Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
EDENS WESLEY R
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
New Media Investment Group Inc. [NEWM]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 46TH FLOOR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/19/2015
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10105
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Warrants $ 46.35 08/19/2015   S     11,849 11/26/2013 11/26/2023 Common Stock 11,849 $ 0.5 0 I Fortress Partners Securities LLC (1)
Warrants $ 46.35 08/19/2015   S     4,004 11/26/2013 11/26/2023 Common Stock 4,004 $ 0.5 0 I Fortress Partners Offshore Securities LLC (1)
Warrants $ 46.35             11/26/2013 11/26/2023 Common Stock 5,278.5   5,278.5 I Drawbridge DSO Securities LLC (2)
Warrants $ 46.35             11/26/2013 11/26/2023 Common Stock 586.5   586.5 I Drawbridge OSO Securities LLC (2)
Warrants $ 46.35             11/26/2013 11/26/2023 Common Stock 517,293   517,293 I FIF III Liberty Holdings LLC (3) (4)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
EDENS WESLEY R
1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
46TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10105
  X      

Signatures

 /s/ Cameron D. MacDougall as attorney-in-fact   08/21/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) These securities were sold by Fortress Partners Securities LLC or Fortress Partners Offshore Securities LLC, as applicable. Mr. Edens does not personally own these securities or have any voting or investment power over these securities. However, Mr. Edens may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these securities by virtue of his relationship with Fortress Partners Securities LLC or Fortress Partners Offshore Securities LLC, as applicable. Mr. Edens disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. These securities were inadvertently omitted from the Form 3 filed on 1/30/2014 by Mr. Edens.
(2) These securities are held by by Drawbridge DSO Securities LLC or Drawbridge OSO Securities LLC, as applicable. Mr. Edens does not personally own these securities or have any voting or investment power over these securities. However, Mr. Edens may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these securities by virtue of his relationship with Drawbridge DSO Securities LLC or Drawbridge OSO Securities LLC, as applicable. Mr. Edens disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. These securities were inadvertently omitted from the Form 3 filed on 1/30/2014 by Mr. Edens.
(3) By virtue of his relationship to Fortress Investment Group LLC and certain of its affiliates, Mr. Edens may be deemed to have a pecuniary interest in securities beneficially owned by FIF III Liberty Holdings LLC . Mr. Edens disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. (Footnote continued in Footnote 4.)
(4) Fortress Investment Fund III LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund B) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund C) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund D) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund E) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Coinvestment Fund A) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Coinvestment Fund B) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Coinvestment Fund C) LP and Fortress Investment Fund III (Coinvestment Fund D) LP (collectively, the "Fund III Funds") are the members of FIF III Liberty Holdings LLC. Fortress Fund III GP LLC is the general partner of each of the Fund III Funds and its sole managing member is Fortress Investment Fund GP (Holdings) LLC. The sole managing member of Fortress Investment Fund GP (Holdings) LLC is FOE II. FIG Corp. is the general partner of FOE II, and FIG Corp. is wholly-owned by Fortress Investment Group LLC.

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