TN- Collierville Independent, Southhaven Press,Bartlett Express, Cordova Beacon, Millington Star, Fa

A new company, Family Publishing Group, LLC (FPG), of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan announced today that it has formed a 12 newspaper cluster in Tennessee and Mississippi in a series of three separate acquisitions. Combined circulation over 200,000. Dennis Richardson, Senior Associate of Grimes, McGovern & Associates, represented the sellers, Bartlett Newspapers, Inc., Lynn Sanders, Times Publishing Inc. and Shoppers Press of Memphis in the transactions. The TN/MS cluster will be operated by the Suburban Community Newspaper Group, an affiliate of FPG and will be headquartered in Memphis, TN.