Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Medianews Group, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $48M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 45
- Participants Small participant base
- 88th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.1M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Northwest Publications Pension Plan for Guild Employees of Saint Paul Division · Sponsored by Medianews Group, Inc. · Colorado · Information & Media
$48M in assets, 45 participants
Medianews Group, Inc.'s Northwest Publications Pension Plan for Guild Employees of Saint Paul Division reported $48M in total assets and 45 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 88th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- #2,396 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
Where Northwest Publications Pension Plan for Guild Employees of Saint Paul Division sits by assets
Northwest Publications Pension Plan for Guild Employees of Saint Paul Division sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $48M for 45 participants (~$1.1M/participant), down 21.8% in 2022.
- #2,396
- in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
- -21.8%
- assets change YoY
- 0.5×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $13M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Northwest Publications Pension Plan for Guild Employees of Saint Paul Division's outsized position by total assets
Northwest Publications Pension Plan for Guild Employees of Saint Paul Division vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$48,033,923 Top 12% higher than 88% of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Northwest Publications Pension Plan for Guild Employees of Saint Paul Division among smaller filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Northwest Publications Pension Plan for Guild Employees of Saint Paul Division is a small filing (45 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 760425553 · Medianews Group, Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Northwest Publications Pension Plan for Guild Employees of Saint Paul Division · $48M · 45 · 88th
- EBSA $48M
- EBSA 45
- EBSA 88th
- EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EBSA near First Technology Credit Union Employees' Pension Plan
- EBSA ind #2396
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Colorado →
Northwest Publications Pension Plan for Guild Employees of Saint Paul Division in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2022)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $61M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $48M |
| Net Income | -$13M |
| Employer EIN | 760425553 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1965-12-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Medianews Group, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Medianews Group, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $778M 14.965663136378337% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 2,903 | $677M |
| 2023 | 3 | 2,760 | $762M |
| 2024 | 2 | 2,897 | $778M |
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Northwest Publications Pension Plan for Guild Employees of Saint Paul Division's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Colorado, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is First Technology Credit Union Employees' Pension Plan in OR ($48M); by covered participants it is Dr. Scott Bowlby, D.D.S., P.a. Cash Balance Plan in MN (45 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($48M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (45 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.