Cribb & Associates

Elyria, OH. – After nearly a century of family ownership, Lorain County Printing & Publishing has reached an agreement to sell The Chronicle-Telegram and The Medina Gazette to MediaNews Group, the nation’s largest private operator of newspapers,...

Wasilla, AK. – The Mat-Su Sentinel has acquired the Frontiersman newspaper from Arizona-based Wick Communications, according to John Cribb of Cribb & Associates, who represented the Sentinel in the acquisition. This marks a major shift in ownership for the...

Sidney, NE. – The Stevenson family, owners of Sidney (NE) Sun Telegraph, The Saratoga (WY) Sun, Pine Bluffs (WY) Post and Western Nebraska Observer in Kimball, NE, have sold the newspapers to the Adelman family and Blazing Trails Media, LLC according to John Cribb of...

Mascoutah, ILL. – The Hoskins family, owners of Better Newspapers, Inc. has sold 15 newspapers in Illinois and Missouri to Paxton Media Group according to John Cribb, Cribb & Associates who represented the Hoskins family in the transaction. Terms were not...

Niles, MI – Boone Newsmedia, Inc. (BNI), owners of Leader Publications headquartered in Niles, Michigan, has announced the sale of The Niles Daily Star, Dowagiac Daily News, and The Leader to Paxton Media Group, according to John Cribb, Cribb & Associates who...

Boone Newsmedia, Inc. (BNI) has sold four Alabama newspapers to Jeff and Michelle Schumacher, according to John Cribb, Cribb & Associates, who represented BNI in the transaction. The sale was closed April 30th, 2025. Terms were not disclosed. Included in the sale...

Jim and Sandy Poole, owners of the Times-Journal in Cobleskill, NY has sold the newspaper after 32 years of ownership according to John Cribb, Cribb, Cope & Potts who represented the Poole family in the transaction. The T-J was sold to Mr. Mark Vinciguerra, owner...

Carpenter Media Group (CMG) and News Media Corporation (NMC) announced today plans for CMG to manage NMC with an option to acquire, according to John Cribb, Cribb, Cope & Potts who assisted NMC and the Tompkins family in structuring the agreement. Longtime NMC...

Portland, OR – Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. has sold Pamplin Media Group (PMG) to Carpenter Media Group (CMG), according to John Cribb, Cribb, Cope & Potts, who represented Pamplin and PMG in the transaction. The sale was closed effective June 1. Terms were not...

Farmington, NM – Ballantine Communications has acquired The Daily Times, which serves Farmington and San Juan County, New Mexico, from Gannett according to John Cribb, of Cribb, Cope & Potts who represented the Ballantine family in the transaction. Dirks, Van...