Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$11M
Total assets Small plan by assets
31
Participants Small participant base
57th
Percentile by assets National rank
$345,267
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Newspapers of New England, Inc. · New Hampshire · Information & Media

$11M in assets, 31 participants

Newspapers of New England, Inc.'s Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan reported $11M in total assets and 31 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 57th 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.

  • #1,234 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Newspapers of New England, Inc. multi-year trail

Newspapers of New England, Inc.'s plans moved +20.5% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan at $11M / 31 participants.

#1,234
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
-6.0%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $687K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Information & Media and all filers

Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$10,703,291 Top 43% higher than 57% of 123,620 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 2024

Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan is a small filing (31 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan reported net income fell from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$687K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 33 in the plan year 2023 filing to 31 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $11M in the plan year 2023 filing to $11M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 042626570 · Newspapers of New England, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan · $11M · 31 · 57th

  • BOOK $11M
  • VS-ST 31
  • BOY 57th
  • SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Trimas Corporation Union Employees Pension Plan
  • PART ind #1234

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 New Hampshire →

Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Newspapers of New England, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Newspapers of New England, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$33M 20.466571156768968% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$26M$28M$30M$32M$34M 202220232024 $27.7M $33.4M ▲ +20.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 218 $28M
2023 2 217 $32M
2024 2 207 $33M

Newspapers of New England, Inc. filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$11M
Net Assets (End of Year)$11M
Net Income-$687K
Employer EIN042626570
Plan Effective Date1987-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Hampshire

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

Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Hampshire, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100001000200030004000 -2000200400600800 Total assets ($M) Participants Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($M): 10.703291 · Participants: 31Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension PlanPension Plan for Employees of Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Total assets ($M): 609.093653 · Participants: 1373Pension Plan for Employees of Dartmouth-HitchcockRetirement Plan for Employees of Concord Hospital, Total assets ($M): 413.104597 · Participants: 3416Retirement Plan for Employees of Concord HospitalElliot Health System Pension Plan, Total assets ($M): 266.934444 · Participants: 475Elliot Health System Pension PlanCatholic Medical Center Pension Plan, Total assets ($M): 242.985045 · Participants: 352Catholic Medical Center Pension PlanOsram Sylvania Pension Plan, Total assets ($M): 210.333889 · Participants: 238Osram Sylvania Pension Plan
Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Hampshire, assets vs. participants
Compare Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New Hampshire, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Trimas Corporation Union Employees Pension Plan in MI ($11M); by covered participants it is Sbera Pension Plan as Adopted by Walpole Co-Operative Bank in MA (31 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (31 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan pulled back noticeably - down 6.0% during 2024, from $11M to $11M. Reported net income was -$687K.
How have Newspapers of New England, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Newspapers of New England, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 20.5%, from $28M to $33M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Trimas Corporation Union Employees Pension Plan in MI ($11M, 105 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Newspapers of New England, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Sbera Pension Plan as Adopted by Walpole Co-Operative Bank in MA (31 participants, $13M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 042626570.

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.