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IssuesInk Acquired by Farms.com
New York, NY – December 5, 2020 – Grimes, McGovern & Associates announce Farms.com Ltd has acquired the assets of Issues Ink. With like-minded management principles and complementary services, the acquisition of Issues Ink further enhances Farms.com’s...
Food Safety Magazine Acquired by BNP Media
October 6, 2020 TROY, MI, October 6, 2020 – BNP Media (www.bnpmedia.com), one of the country's leading business-to-business media companies, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Food Safety Magazine (www.foodsafetymagazine.com), the leading content provider of...
NEWSTART
NewStart is a local news ownership initiative, created by West Virginia University’s Reed College of Media in collaboration with the West Virginia Press Association, that has a mission to recruit, train and support the next generation of rural community newspaper...
Allured Business Media Expands Professional Beauty Reach with Creative Age Acquisition
CAROL STREAM, Ill., July 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Allured Business Media has set its sights on the professional beauty industry, acquiring publishing house Creative Age on July 15, 2020. The move expands Allured Business Media's salon and spa professional brands from...
Mullen adds two titles in his North, South Dakota newspaper group
PRESS RELEASEFor more information contact Julie Bergman, jbergman@mediamergers.com(218) 230-8943There is no better source of information about a community than its newspaper.That’s the sentiment of J. Louis Mullen, the new owner of the Emmons County Record in Linton,...
AloNovus Corp buys Free Press Standard of Carrollton, Ohio
PRESS RELEASEThe Free Press Standard of Carrollton, Ohio, sold to AloNovus CorporationOne of Ohio and the Midwest’s oldest hometown newspapers has been sold. Publisher David Schloss sold the Free Press Standard, the newspaper serving Carroll County, Ohio since 1831...
The Future of Events & Conferences
Dear Friends and Clients of Grimes, McGovern & Associates First of all, some Good News regarding the crisis: Most of the energy around bringing events back have centered around separating trade shows, events & conferences from the term "mass gatherings". ...
Cannon Falls Beacon and Shopper Acquired by O’Rourke Media Group
The Cannon Falls Beacon and the Cannon Shopper have been acquired by the O’Rourke Media Group, a media company that specializes in publishing local community newspapers. The company also provides cost-effective digital marketing solutions and print/design services to...
Fillmore County Journal owners buy Bluff Country Newspaper Group
The owners of the weekly Fillmore County Journal (Preston, Minnesota) bought the Bluff Country Newspaper Group publications and have discontinued all six titles: The Chatfield News, Spring Valley Tribune, Tri-County Record, Fillmore County News Leader, Spring Grove...
Coastal Bend Publishing buys five newspapers in Texas
BEEVILLE – Coastal Bend Publishing, an affiliate of McElvy Media Group, is taking ownership of the Beeville Bee-Picayune effective February 1, 2020. In addition to the Bee-Picayune, Coastal Bend Publishing is purchasing the other four papers owned by Beeville...
The Savannah (MO) Reporter sold to local family
SAVANNAH, MO – The Savannah Reporter, a county-seat weekly in Savannah MO, has been sold by long-time owners Guy and Leslie Speckman to a local family. Ken Rosenauer and his son, Brent, purchased the 2,500- circulation newspaper, effective Jan. 30th. Dennis DeRossett...
Twice Weekly The Greenville (IL) Advocate sold
The Greenville (IL) Advocate has been sold by owners Jay Endress and Paula Endress. Effective March 1st, ownership of the 4,000-circulation, twice-weekly newspaper, transferred to Centralia Publishing Ltd., which owns several newspapers in adjacent counties in central...
SONOMA MEDIA INVESTMENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KENWOOD INVESTMENTS ACQUIRES THE SONOMA COUNTY GAZETTE
Santa Rosa, CA: Sonoma Media Investments (SMI) LLC, has announced its purchase of the Sonoma County Gazette from Vesta Copestakes, publisher and owner of the Gazette since 2003. The Sonoma County Gazette will continue as a monthly publication written by readers and...
Ripon (WI) Commonwealth Press sold to Delta Media Group
After 57 years the Ripon Commonwealth Press and Express in Ripon, Wisconsin, has new owners at the helm. Effective Jan. 1 the Lyke family sold the award-winning newspaper and shopper to Delta Media Group based in Kiel. The company owns a digital marketing agency and...
The Baby Show acquired by BLUE ANT Media
(Toronto, ON – January 10, 2019) – Blue Ant Media announced today that it will be expanding its Canadian consumer show business with the acquisition of The Baby Shows, which take place in Toronto in Spring and Fall at the Enercare Centre. The deal will see the shows...
Staples World newspaper in Staples, Minnesota, sold to RMM Publications, LLC
Staples (MN) World newspaper sold Devlin Newspapers Inc. has sold their Staples World newspaper in Staples, Minnesota, to RMM Publications, LLC, a new company that involves long time Minnesota newspaper owners Rick Gail and Mike Kremer, as well as the current editor...
The Kilgore News Herald has been acquired by M. Roberts Media
The Kilgore News Herald has been acquired by M. Roberts Media, owner of the Longview News-Journal, Tyler Morning Telegraph, The Marshall News Messenger and other newspapers. The acquisition was announced to employees today. Terms of the deal between M. Roberts Media...
The Wilson Times Co. of Wilson, NC has purchased The Johnstonian News Group
The Wilson Times Co. of Wilson, NC has purchased the Kenly News, Pine Level News, Princeton News Leader and Selma News from Rick and Karen Stewart, owners of the newspapers since 1981. The Stewarts are retiring and Keven Zepezauer, Times president and publisher,...