Booth Newspapers
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| Type | Division |
|---|---|
| Founder | George Gough Booth & his 2 brothers |
| Headquarters | Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA |
| Area served | Michigan |
| Industry | Publishing |
| Products | Newspapers |
| Parent | Advance Publications |
| Divisions | Ann Arbor News Bay City Times Flint Journal Grand Rapids Press Jackson Citizen Patriot Kalamazoo Gazette Muskegon Chronicle Saginaw News Advance Newspapers Community Newspapers |
| Website | http://www.boothnewspapers.com/ |
Booth Newspapers or BoothMichigan, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, owns eight newspapers in the state of Michigan. Founded by George Gough Booth along with his two brothers, Booth Newspapers is presently owned by Advance Publications (a Samuel I. Newhouse property).
Booth Newspapers owns the Ann Arbor News, Bay City Times, Flint Journal, Grand Rapids Press, Jackson Citizen Patriot, Kalamazoo Gazette, Muskegon Chronicle, and Saginaw News, as well as Advance Newspapers in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area.
MLive.com is the Web site home for all Booth Newspapers, as well as the weekly Advance Newspapers. The site includes reports from their Lansing bureau.
[edit] History
The Herald Company, Inc. merged with Booth Newspapers, Inc. in July of 1987.[1]
In September 2002, Booth Newspapers acquired 21st Century Newspapers, Inc.'s Heritage Newspapers' Suburban Flint Newspaper Group which has nine local papers: The Clio Messenger, The Davison Flagstaff, The Fenton Press, The Grand Blanc News, Flint Township News, The Flushing Observer, The Holly Press, The Suburban Burton and Swartz Creek News and included Suburban Flint shopper. All of which operate with the Flint Journal as the Community Newspapers. [2] In December 2006, The Herald Company, Inc. merged with Advance Magazine Publisher, Inc but continues to operate under the Booth Newspapers name in Michigan. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ "BOOTH NEWSPAPERS, INC." (html). DLEG-BCS-Corp Div Database Lookup-Corp Entity Details. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ "Booth Newspapers Acquires Nine Suburban Flint Weekly Papers From 21st Century Newspapers" (html). flintjournal.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
- ^ "NY State Certificate of Merger" (tif). DLEG-BCS-Corp Div Database Lookup-Corp Entity Details. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
