National Newspaper Association Foundation
Promoting news literacy, protecting the First Amendment
and enhancing the capabilities of community newspapers
Ownership
Insight for owners regarding prospective buyers, effective ownership structure, etc.
Nominations sought for Tom and Pat Gish Award for courage, integrity and tenacity in rural journalism
Jul 2, 2021
Nominations for the Gish Award may be made at any time, but the deadline to be considered for this year's award is July 19.
O’Rourke Media Group Acquires Las Vegas (N.M.) Optic from Paxton Media Group
Jul 1, 2021
Paxton Media Group (PMG) announced June 23 that it has sold the Las Vegas (New Mexico) Optic to O’Rourke Media Group. The Las Vegas Optic is one of the 46 newspaper operations PMG recently acquired ...
Owned by a journalism professor, Marion County Record adheres to traditional publishing
Jul 1, 2021
Meyer, 67, who splits his time teaching journalism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with his duties as publisher of the Marion (Kansas) County Record, moved his classes online and returned ...
CNHI acquires The Transylvania Times of Brevard, N.C., from Anderson and Trapp families
Jun 4, 2021
CNHI LLC has acquired The Transylvania Times of Brevard, North Carolina, from The Transylvania Times Inc., the family owned company that has published the paper for the past 80 years.
A new newspaper ownership model emerges in Colorado
Jun 1, 2021
On Monday, a newly formed group called the Colorado News Conservancy announced it will buy the company in a unique arrangement that involves the National Trust for Local News and the Denver-based Colorado ...
Paxton Media buys Landmark Community Newspapers
Jun 1, 2021
One of America's larger community newspaper companies is buying the other. Paxton Media Group of Paducah, Kentucky, announced May 25 that it is buying Landmark Community Newspapers LLC, a chain of 44 ...
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, ...
