Yeah they did/do
Don’t know if they still own it or not. They are a cult that has sort of fallen off the map. I haven’t seen anything about them in years
It was just a few years ago that they had to make a capital infusion to keep the Times from going under.
A lot of the Times' problem is the Washington Examiner.
The Examiner chain began in 2004 when Philip Anschutz bought the San Francisco Examiner as the flagship for what was supposed to be a large news gathering and reporting organization that hasn't worked out.
The Washington Examiner has caught on but other Examiners haven't and Anschutz eventually had to sell the San Fran Examiner.