Carroll County News

The newspapers’ seller is CherryRoad Media, led by Jeremy Gulban, a New Jersey software company CEO who has acquired a chain of about six dozen small-town newspapers nationwide over the past two years. read more >

Arkansas’ newest newspaper chain owner is now one of its largest, thanks to a five-newspaper deal with Rust Communications of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. read more >

Last month in The Nation, Dale Maharidge wrote a harrowing account of what the journalism world already knew: Today’s daily newspaper industry is bleak, rife with depressed layoff victims, decimated newsrooms and survivors facing a scary future and a mountain of work to fill the void. read more >