The Association of Alternative newsmedia reports:
Steve Schewel, president of Carolina Independent Publications (CIP), announced today that the company is selling the Independent Weekly and its associated website, indyweek.com, to Richard Meeker and Mark Zusman.Read the full article
Meeker and Zusman are the owners of City of Roses Newspaper Company which publishes Willamette Week, the alternative newsweekly in Portland, Oregon. They also own the Santa Fe Reporter, an alternative newsweekly in New Mexico. ...
While Richard Meeker and Mark Zusman live in Portland, Meeker has an important and long-standing Triangle connection. He is the brother of former Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker. Richard Meeker's father also lives in North Carolina, so he has traveled to the state frequently over many years. ...
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It's good to see that media consolidation has finally found its way to alt-weeklies. Now they can die too.
By mat catastrophe
08/24/2012
Yes, but the market is never wrong. Are you a Communist?
By bsummers
08/24/2012
I'm not a big 'C' Communist, no. Probably not even a little 'c' communist, either.
By mat catastrophe
08/24/2012