Thursday, July 18, 2013

Buffett's company buys 70th newspaper

Warren Buffett’s newspaper company, Berkshire Hathaway, through its BH Media subsidiary, will buy the Atlantic City Press. BH Media purchased the Roanoke, Virginia Times in May.

Other BH Media newspapers:

In Virginia, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Midlothian Exchange in Chesterfield County, Mechanicsville Local, Goochland (County) Gazette, Cumberland Today, Powhatan Today, Daily Progress, Greene County Record, Madison (County) Eagle, Star Exponent of Culpepper, New Virginian, Orange County Review, Stafford County Sun, Belvoir Eagles, Quantico Sentry, Danville Register and Bee, Nelson County Times, Amherst New Era-Progress, News and Advance, Bristol Herald Courier, Clinch Valley News, Burg weekly entertainment guide, Floyd Press, PW Business, Richlands News-Press, Smyth County News and Messenger, Washington County News, Bland County Messenger, Wytheville Enterprise.

In North Carolina, Hickory Daily Record, Independent Tribune, McDowell News, Mooresville Tribune, News Herald, Shalersville Record & Landmark, Winston-Salem Journal, Eden News, Rockingham Now.

In the mid-South, Corner News, Dothan Eagle, Enterprise Ledger, Eufaula Tribune, Jackson County Floridian, Opelika-Auburn News, Morning News, Hartsville Messenger, Lake City News and Post.

BH also owns the Buffalo Evening News, Business Wire, Omaha World Herald, Bryan-College Station Eagle, Waco Tribune Herald, Tulsa World, Greensboro News & Record, Roanoke Times.

BH Media owns 70 newspapers, but not all are dailies. 

Berkshire Hathaway began in Cumberland, Rhode Island in 1839 as Valley Falls Company, founded by Oliver Chace. Its current headquarters is in Omaha, Nebraska. Buffett is chairman and chief executive officer. 

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