By: Editorial Staff From Media General to Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.:
Daily Sun, Warner Robins, Ga.evening 7,700
South Idaho Press, Burley, Idahoevening 5,600
Effingham (Ill.) Daily Newsevening 12,800
Macomb (Ill.) Journalevening 7,400
Evening News, Jeffersonville, Ind.evening 10,800
Pilot-News, Plymouth, Ind.evening 6,800
Union-Sun & Journal, Lockport, N.Y.evening 17,200
Journal-Register, Medina, N.Y.evening 4,900
Bladen Daily Journal, Elizabethtown, N.C.morning 3,800
Sampson Independent, Clinton, N.C.evening 7,800
The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C.evening 13,800
Devils Lake (N.D.) Daily Journalevening 4,500
McAlester (Okla.) News-Capital & Democratevening 11,900
Sapulpa (Okla.) Daily Heraldevening 7,000
Price: Approximately $107 million
Broker: Dirks, Van Essen & Associates, Santa Fe, N.M., represented Media General
From Media General to Forum Communications:
Bemidji (N.D.) Daily Pioneermorning 8,350
Blackduck (N.D.) Americanweekly 1,200
Price: Approximately $10.65 million
Broker: Dirks, Van Essen & Associates, Santa Fe, N.M., represented Media General (Forum Communications is publisher of the Forum in Fargo, N.D.)
From Media General to Johnson Newspaper Corp.:
Chatam, N.Y., Courierweekly 2,800
Hudson, N.Y., Register-Starevening 6,700
Courier-Observer, Ogdensburg, N.Y.morning 5,300
The Journal, Ogdensburg, N.Y.evening 4,900
Advance-News, Ogdensburg, N.Y.Sunday 10,600
Price: Approximately $8.85 million
Broker: Dirks, Van Essen & Associates, Santa Fe, N.M., represented Media General
From Media General to Community Newspapers Inc.:
Richmond County Daily Journal, Rockingham, N.C.evening 8,500
Price: Approximately $8.1 million
Broker: Dirks, Van Essen & Associates, Santa Fe, N.M., represented Media General
From Media General to Wicks Group of Companies Inc.:
Daily Reporter, Coldwater, Mich.evening 6,300
Price: Approximately $4 million
Broker: Dirks, Van Essen & Associates, Santa Fe, N.M., represented Media General
(The Wicks Group of Companies Inc. describes itself as a New York-based private investment firm specializing in media transactions, especially in South Carolina, Tennessee, New York, Oregon and Texas.)
From Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. to Media General:
Potomac News, Woodbridge, Va.evening 30,300
Terms: Exchange with Community Newspaper Holdings, which acquired the newspa-per from Garden State Newspapers Inc., an affiliate of MediaNews Group. The newspa-per is valued at approximately $48 million, Media General said.
Broker: Dirks, Van Essen & Associates, Santa Fe, N.M., represented Media General
From Southern Newspapers Inc. to Media General:
Reidsville (N.C.) Reviewfive-day evening 6,600
Madison, N.C., Messenger twice-weekly 5,000
Entertainment In Reviewweekly
Price: Approximately $4.1 million
Broker: Dirks, Van Essen & Associates, Santa Fe, N.M., represented Media General
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