The Madison Press

History

The newspaper called itself "Your window to Madison County, Ohio, since 1842", but the Library of Congress recorded its predecessor, the weekly London Sentinel, beginning a year later in 1843.

Later, the Press was the flagship of the Central Ohio Printing chain of newspapers, which also included the weeklies Mechanicsburg Telegram, Mount Sterling Tribune, Plain City Advocate and Weekly Review. This chain was sold to Brown Publishing Company, a family-owned business based in Cincinnati, in 2004.

Brown Publishing filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 30, 2010; its Ohio assets, including 14 daily newspapers and about 30 weeklies, were transferred to a new business, Ohio Community Media, which was purchased in May 2011 by Philadelphia-based Versa Capital Management.

In 2012 Versa merged Ohio Community Media, former Freedom papers it had acquired, Impressions Media, and Heartland Publications into a new company, Civitas Media. Civitas Media sold its Ohio papers to AIM Media Midwest in 2017.

References

References

1. "About London Sentinel". [[Library of Congress]].
2. "About The Madison Press". [[Library of Congress]].
3. (June 5, 2004). "Cincinnati-Based Publishing Firm Buys More Central Ohio Newspapers". The Columbus Dispatch.
4. "Brown Publishing, Creditors Clash Over Sale Plans".
5. (May 21, 2011). "Business Headlines: Local Newspapers Have New Owners". Dayton Daily News.
6. (2012-09-11). "Versa Capital Announces the Formation of Civitas Media, LLC; Combines Four Community News Groups for Growth, Best Practices".
7. (2017-06-30). "Quarterly Updates - 2nd Quarter 2017". Dirks, Van Essen & Murray.