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43-677: The North Kitsap Herald is owned by Sound Publishing Inc., a subsidiary of Black Press . The newspaper was founded in 1901 by Peter Iverson as the Kitsap County Herald. The name was changed to North Kitsap Herald in 1995. According to Sound Publishing , the North Kitsap Herald won 20 awards from the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association and Local Media Association, of which eight were first place awards, in 2020. In March 2020, during

86-749: A 50% interest in Hawaii.com . In 2006, Black Press acquired the Akron Beacon Journal , the former Knight Ridder flagship in Northeast Ohio, for $ 165 million. Black Press sold the paper in April 2018 to GateHouse Media and acquired the Juneau Empire , Peninsula Clarion and Homer News in Alaska from GateHouse. In 2011, David Black was one of several newspaper industry veterans who joined as investors in

129-559: A Canadian online classified website. The website re-branded to Used.ca in 2015. On June 27, 2007, Black Press announced a $ 405 million takeover offer for Osprey Media , putting it in competition with Quebecor Media for Osprey's assets. Quebecor put in a higher bid and won ownership of Osprey. As of 2008 it owned about 150 newspapers. In July 2010, Black Press acquired the Red Deer Express from Great West Newspapers, LP. The company acquired two other Central Alberta publications,

172-781: A buyer fell through. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin traces its roots to the February 1, 1882, founding of the Evening Bulletin by J. W. Robertson and Company. In 1912, it merged with the Hawaiian Star to become the Honolulu Star-Bulletin . Wallace Rider Farrington , who later became territorial governor of Hawaii , was the editor of the newspaper from 1898 and the president and publisher from 1912 until his death. His son Joseph Rider Farrington succeeded him and served as president and publisher until his own death in 1954. From 1962 it

215-696: A combined circulation of 1,295,243. The number of titles include 70 in British Columbia , 11 in Alberta , two in Northwest Territories and one in Yukon . In 1969, Alan Black and Clive Stangoe acquired the Williams Lake Tribune of Williams Lake, BC . The weekly newspaper had previously been owned by Northwest Publications, where Alan Black worked as a manager. After the company dissolved, he acquired

258-977: A daily newspaper near Seattle . It had previously been owned for 35 years by the Washington Post Company . In October 2014, Black Press purchased six newspapers from Stephens Media , including The Daily World in Aberdeen, the Montesano Vidette , the North Coast News in Ocean Shores and the South Beach Bulletin in Westport. Black Press purchased the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 2001. The newspaper had previously been owned by Liberty Newspapers LP, of Florida. The company planned to close

301-569: A deal that would result in buying the Advertiser, a more profitable paper with a daily circulation of 115,000, even though the Star-Bulletin itself was losing money and had a daily circulation of 37,000. On February 25, 2010, Black Press purchased only the "physical assets" of The Honolulu Advertiser . As part of the deal to acquire the Advertiser , Black Press agreed to place the Star-Bulletin on

344-621: A majority stake in the company's smallest title alongside Stangoe, who worked as the paper's publisher. The two owned the paper under the name Cariboo Press Ltd. In 1975, Alan Black and Stangoe sold the Williams Lake Tribune to Alan Black's son David Black for $ 60,000. Black operated the Tribune exclusively for four years until purchasing the husband-and-wife owned Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal in nearby Ashcroft in 1979. Black continued to purchase other newspapers over time and soon formed newspaper clusters around Victoria and Vancouver. There

387-646: A new company which would also manage Sidney Review, which had been acquired earlier. The sale brought the total number of newspapers owned by Black up to 12. In 1987, Black acquired the Salmon Arm Observer group on newspapers, which included the Chase -Shuswap Weekly , Eagle Valley News and Salmon Arm Observer. In 1992, Black acquired the 100 Mile House Free Press . In 1997, Black acquired 33 publications in western Canada from Trinity International Holdings PLC of Britain for $ 58 million. The sale included

430-594: A profitable Bay Guardian are too great to overcome." In 2020, San Francisco Media Co., including the Examiner and SF Weekly, was sold to Clint Reilly Communications. Honolulu Star-Bulletin The Honolulu Star-Bulletin was a daily newspaper based in Honolulu , Hawaii , United States. At the time publication ceased on June 6, 2010, it was the second largest daily newspaper in

473-533: A subsidiary of Gannett Corporation , purchased the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 1971 under the terms of the existing joint operating agreement. The terms of the joint operating agreement did not allow one company to own both newspapers, so in 1992, Gannett sold the Honolulu Star-Bulletin to Liberty Newspapers so that it could purchase the Honolulu Advertiser. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin's circulation

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516-700: The Bellingham Business Journal from Sun News Inc. The 3,400-circulation Wenatchee Business Journal was traded in August 2011 to CW Media, Inc. in exchange for the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune . The Globe , The Times, and Bellingham Business Journal were are closed in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 recession in the United States . In November 2011, Olympic View Publishing Company

559-537: The Red Deer Advocate . By this time Black Press Ltd. had been established as Cariboo Press's parent company. On September 19, 2002, Torstar Corporation announced that it was investing $ 20 million to acquire a 19.35% share in Black Press. At that time Black Press published 88 newspapers and had 11 printing plants. Annual revenues at the time were $ 240 million. In 2006, Black Press acquired UsedEverywhere.com ,

602-578: The Kitsap Peninsula , it formed Sound Publishing in 1987 and has since operated all of its titles in Washington and Alaska . In turn, after purchasing Honolulu Star-Bulletin , the publisher passed the responsibility for maintaining its titles in Hawaii to Oahu Publications, a subsidiary formed in 2001 by BPG. As of 2022, News Media Canada reported Black Press publishes 106 editions across Canada with

645-534: The Mercer Island Reporter and Snoqualmie Valley Record; and seven bi-weeklies , the Auburn Reporter, Bellevue Reporter, Bothell/Kenmore Reporter, Covington/Maple Valley Reporter, Kent Reporter, Redmond Reporter and Renton Reporter. The King County Journal printed its last issue on Jan. 21, 2007. Forty full-time employees were laid off. Ten staffers were moved to weekly sister publications, and one

688-641: The Star-Bulletin two years prior, but a federal antitrust lawsuit was filed and a judge ordered the paper be sold instead. Black Press emerged as the new owner for $ 10,000. Also in 2001, Black Press acquired RFD Publications, which owned the 280,000 circulation MidWeek . The Honolulu Advertiser was acquired in 2010 and merged with the Star-Bulletin to create the Honolulu Star-Advertiser . In October 2014, Black Press purchased six newspapers from Stephens Media . The sale included West Hawaii Today and Hawaii Tribune-Herald , as well as

731-756: The Sylvan Lake News and Eckville Echo , in June 2011. The two weekly newspapers were owned by Barry and Darlene Hibbert. In July 2011, Black Press purchased of the Cranbrook Daily Townsma n and the Kimberley Daily Bulletin by Don Kendall. At the time the two dallies published Monday to Friday, had a combined circulation of 5,000. In 2013, Black Press and Glacier Media Inc. exchanged four community newspapers in British Columbia. That led to

774-619: The Vashon Island Beachcomber . The Tacoma Daily Index was acquired next in 1997. A year later the company purchases Friday Harbor Journal and launches the Federal Way Mirror in response to Seattle Times Co. closing the Federal Way News. In 2006, Black Press purchased nine newspapers from the family-owned Horvitz Newspapers Inc. The sale included the 41,000-circulation daily King County Journal ; two weeklies,

817-522: The Northwest Territories and two in Nunavut . In April 2023, Black Press entered a partnership with Village Media to license its custom content management system called Villager. The migration of Black Press sites will be completed in 2024. On January 15, 2024, Black Press entered CCAA bankruptcy protection and announced a sales agreement. Founder David Black resigned as president shortly after

860-745: The Port Orchard Independent . The organization went on to acquire the Bainbridge Island Review , the Central Kitsap Reporter and the North Kitsap Herald as well. In 1994, the organization renamed itself Sound Publishing. Sound Publishing Black Press Group Ltd. (BPG) is a Canadian commercial printer and newspaper publisher founded in 1975 by David Holmes Black , who has no relation to Canadian-born media mogul Conrad Black . Based in Surrey, British Columbia , it

903-653: The Reporter Newspapers brand, including the newly created Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter and the S umner/Lake Tapps Reporter . Overall, the mostly free weeklies in King County reached about 300,000 households at the time. In October 2008, Black Press purchased the Marysville Globe , Arlington Times , the regional Express Shopper and monthly business publications the Wenatchee Business Journal and

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946-505: The San Francisco Newspaper Company to buy the former Hearst flagship The San Francisco Examiner from Clarity Media Group. Media outlets initially reported the paper was purchased by Black's company Black Press, but Black only participated as a private investor and held shares in the Examiner separately from Black Press. The other owners included Todd Vogt and Pat Brown. Vogt was named president and CEO while Brown

989-611: The Whidbey Press Newspaper Group in 1987 from newspaperman Wallie Valentine Funk. The sale included the Whidbey News-Times , South Whidbey Record and Naval Air Station Whidbey Crosswind. In 1988, Black Press purchased the Port Orchard Independent , followed soon by the acquisition of the Bainbridge Island Review. In 1994, the subsidy was renamed to Sound Publishing. A year later the company acquired

1032-476: The announcements. On January 16, Black Press filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the United States. At the time of the bankruptcy, Black Press has 144 publications, including 35 in Washington under its Sound Publishing subsidiary. In 1987, David Black sold a 21% equity stake in his company to Shaw Communications to fund the purchase of about 15 newspapers. He bought stake back in 1990. Black Press purchased

1075-859: The closure of Abbotsford Times . In 2014, Black Press negotiated deals with Glacier Media Inc. to take effect in March 2015 that would exchange a dozen British Columbia newspapers that consolidated ownership of competing community papers on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland . Black Press obtained Harbor City Star , Nanaimo Daily News , Cowichan Citize n, Parksville Oceanside Sta r, Tofino/Ucluelet Westerly News , Comox Valley Echo , Campbell River Courier , Surrey Now and Langley Advance . In August 2014, Black Press acquired Yukon News from owner Stephen Robertson. In March 2021, Black Press purchased Northern News Services Limited of Yellowknife , Northwest Territories , which publishes five newspapers in

1118-511: The conversion from a broadsheet to a tabloid format in an effort to retain its readership base, even though the move resulted in the layoff of 17 editorial staffers (about 20% of its unionized workforce). This was done to save costs. However, the format did not help as it continued to lose both money and readership. At the same time, Gannett was looking into selling the Advertiser as the company decided that it did not fit in with Gannett's long-term strategy. This move would lead to Black Press pursuing

1161-448: The month. "Unless I can find local partners, I'm not gonna do the deal," Vogt told staff. "I've got 25 days to do a deal or sell out." Vogt did sell to Oahu, which subsequently became San Francisco Media Co.'s parent company. Dennis Francis, president of Oahu Publications, became the company's new president, and in August 2014, Glenn Zuehls was named publisher. In October 2014, Zuehls announced Bay Guardian, saying "the obstacles for

1204-539: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Kitsap Herald issued a statement that it would halt Friday print editions of the publication for an unknown amount of time, and directed audiences to read the digital newspaper Kitsap Daily News , which is owned by Kitsap News Group , a division of Sound Publishing . In 1962, the Kitsap County Herald , then owned by a former editor of the Albany Democrat-Herald ,

1247-549: The paper's administration and editorial offices to new headquarters in Restaurant Row near Honolulu Harbor . The newspaper was printed in Kaneohe , on the presses of the Star-Bulletin's sister publication, MidWeek . (Black had purchased MidWeek shortly before the Star-Bulletin deal was closed—and at a time when no one in the local business community was aware that it was for sale.) On April 13, 2009, The Star-Bulletin made

1290-599: The region is The Daily Herald in Everett. The company's history began in 1987 with its acquisition of the Whidbey Press Newspaper Group from Anacortes newspaper publisher Wallie Valentine Funk. The group comprised the Whidbey News-Times , founded in 1890; the South Whidbey Record and Whidbey Crosswind at Naval Air Station Whidbey. Whidbey Press relocated to Kitsap County in 1988 after acquiring

1333-464: The scheduled date of closure. In April 2000, Liberty Newspapers offered the Honolulu Star-Bulletin for sale. The action once again threatened the closure of the publication, but in November of that year, Canadian publishing magnate David Black announced his intent to purchase the Honolulu Star-Bulletin . When the purchase was finalized in 2001, the joint operating agreement came to an end and Black moved

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1376-402: The selling block. If no buyer came forward by March 29, 2010, Black Press would start making preparations to operate both papers through a transitional management team and then combine the two dailies into one. On March 30, 2010, three parties came forward with offers to buy the Star-Bulletin , but a month later on April 27, 2010, the bids were rejected because their bid for the Star-Bulletin

1419-460: The state of Hawaiʻi (after the Honolulu Advertiser ). The Honolulu Star-Bulletin , along with a sister publication called MidWeek , was owned by Black Press of Victoria, British Columbia , Canada and administered by a council of local Hawaii investors. The daily merged with the Advertiser on June 7, 2010, to form the Honolulu Star-Advertiser , after Black Press's attempts to find

1462-513: The time, Black Press owned seven U.S. papers and 24 Canadian papers. Founded in 1987, Sound Publishing Inc. is a subsidiary of Black Press . Sound Publishing 's philosophy is "digital first." The company claims to be "the largest community news organization in Washington State," serving more than 100 Washington communities, with 2.3 million digital readers and circulating in print to 661,072 readers. Sound Publishing 's largest newspaper in

1505-437: Was allowed to decline thereafter and staffing reduced. On September 16, 1999, Liberty Newspapers announced that it planned to close the Honolulu Star-Bulletin the following month. The decision was met with fierce resistance in the community and lawsuits were filed against Liberty and Gannett by the state and by concerned citizens' groups. The shutdown was postponed with an injunction by a federal district judge two weeks before

1548-739: Was below the minimum, liquidation price, resulting in Black Press cancelling any sale and proceeding with transition plans, which came on the same day that they were approved to take over the Advertiser by the Department of Justice. On May 3, 2010, a new company set by Black Press, HA Management, took over the operations of Advertiser while also overseeing the Star-Bulletin during a 30- to 60-day transition period, in which both papers merged into one daily, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser . The merger took place on June 7, 2010. Existing Advertiser employment ceased. The Star-Bulletin published its final issue as

1591-536: Was moved to marketing staff. In June 2008, Black Press purchased The Enumclaw Courier-Herald , along with a 4-year-old sibling publication that serves the Bonney Lake/Lake Tapps area. The paper's were previously owned by the estate of Ted Natt along with John Natt, David Natt and current publisher Bill Marcum. By July 2008, Black Press owned 15 community newspapers around the Seattle area, including 12 under

1634-526: Was named chief financial officer of the newly created San Francisco Media Co. The company acquired the San Francisco Bay Guardian from Bruce Brugmann in April 2012 and SF Weekly from Voice Media Group in January 2013. In May 2014, Vogt announced plans to sell his shares of the company to Black Press' Hawaiian-subsidy Oahu Publications Inc., or to buy Black out of the company by the end of

1677-753: Was never a big plan to get big. It's just that another opportunity would come over the hill. Usually an independent would phone, wanting to retire or sell out, asking if we were interested in buying them. In June 1980, Black acquired the Lakes District News Houston Today. At some point prior he had also acquired the Smithers Interior News . In 1984, Black purchased a majority stake in three newspapers and two web printing plants on Vancouver Island . The sale included Goldstream Gazette , Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle and Parksville-Qualicum News-Advertiser. The papers were merged into

1720-501: Was owned by a local group of investors led by Elizabeth P. Farrington and Chinn Ho and operated under a joint operating agreement with the Honolulu Advertiser that allowed the two papers to use the same printing facilities and sales personnel (the Hawaii Newspaper Agency) while maintaining separate fully competitive editorial staffs and providing Honolulu with two distinct editorial "voices." Gannett Pacific Corporation,

1763-728: Was previously owned by the publisher of Toronto Star ( Torstar , 19.35%) and Black (80.65%). In March 2024, it was announced that Carpenter Media Group had completed its acquisition of the firm, in a deal that involved Canso Investment Counsel, Ltd. Also known as Black Press Media , the company publishes in the United States through two subsidiaries, Oahu Publications in Hawaii and Sound Publishing in Alaska and Washington . It also owns Northern News Services based in Yellowknife , Northwest Territories . After acquiring three newspapers on

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1806-458: Was purchased by Black Press from Brown M. Maloney. The sale included Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum . That same month Black Press acquired Peninsula Daily News and Sequim This Week from Horvitz Newspapers. In January 2013, Voice Media Group sold Seattle Weekly to Black Press. The alt-weekly ceased its print edition and became an online-only publication in February 2019. In February 2013, Black purchased The Everett Herald ,

1849-638: Was purchased by David and Vera Averill. The Averills also purchased the Bainbridge Island Review from Walter and Milly Woodward. The couple successfully operated the Bainbridge Island Review and Kitsap County Herald while raising their four children. Walter Woodward remained as editor of the Review. Verda Averill sold the Herald, the Review , and the Kitsap Advertiser to Black Press in 1988. At

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