FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Dolan James P 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 08/01/2007 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Dolan Media CO [DM] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O DOLAN MEDIA COMPANY, 706 SECOND AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 1200 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Pres., CEO & Chairman of Board 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402 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 Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 132,883 (1) D   Common Stock 25,531 (1) (2) I By Chicosa Partners LLC

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Series C Participating Convertible Preferred Stock	  (3)	  (3)	Common Stock	5,194 (1) (3)	$ 0 (3)	D	Â
Series C Participating Convertible Preferred Stock	  (3)	  (3)	Common Stock	371 (1) (3)	$ 0 (3)	I	By spouse

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Dolan James P C/O DOLAN MEDIA COMPANY 706 SECOND AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 1200 MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402	  X	  X	  Pres., CEO & Chairman of Board	Â

Signatures

/s/ James P. Dolan		08/01/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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)	Does not reflect a 9 for 1 stock split, which the Issuer intends to effect through a dividend of 8 shares of its common stock for each share of its commn stock outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the Issuer's initial public offering.
(2)	The reporting person is the managing member of the limited liability company that owns the reported securities. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
(3)	The series C participating convertiable perferred stock is convertible into common stock at any time at the holder's election on approximately a 1 to 14.84 basis, and has no expiration date. The Issuer has exercised its right to require the conversion of these share. Therefore, each outstanding share of series C participating convertible preferred stock will convert into approximately 14.84 shares of common stock upon the consummation of the Issuer's initial public offering.

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