Yucaipa reps visits BJ

Representatives of Yucaipa Cos. were in Akron on Friday to look at the Beacon Journal's operations, according to a story inside the business section Saturday.

Yucaipa, controlled by billionaire Ron Burkle, was asked by the Newspaper Guild to create an employee stock ownership plan for any newspaper that Yucaipa buys. The union represents reporters, photographers, copy editors, artists and page designers at the Beacon Journal.

Yucaipa officials toured the Duluth News Tribune in Minnesota on Wednesday.