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Ownership
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Hammes family sells St. Maries Gazette Record to Mullen Family
May 5, 2021
Dan and Cindy Hammes, second-generation family owners of the St. Maries Gazette Record, have sold the newspaper to Jesse and Sasha Mullen of Deer Lodge, Montana, according to John Thomas Cribb ...
After 70 years (and counting) Larry Hiatt is not ready to give up on newspapers
May 1, 2021
Hiatt is also not adept at slowing down. His latest venture was purchasing the Cherokee County News-Advocate in Baxter Springs, Kansas, a newspaper he and his wife, Sharon, started in 1998 under the banner ...
Halversons sell Lyman County Herald to staff member
May 1, 2021
After publishing the Lyman County Herald in Presho, South Dakota, for the past 20 years, Lucy and Kim Halverson of Oacoma have sold the weekly newspaper to staff member Melissa Slaba and her husband, Joe, ...
Three North Dakota newspapers acquired by NorDak Publishing
May 1, 2021
Last Thursday, The Hazen Star, The Beacon and The Center Republican were sold to NorDak Publishing. The sale also includes the Dollar Saver shopper.
Bill Blauvelt is nostalgic for the glory days and hopeful for the future
Apr 1, 2021
Bill Blauvelt is both melancholy for newspapers’ glory days of the past and hopeful for a new golden era in journalism as he churns out his three newspapers week after week on his 60-year-old Goss ...
Hunter Publishing of Madison, South Dakota, joins Wick Communications
Apr 1, 2021
The Madison (South Dakota) Leader, which has been published by the Hunter family for 75 years, has been sold to Wick Communications, a third-generation, family owned and operated media company based in ...
Larry and Sharon Hiatt purchase the Cherokee County News-Advocate and SEK Voice from Gannett
Apr 1, 2021
Larry and Sharon Hiatt, publishers of the Columbus (Kansas) News-Report, have announced their acquisition of the Cherokee County News-Advocate and SEK Voice from Gannett Co. Inc.
The Gadsden County Times acquired by local ownership
Apr 1, 2021
After more than a decade of corporate ownership, The Gadsden County Times of Quincy, Florida, is returning to its roots as a locally owned newspaper.
Reid Newspapers acquires Oklahoma Newspapers from Gannett
Mar 1, 2021
Reid Newspapers announced it has acquired the Miami (Oklahoma) News-Record, the Grove (Oklahoma) Grand Lake News, and The Delaware County (Oklahoma) Journal from Gannett Co. Inc.
