Shaw Media is buying the NewsTribune (La
Salle , Illinois ) and the Illinois and Indiana
AgriNews weekly publications from Catherine Miller and Miller Group Media.
The sale was expected to close Sept. 1. Terms were not
disclosed.
The
acquisition of the publications adds to Crystal Lake-based Shaw's network of
daily and weekly newspapers and specialty publications, which cover 15 counties
across northern Illinois ,
as well as part of Iowa.
The
company's daily newspaper holdings include LaSalle County's other five-day-a-week
newspaper, The Times of Ottawa, as well as the Northwest Herald in Crystal
Lake, The Herald-News in Joliet, Daily Chronicle in DeKalb, the Telegraph in
Dixon and the Daily Gazette in Sterling.
“We are
honored to be able to continue the legacy of the Miller family in the Illinois Valley ,” Shaw President and CEO John
Rung said. “The NewsTribune has established a high bar of journalistic
standards, and its print and digital assets are a perfect fit for Shaw Media.”
Shaw Media
has been privately owned by the Shaw family since its founding in Dixon by B.F. Shaw in
1851.
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