Ownership change: Who are the mystery investors buying some of California’s last family-owned newspapers? (LA Times)
The Harrell-Fritts family announced it would be selling the Bakersfield Californian after 122 years.…
Steven Malkowich, ehe Canadian newspaperman was listed in press releases for the sales of the Lodi News-Sentinel and the Antelope Valley Press in 2015 and 2017.…
The Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers group, which owns a number of community newspapers serving Rhode Island and Connecticut, is also “led by Canadian newspaper executive Steven Malkowich.”…
Between 2013 and 2015, Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers was announced as the new owner for both the Porterville Recorder in the San Joaquin Valley and the Imperial Valley Press in the Imperial Valley. Melanie Walsh was listed as CEO on filing documents for the newly formed companies that purchased both papers. She was also listed as CEO on filing documents for an entity called Vista California News Media, which has purchased several local California papers, including Northern California’s Marysville Appeal-Democrat and the Tri-County Newspapers in Glenn, Tehama and Colusa counties.