Stephens Capital Partners

Dillard’s Inc. paid $4.1 million for advertising to media companies associated with Warren Stephens of Little Rock for its fiscal year that ended Feb. 2, an increase of 16.7 percent over the previous year. read more >

Halifax is selling the daily Santa Rosa Press Democrat and the North Bay Business Journal and The Petaluma Argus-Courier, both published weekly, to Sonoma Media Investments LLC. All three publications are in California. The Press Democrat’s circulation is 53,770 daily and 59,000 on Sunday. read more >