Ohio Community Media was an American privately owned publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, primarily in the state of Ohio. It was headquartered in the Dayton suburb of Miamisburg, Ohio, and was owned by Philadelphia-based Versa Capital Management.
Most of the company's holdings comprise the Ohio core of Brown Publishing Company, a family-owned publisher based in Cincinnati that declared bankruptcy in April 2010. In September of that year, Brown's 14 Ohio dailies and about 50 weekly publications were transferred to Ohio Community Media, a new entity owned by Brown's creditors, in a transaction valued at $21.75 million.[1]
Versa completed its purchase of Ohio Community Media for an undisclosed price in May 2011. By this point, the chain consisted of 14 daily newspapers and about 30 weeklies, all in Ohio.[3]
In February 2012, Versa purchased Impressions Media, owner of Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and in May of that year it bought four Midwestern dailies formerly owned by Freedom Communications. That purchase included The Lima News in Ohio, as well as dailies in Illinois and Missouri.[4] The four dailies acquired from Freedom were integrated into Ohio Community Media.[5]
Ohio Community Media published 18 daily newspapers and about 30 weeklies (paid and free), in addition to several free weekly shopper publications.[5][7] The Beavercreek News-Current, now a weekly, was formerly a daily publication.
^Sanctis, Matt (September 4, 2010). . Dayton Daily News. via HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2012. (subscription required)
^. NewsInc. via HighBeam Research. February 14, 2011. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2012. (subscription required)
^. Dayton Daily News. via HighBeam Research. May 21, 2011. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2012. (subscription required)
^Rutz, Heather (May 17, 2012). "Versa Capital Will Purchase The Lima News". The Lima News. Lima, Ohio. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
^ abWursthorn, Michael (May 17, 2012). "News Release: Versa Buys Four Papers From Freedom Communications". Dow Jones LBO Wire. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
^Business Wire, Versa Capital Announces the Formation of Civitas Media, LLC, retrieved April 10, 2017{{citation}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^. OHComMedia.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
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Ohio Community Media was an American privately owned publisher of daily and weekly newspapers primarily in the state of Ohio It was headquartered in the Dayton suburb of Miamisburg Ohio and was owned by Philadelphia based Versa Capital Management Ohio Community MediaTypePrivateIndustryNewspapersFoundedSeptember 3 2010 2010 09 03 FateMerged into Civitas MediaHeadquarters4500 Lyons Road Miamisburg Ohio 45342 United StatesArea servedIllinois Missouri OhioKey peopleScott T Champion CEOParentVersa Capital ManagementWebsitewww ohcommedia com Contents 1 History 2 Holdings 2 1 Illinois 2 2 Missouri 2 3 Ohio 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditMost of the company s holdings comprise the Ohio core of Brown Publishing Company a family owned publisher based in Cincinnati that declared bankruptcy in April 2010 In September of that year Brown s 14 Ohio dailies and about 50 weekly publications were transferred to Ohio Community Media a new entity owned by Brown s creditors in a transaction valued at 21 75 million 1 Over the next few months the new company sold a mini empire of business newsweeklies that Brown had assembled starting in 2007 unloading titles in such far flung cities as Charleston South Carolina Cheyenne Wyoming Fort Worth Texas and Naperville Illinois 2 Versa completed its purchase of Ohio Community Media for an undisclosed price in May 2011 By this point the chain consisted of 14 daily newspapers and about 30 weeklies all in Ohio 3 In February 2012 Versa purchased Impressions Media owner of Times Leader in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania and in May of that year it bought four Midwestern dailies formerly owned by Freedom Communications That purchase included The Lima News in Ohio as well as dailies in Illinois and Missouri 4 The four dailies acquired from Freedom were integrated into Ohio Community Media 5 In 2012 Versa merged Ohio Community Media the former Freedom papers Impressions Media and Heartland Publications into a new company Civitas Media 6 Holdings EditOhio Community Media published 18 daily newspapers and about 30 weeklies paid and free in addition to several free weekly shopper publications 5 7 The Beavercreek News Current now a weekly was formerly a daily publication Illinois Edit Journal Courier of Jacksonville The Telegraph of AltonMissouri Edit Sedalia Democrat of Sedalia Whiteman Warrior weekly of Whiteman Air Force BaseOhio Edit Central Ohio Columbus area The Delaware Gazette of Delaware The Madison Press of London Record Herald of Washington Court House Urbana Daily Citizen of Urbana Weekly newspapers Mechanicsburg Telegram of Mechanicsburg Plain City Advocate of Plain City Sunbury News of Sunbury The Tribune of Mount Sterling Indian Lake Current of Russells Point and Lakeview River Current of Degraff Quincy and West Liberty Mid Ohio Mansfield area Galion Inquirer of Galion Weekly newspapers Bellville Star of Bellville Knox County Citizen of Fredericktown Morrow County Sentinel of Mount GileadNorthwest Ohio The Bellevue Gazette of Bellevue Lake Erie Division weeklies Amherst News Times of Amherst The Clyde Enterprise of Clyde Fulton County Expositor of Wauseon Oberlin News Tribune of Oberlin The Peninsula News of Marblehead Swanton Enterprise of Swanton The Wellington Enterprise of Wellington The Lima News of Lima Putnam Voice weekly of Ottawa Southern Ohio The Times Gazette of Hillsboro Weekly newspapers The News Democrat of Georgetown People s Defender of West Union The Ripley Bee of RipleyWestern Ohio Dayton area The Daily Advocate of Greenville Fairborn Daily Herald of Fairborn News Journal of Wilmington Piqua Daily Call of Piqua Sidney Daily News of Sidney Troy Daily News of Troy Xenia Daily Gazette of Xenia Times Community Newspapers weeklies Beavercreek News Current of Beavercreek Centerville Washington Township Times of Centerville Englewood Independent of Englewood Enon Messenger of Enon Huber Heights Courier of Huber Heights Kettering Oakwood Times of Kettering New Carlisle Sun of New Carlisle Springboro Sun of Springboro Sugarcreek Bellbrook Times of Bellbrook Vandalia Drummer News of Vandalia Weekly Record Herald of Tipp City Other weekly newspapers Miami County Advocate of Piqua Register Herald of Eaton Star Republican of WilmingtonReferences Edit Sanctis Matt September 4 2010 Judge OKs Sale of Brown Newspapers Dayton Daily News via HighBeam Research Archived from the original on June 10 2014 Retrieved June 8 2012 subscription required Brown s Biz Journals Now All Sold NewsInc via HighBeam Research February 14 2011 Archived from the original on June 10 2014 Retrieved June 8 2012 subscription required Business Headlines Local Newspapers Have New Owners Dayton Daily News via HighBeam Research May 21 2011 Archived from the original on June 10 2014 Retrieved June 8 2012 subscription required Rutz Heather May 17 2012 Versa Capital Will Purchase The Lima News The Lima News Lima Ohio Retrieved June 8 2012 a b Wursthorn Michael May 17 2012 News Release Versa Buys Four Papers From Freedom Communications Dow Jones LBO Wire Retrieved June 8 2012 Business Wire Versa Capital Announces the Formation of Civitas Media LLC retrieved April 10 2017 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a author has generic name help Newspapers OHComMedia com Archived from the original on May 30 2012 Retrieved June 8 2012 External links EditOhio Community Media Versa Capital Management Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ohio Community Media amp oldid 1064827722, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
