---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001413898-24-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001413898"
company_name: "DallasNews Corp"
filed_at: "2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T22:50:34.576937+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DallasNews Q1 net loss narrows to $1.4M; suspends dividend, plans printer relocation

## Summary
- Q1 net loss $1.4M ($0.25/shr) vs loss $2.6M a year ago; operating loss $1.8M.
- Adjusted operating loss improved 64% YoY to $0.8M; total revenue down 11.6% to $31.1M.
- Plans to relocate printing from Plano to Carrollton, TX; expects $8M capex and $5M annual savings.
- Suspends dividend indefinitely; new facility expected early 2025 with ~85 fewer employees.
- Cash $18.4M, no debt; headcount reduced 18.6% YoY to 531.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001413898-24-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001413898
- company_name: DallasNews Corp
- filed_at: 2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413898/000141389824000021/0001413898-24-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413898/000141389824000021/daln-20240514x8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001413898-24-000021
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001413898-24-000021.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001413898-24-000021.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DallasNews Corp reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
  - Period: the three months ended March 31, 2024
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 15, 2024, DallasNews Corporation (the "Company") announced its consolidated financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413898/000141389824000021/0001413898-24-000021-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.