Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Star Tribune Media Company LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$44M
Total assets Below avg plan size
74
Participants Small participant base
84th
Percentile by assets National rank
$596,545
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Star Tribune Retirement Plan a · Sponsored by Star Tribune Media Company LLC · Minnesota · Information & Media

$44M in assets, 74 participants

Star Tribune Media Company LLC's Star Tribune Retirement Plan a reported $44M in total assets and 74 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 84th 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.

  • #2,198 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Where Star Tribune Retirement Plan a sits by assets

Star Tribune Retirement Plan a sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $44M for 74 participants (~$596,545/participant), down 1.7% in 2023.

#2,198
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
-1.7%
assets change YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $742K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Star Tribune Retirement Plan a's outsized position by total assets

Star Tribune Retirement Plan a vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$44,144,333 Top 16% higher than 84% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Star Tribune Retirement Plan a among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Star Tribune Retirement Plan a is a small filing (74 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Star Tribune Retirement Plan a reported net income rose from -$23M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$742K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Star Tribune Retirement Plan a reported participants fell from 79 in the plan year 2022 filing to 74 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Star Tribune Retirement Plan a end-of-year assets fell from $45M in the plan year 2022 filing to $44M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 800481962 · Star Tribune Media Company LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Star Tribune Retirement Plan a · $44M · 74 · 84th

  • PCT $44M
  • EIN 74
  • RANK 84th
  • PHOTO Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • IND near Oregon District Foundry Pension Plan
  • EOY ind #2198

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 Minnesota →

Star Tribune Retirement Plan a in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Star Tribune Retirement Plan a and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$45M
Net Assets (End of Year)$44M
Net Income-$742K
Employer EIN800481962
Plan Effective Date1963-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Star Tribune Media Company LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Star Tribune Media Company LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$332M 4.820655869778144% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$310M$320M$330M$340M 202220232024 $316M $332M ▲ +4.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 1,034 $316M
2023 4 985 $333M
2024 4 926 $332M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Minnesota

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Star Tribune Retirement Plan a vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Star Tribune Retirement Plan a, Total assets ($B): 0.044144333 · Participants: 74Star Tribune Retirement Plan a3M Employee Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.281991028 · Participants: 106383M Employee Retirement Income PlanMayo Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.032936702 · Participants: 69155Mayo Pension PlanThe Travelers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.150985971 · Participants: 24884The Travelers Pension PlanGeneral Mills Pension Plan I, Total assets ($B): 3.991064596 · Participants: 383General Mills Pension Plan IU.S. Bank Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.969502742 · Participants: 56287U.S. Bank Pension Plan
Star Tribune Retirement Plan a vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
Compare Star Tribune Retirement Plan a side-by-side with 3 peers →

Star Tribune Retirement Plan a's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Minnesota, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Oregon District Foundry Pension Plan in OR ($44M); by covered participants it is Keystone Folding Box Company Retirement Plan in NJ (74 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($44M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (74 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Star Tribune Retirement Plan a assets move in 2023? ▼
Star Tribune Retirement Plan a edged down modestly - down 1.7% during 2023, from $45M to $44M. Reported net income was -$742K.
How have Star Tribune Media Company LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Star Tribune Media Company LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 4.8%, from $316M to $332M.
Where does Star Tribune Retirement Plan a rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Star Tribune Retirement Plan a ranks in the 84th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Star Tribune Retirement Plan a? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Oregon District Foundry Pension Plan in OR ($44M, 18 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Star Tribune Retirement Plan a? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Keystone Folding Box Company Retirement Plan in NJ (74 participants, $7M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 800481962.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.