private equity

Listen to Bob and Sara speak with guests about the impacts of private equity on local news.

Join us for a special live Noon Edition at the Monroe County History Center discussing the changes in area newspapers and the impact of private equity ownership in news.  

Thousands of historical Bloomington newspapers will soon be up for auction. Contained in almost a thousand large, bound books, the Bloomington Herald-Times’s archive starts in the 1950s and runs through 2013.

The center will host speaker panels, family programs and interactive activities.

Known as Sample Gates Management Incorporated, it is the largest real estate private equity fund of its kind in the country.

The Ellettsville Journal will print its final edition on August 4. The weekly paper’s parent company, Gannett, says it is shifting coverage and resources to The Herald-Times in Bloomington.

Media companies Gannett and GateHouse merged late in 2019 creating the largest newspaper chain in the United States.

Staff at the largest newspaper in South Bend announced Wednesday they hope to become the fourth in the state to unionize.

Six employees of the Hoosier Times Group are losing their jobs after Schurz Communications announced the sale of 10 southern Indiana newspapers to GateHouse Media this week.