Coastal Bend Publishing, an affiliate of McElvy Media Group
(Houston), is taking ownership of the Beeville Bee-Picayune (Texas
In addition
to the Bee-Picayune, Coastal Bend Publishing is purchasing the other four
papers owned by Beeville Publishing Company — The News of San Patricio, The
Progress, The Advance-Guard Press and Karnes Countywide.
Brothers
Jeff and Chip Latcham, who have 39 and 42 years, respectively, working in this
family business, expanded the company during their years as co-publishers to
include newspapers in Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio, Karnes, Refugio and
Goliad counties.
Gary Borders
with Grimes, McGovern & Associates represented the sellers in the
transaction.
“The
Beeville newspaper is in its 125th year in the Atkins and Latcham family
ownership,” said Jeff Latcham. “While Chip and I are the fourth-generation
publishers, community journalism has fed five generations of the family. It’s
been an honor and a blessing all these years to service our communities, but
it’s time for new ownership, new ideas and new voices.”
McElvy Media
began in 2012 with one community newspaper and eight employees. Today the company
employs more than 100 people and publishes 25 print editions weekly.
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