By: The past year marked extreme activity on the newspaper- acquisition front, ignited by the sale of Knight Ridder to McClatchy. This year should prove to be just as busy, with newcomer GateHouse Media gobbling up papers and the possibility of a Tribune Co. breakup.
Meanwhile, here's a partial list of newspaper transactions during the second half of 2006, provided by brokers before Dec. 20. A complete list will be posted in early January at E&P Online in the Business section.
Cribb, Greene & Associates
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DIRKS, VAN ESSEN & MURRAY
, 25,200
Seller: Dow Jones & Co.
Buyer: Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
, Danbury, 29,500
Seller: Dow Jones & Co.
Buyer: Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
,,,Cribb & Associates
Post Newspapers, Canandaigua, N.Y.
Dirks, Van Essen & Murray
La Ganga, Watsonville, Calif.; New Milford Spectrum, Danbury, Conn.; and the Cooperstown (N.Y.) Crier
Five Massachusetts weeklies
The Anson (N.C.) Record and The Cheraw (S.C.) Chronicle
The Chronicle, Humboldt; The Herald Gazette, Trenton; and the Tri-City Reporter, Dyer, Tenn.
10 weeklies in Washington
Gauger Media Service Inc.Romana (Calif.) Sentinel
Cannon Beach (Ore.) Gazette
Media America BrokersFSView and Florida Flambeau in Tallahassee, Fla.
Rickenbacher MediaTexas papers The Prosper Press, Van Alstyne Leader, and Anna-Melissa Tribune
W.B. Grimes & Co.Port Orford (Ore.) News
Coquille (Ore.) Valley Sentinel
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