Tim Franklin’s group of northern Minnesota print and
digital news publications are now part of neighboring Northstar Media, a
company owned by Gene and Carter Johnson.
Titles sold
include The
Pine County Courier in Sandstone, Askov American, Hinckley News, Star Gazette in
Moose Lake , the Evergreen shopper, Minnesota Flyer aviation
magazine as well as related web and mobile sites, events and niche
products.
Terms of
the sale were not disclosed.
“I am
blessed to find another family owner to continue to provide news and
advertising to our longtime readers,” said Tim Franklin.
Northstar
Media and Kanabec Publications include the Isanti-Chisago County Star, Pine City
Pioneer, Kanabec County Times as well as a printing
facility in Cambridge .
The
Johnsons also own a suburban group based out of White Bear
Lake (Minnesota ), a group of
Wisconsin publications and ownership in Publishers Printing, a central plant in
Amery (Wisconsin ).
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