Grosse Point Weekly Sold

Posted Thursday, May 31, 2007 12:00 am

By: E&P Staff Point News Group has purchased the Grosse Pointe (Mich.) News from Anteebo Publishers Inc. Terms of the transaction, which also includes a weekly TMC product and real estate magazine, were not disclosed.

Grosse Point News, an 11,870-circulation paid weekly, was founded by Robert Edgar and has been owned and operated by the family for 66 years.

Dirks, Van Essen & Murray brokered the deal.

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