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Ownership
Insight for owners regarding prospective buyers, effective ownership structure, etc.
81 daily newspapers changed hands in 2020
Feb 1, 2021
Continuing a trend seen in 2019, the buyer pool remained remarkably diverse in 2020. There were 17 different buyers in the 19 transactions involving daily or thrice-weekly newspapers.
Archbold Buckeye: A lifelong calling for employees
Feb 1, 2021
Huber, a former math teacher, joined the newspaper in 1987 as ad director, the first ever at the Buckeye. Pugh was already on board, working as a reporter. The two bought the multi-generational, family ...
‘Editors always make the writing better, and you don’t need money to buy a community newspaper’
Feb 1, 2021
My newspaper career was on hiatus because I’d never make enough to buy a paper on a reporter’s salary and I was tired of editors screwing up my writing. As it turns out, I was wrong on both ...
People want news about their neighbors … and they want to access it anywhere
Feb 1, 2021
Now, eight years into ownership with his wife, Sandie McNulty, and their 15 employees, Robinson says it’s a good time to purchase a paper. “The world is changing,” he said.
10 northwest newspapers have a new owner, SmallTownPapers Inc.
Jan 15, 2021
Company commits to scan entire archive for free public access
‘It has been an adventure that we could not have dreamed up’
Jan 5, 2021
Mullens purchase Bitterroot Star from Howells
Mullen acquires weeklies in three states
Dec 1, 2020
J. Louis Mullen has added titles in three states: The Emmons County Record in Linton, North Dakota; the Prairie Pioneer in Pollock, South Dakota; and Harlan Newspapers in Iowa.
My experience with the PPP loan forgiveness application
Dec 1, 2020
For publishers who were able to get Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) loans last spring and summer and have not applied for forgiveness of those loans, maybe you can benefit from my experience with completing ...
