Cedar Rapids, IA- A dozen Iowa newspapers — including The Cedar Rapids Gazette — are being purchased by a family-owned company based in Minnesota.
Radio Iowa reports that Adams Multimedia owns over 120 newspapers in 19 states. The Cedar Rapids Gazette began publishing in 1884 and has been employee-owned through much of its history.
Newspapers in Mount Pleasant, Fairfield, Washington, Marengo, Williamsburg and New London are part of the purchase, along with the Southeast Iowa Union, Hometown Current, Poweshiek County Chronicle Republican, Winfield Beacon-Wayland News and the Pekin Clarion Plainsman. Three shopper-style newspapers are also part of the purchase.
The deal to buy the Gazette, along with 11 other local newspapers in Iowa, was announced Tuesday morning and is to become final on December 1st.
