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May 1, 2020
To keep local journalism alive, the owners of this newspaper and three other community newspapers in Sonoma County are transferring their ownership to a new nonprofit created to help the papers compete ...
Apr 1, 2020
CHENEY, Washington — Free Press Publishing has acquired three publications in less than a month.
Apr 1, 2020
Swift Communications has reached an agreement to sell the Greeley (Colorado) Tribune to MediaNews Group (“MNG”), the owner and operator of one of the largest newspaper businesses in the U.S.
Dec 1, 2019
On a chilly day a week before Thanksgiving, Les Zaitz couldn’t stay on the phone long. He was preparing to welcome a pair of donkeys to his ranch and had work to do. He is most happy when he’s ...
Dec 1, 2019
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois — The sale of the News-Gazette and its related broadcast operations in central Illinois has closed following approvals from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and regulatory agencies.
Sep 1, 2019
That’s not true of most community newspapers because they are the sole, reliable source of news about their communities, and most of them “are doing fine financially,” says Kevin Slimp, ...
Sep 1, 2019
Today, Bo Bolton is the owner and publisher of the storied Monroe Journal in Monroeville, Alabama, a small, rural, picturesque community in the Piney Woods region of southwestern Alabama and home ...
Sep 1, 2019
We bought the Star-Leader on Aug. 1, 1980, using our savings from seven years of employment as a down payment. We bought our first newspaper before we bought our first house.
Aug 1, 2019
Newspapers are getting a bad rap these days, but in Blaine County, readers appreciate the Mountain Express, according to Morris.