed publication until it ceased publication in 2014.
The company was founded in 1940 as the Army Times Publishing Company.
In August 1997, it was purchased byGannett.[1]
As part of the spinoff of digital and broadcasting properties in 2015, Gannett spun off these properties toTegna. In March 2016, Tegna sold Sightline Media Group toRegent, a Los Angeles-basedprivate equity firm controlled by investorMichael Reinstein. Regent formed the publisher Archetype in 2019 for its media holdings.[2]
In 2011, hackers breached a Sightline database of subscribers, obtaining their names, passwords, email addresses, duty status, paygrade, and branch of service.[3]