By: Here's a look at dailies that changed hands this year. This list includes transactions reported in 2004, as well as responses to E&P's inquiries to newspaper brokers. (Please note that only transactions made before Dec. 21 are included here.) Check out E&P Online for a list of both dailies and weeklies sold in 2004.
ARKANSAS
Daily Siftings Herald, Arkadelphia, 2,700
Seller: Better Built Group
Buyer: HarborPoint Media, LLC
Hope Star, 3,100
Seller: Better Built Group
Buyer: HarborPoint Media, LLC
CALIFORNIA
The Dispatch, Gilroy, 4,700
Seller: Pacific-Sierra Publishing Inc.
Buyer: Mainstreet Media Group
Free Lance, Hollister, 3,200
Seller: Pacific-Sierra Publishing Inc.
Buyer: Mainstreet Media Group
Madera Tribune, 4,500
Seller: Pacific-Sierra Publishing Inc.
Buyer: Madera Printing and Publishing Co. Inc.
Turlock Journal, 6,000
Seller: Pacific-Sierra Publishing Inc.
Buyer: Morris Multimedia
FLORIDA
The Daily Commercial, Leesburg, 29,200
Seller: Better Built Group
Buyer: HarborPoint Media, LLC
IDAHO
South Idaho Press, Burley, 5,100
Seller: Liberty Group Publishing
Buyer: Lee Enterprises Inc.
ILLINOIS
The Journal-Standard, Freeport, 13,700
Seller: Lee Enterprises Inc.
Buyer: Liberty Group Publishing
KENTUCKY
Harlan Daily Enterprise, 6,600
Seller: Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
Buyer: Heartland Publications, LLC
The Middlesboro Daily News, 6,000
Seller: Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
Buyer: Heartland Publications, LLC
MARYLAND
The Montgomery Journal, 10,000
Seller: The Phillips family
Buyer: Clarity Media Group
The Prince George's Journal, 9,400
Seller: The Phillips family
Buyer: Clarity Media Group
MICHIGAN
The Oakland Press, 66,600
Seller: 21st Century Newspapers Inc.
Buyer: Journal Register Co.
The Macomb Daily, 46,500
Seller: 21st Century Newspapers Inc.
Buyer: Journal Register Co.
The Daily Tribune, Royal Oak, 13,500
Seller: 21st Century Newspapers Inc.
Buyer: Journal Register Co.
The Morning Sun, Mount Pleasant, 11,400
Seller: 21st Century Newspapers
Buyer: Journal Register Co.
MINNESOTA
Mesabi Daily News, 9,900
Seller: Murphy McGinnis Media
Buyer: Superior Publishing Inc.
The Daily Tribune, Hibbing, 5,200
Seller: Murphy McGinnis Media
Buyer: Superior Publishing Inc.
NEVADA
Elko Daily Free Press, 7,300
Seller: Liberty Group Publishing
Buyer: Lee Enterprises Inc.
NEW YORK
The Leader, Corning, 13,300
Seller: Lee Enterprises Inc.
Buyer: Liberty Group Publishing
NORTH CAROLINA
The Robesonian, Lumberton, 13,400
Seller: Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
Buyer: Heartland Publications, LLC
The Sampson Independent, Clinton, 8,200
Seller: Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
Buyer: Heartland Publications, LLC
The Herald-Sun, Durham, 50,100
Seller: The Rollins family
Buyer: Paxton Media Group
OHIO
Gallipolis Daily Tribune, 4,800
Seller: Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
Buyer: Heartland Publications, LLC
The Daily Sentinel, Pomeroy, 3,800
Seller: Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
Buyer: Heartland Publications, LLC
The Portsmouth Daily Times, 14,500
Seller: Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
Buyer: Heartland Publications Inc.
OKLAHOMA
Durant Daily Democrat, 6,000
Seller: Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
Buyer: Heartland Publications, LLC
Altus Times, 4,600
Seller: Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
Buyer: Heartland Publications, LLC
TENNESSEE
Shelbyville Times-Gazette, 8,200
Seller: David & Nina Gay Segroves
Buyer: Rust Communications
VIRGINIA
Northern Virginia Journal, 80,000
Seller: The Phillips family
Buyer: Clarity Media Group
WEST VIRGINIA
Point Pleasant Register, 4,000
Seller: Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
Buyer: Heartland Publications, LLC
WISCONSIN
The Daily Telegram, Superior, 7,900
Seller: Murphy McGinnis Media
Buyer: Superior Publishing Inc.
The Daily Press, Ashland, 6,400
Seller: Murphy McGinnis Media
Buyer: Superior Publishing Inc.
NEW YORK
Finger Lakes Times, 17,000
Seller: Independent Publications Inc.
Buyer: Community Media Group Inc.
Ohio
The Delaware Gazette, 7,397
Seller: Thomson Family
Buyer: Brown Publishing Co.
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