The sale of the Washington Post to Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos may have been the big local media story of the
week—but it wasn’t the only one. Two days before, the New York Times Company sold
the Boston Globe to Red Sox owner John Henry for $70 million—slightly less than 4 percent of what
it bought the paper for originally. In light of these shifts, we take a look back
at some other newspapers that have been sold in the past ten years.
2013
August
Boston Globe: Sold to Red Sox owner John Henry for $70 million
San Francisco Weekly: Sold to the San Francisco Newspaper Company, which also owns the San Francisco Examiner and the San Francisco Bay Guardian
2012
October
Tampa Tribune: Sold to Tampa Media Group for $9.5
million
June
Orange County Register(June): Sold, along with six smaller daily newspapers, to the 2100 Trust (which unsuccessfully
attempted to buy the Boston Globe in 2011)
April
Philadelphia Media Network, which publishes the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Daily News, and Philly.com: Sold to a group of area business leaders that included George E.
Norcross III, Lewis Katz, and Joseph Buckelew for $55 million
2011
December
Sun-Times Media Holdings, which includes the Chicago Sun-Times and several smaller regional newspapers: Sold to Wrapports
Washington Times: Sold by the paper’s owner to his father, Reverend Sun Myung Moon, who founded the
paper, and a group of the paper’s fired executives for $1
Other Newspapers Sold in the Past 10 Years
In the wake of the big “Post” news this week, a look at other recent sales.
The sale of the
Washington Post to Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos may have been the big local media story of the
week—but it wasn’t the only one. Two days before, the New York Times Company sold
the
Boston Globe to Red Sox owner John Henry for $70 million—slightly less than 4 percent of what
it bought the paper for originally. In light of these shifts, we take a look back
at some other newspapers that have been sold in the past ten years.
2013
August
Boston Globe: Sold to Red Sox owner John Henry for $70 million
July
Press of Atlantic City: Sold to Warren Buffett’s BH Media Group
February
Everett Daily Herald: Sold to Sound Publishing, which is owned by Canada’s Black Press
Tulsa World: Sold to BH Media Group
January
Greensboro News & Record: Sold to BH Media Group for slightly less than $30 million
Seattle Weekly: Sold to Sound Publishing
San Francisco Weekly: Sold to the San Francisco Newspaper Company, which also owns the
San Francisco Examiner and the
San Francisco Bay Guardian
2012
October
Tampa Tribune: Sold to Tampa Media Group for $9.5
million
June
Orange County Register (June): Sold, along with six smaller daily newspapers, to the 2100 Trust (which unsuccessfully
attempted to buy the
Boston Globe in 2011)
April
Philadelphia Media Network, which publishes the
Philadelphia Inquirer, the
Daily News, and Philly.com: Sold to a group of area business leaders that included George E.
Norcross III, Lewis Katz, and Joseph Buckelew for $55 million
2011
December
Sun-Times Media Holdings, which includes the
Chicago Sun-Times and several smaller regional newspapers: Sold to Wrapports
November
San Francisco Chronicle: Sold to Black Press Group
2010
November
Washington Times: Sold by the paper’s owner to his father, Reverend Sun Myung Moon, who founded the
paper, and a group of the paper’s fired executives for $1
2008
May
Newsday: Sold to Cablevision for $650 million
2007
August
Dow Jones & Company, which owns the
Wall Street Journal: Sold to News Corporation for $5.6 billion
2005
August
Detroit Free Press: Sold to Gannett
Douglas Bair, Stanley Kay, Marina Lamanna, Kelsey Lindsey, and Rebecca
Nelson contributed to reporting this story.
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