Adelson and his team wished to remains anonymous, according to a copy of the purchase agreement

It’s public knowledge that Sheldon Adelson and his family purchased the Las Vegas Review-Journal despite an agreement that Gatehouse/New Media Investment would keep the new owner’s identity secret “indefinitely.”

Adelson and his team wanted to remains anonymous, according to a copy of a 10-K filing first reported by Politico. Unfortunately for Adelson, reporters at the Review-Journal and other publications identified him as the paper’s new owner. The secret was revealed after in December, only a week after Adelson and his family purchased the paper.

http://www.thewrap.com/sheldon-adelsons-ownership-of-las-vegas-review-journal-was-supposed-to-remain-confidential/