Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Plain Dealer Publishing Co.- Local 1 of the Newspaper Guild Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $29M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- N/A
- Participants Small participant base
- 77th
- Percentile by assets National rank
Official DOL plan name: Plain Dealer Publishing Co. Guild Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Plain Dealer Publishing Co.- Local 1 of the Newspaper Guild · Ohio · Information & Media
$29M in assets, N/A participants
Plain Dealer Publishing Co.- Local 1 of the Newspaper Guild's Plain Dealer Publishing Co. Guild Retirement Plan reported $29M in total assets and N/A participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 77th 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.
- #1,939 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
Where Plain Dealer Publishing Co. Guild Retirement Plan sits by assets
Plain Dealer Publishing Co. Guild Retirement Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $29M for N/A participants, down 7.1% in 2024.
- #1,939
- in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
- -7.1%
- assets change YoY
- 0.3×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Plain Dealer Publishing Co. Guild Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Plain Dealer Publishing Co. Guild Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$29,373,440 Top 23% higher than 77% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Filed plans by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Plain Dealer Publishing Co. Guild Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $996K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Plain Dealer Publishing Co. Guild Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $32M in the plan year 2023 filing to $29M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 340228575 · Plain Dealer Publishing Co.- Local 1 of the Newspaper Guild PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Plain Dealer Publishing Co. Guild Retirement Plan · $29M · N/A · 77th
- BOY $29M
- BOY N/A
- BOY 77th
- BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- BOY near Calgon Carbon Corporation Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees
- BOY ind #1939
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 Ohio →
Plain Dealer Publishing Co. Guild Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $32M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $29M |
| Net Income | -$2M |
| Employer EIN | 340228575 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1981-06-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Plain Dealer Publishing Co.- Local 1 of the Newspaper Guild)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Plain Dealer Publishing Co.- Local 1 of the Newspaper Guild plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $29M 4.0860093288534305% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | N/A | $31M |
| 2023 | 1 | N/A | $32M |
| 2024 | 1 | N/A | $29M |
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Plain Dealer Publishing Co. Guild Retirement Plan's closest out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets
Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by end-of-year assets is Calgon Carbon Corporation Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees in PA at $29M (this filing: $29M).
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($29M here).
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.