- 21st Century Newspapers
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name = 21st Century Newspapers
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foundation = 1995-2004
founder = Frank ShepherdGoldman Sachs Capital Partners II, L.P.Kelso & Company
location_city =Pontiac, Michigan
location_country =USA
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area_served =Michigan
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industry = Publishing
products = Newspapers
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subsid =Heritage Newspapers
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intl =21st Century Newspapers is a corporation owning newspapers in the state of
Michigan and based inPontiac, Michigan and founded in 1995.History
21 Century acquired newspaper assets of Brill Media Company in August 2002 including Morning Sun daily newspaper and newspapers in Traverse City, Charlevoix, Gaylord and Tawas City and other communities in central and northern Michigan. [cite web |url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-1986221_ITM |title=21st Century Newspapers Acquires Brill Media"s Newspaper Assets; Network Now Reaches 69 Percent of Michigan"s Lower Peninsula Counties. |accessdate=2008-04-24 |format=html |work=PR Newswire ] In September 2002,
Booth Newspapers acquired 21st Century Newspapers, Inc.'sHeritage Newspapers ' Suburban Flint Newspaper Group which has nine local papers: TheClio Messenger , TheDavison Flagstaff , TheFenton Press , TheGrand Blanc News ,Flint Township News , TheFlushing Observer , TheHolly Press , TheSuburban Burton andSwartz Creek News and included Suburban Flint shopper. All of which operate with the Flint Journal as theCommunity Newspapers . [cite web |url=http://www.flintjournal.com/about/salespressrelease.html |title=Booth Newspapers Acquires Nine Suburban Flint Weekly Papers From 21st Century Newspapers |accessdate=2008-04-14 |format=html |work=flintjournal.com ] In 2004, 21st Century was acquired byJournal Register Company . [cite web |url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-556328_ITM |title=JOURNAL REGISTER BUYS MICHIGAN PAPERS FOR $415M Oakland, Macomb, two other dailies, and 87 non-dailies |accessdate=2008-04-24 |format=html |work=NewsInc ]Known Assets
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Oakland Press
*Macomb Daily
*Daily Tribune , Royal Oak
*Morning Sun, Mount Pleasant [cite web |url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-556328_ITM |title=JOURNAL REGISTER BUYS MICHIGAN PAPERS FOR $415M Oakland, Macomb, two other dailies, and 87 non-dailies |accessdate=2008-04-24 |format=html |work=NewsInc ]References
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