Driving the stock surge was Hearst’s announcement that it had agreed to pay $14 per share for DallasNews Corp. — a 219% ...

It marks the end of an era. The News was publicly traded but the stock had been family controlled since 1885. As it is absorbed by privately held Hearst, that leaves just two public newspaper ...

Hearst, one of the nation's leading media companies, will acquire the Dallas Morning News, both companies announced.