Western Communications is selling its newspapers, The
Union Democrat (Sonora , California ) reports. The company, based in Bend , Oregon ,
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year.
Western
Communications also owns the Del Norte Triplicate (Crescent City, California ), the Bend Bulletin, Redmond Spokesman, Baker
City Herald, The Observer and the Curry Coastal Pilot (all in Oregon ).
The
headquarters facility in Bend
is for sale, along with all property Western Communications owns, The
Union Democrat reported.
Merger and
acquisition firm Dirks, Van Essen, Murray
and April has been brought on to market the facilities.
The Chandler family, which
owns Western Communications, wants to keep The Bend Bulletin and weekly The
Redmond Spokesman, and are looking for investors, John Costa, president of
Western Communications, said, the Union Democrat reported.
Western
Communications sold The Union Democrat’s former printing plant in March for
around $1 million.
Since the
January bankruptcy filing, the company has laid off 33 people and cut the work
week for 13 more, the paper said.
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