Buffalo News editor Connelly announces retirement

Mike Connelly, seventh editor of The Buffalo News will retire next month. He had served in this post for the past nine-plus years. Prior to joining the Buffalo News, Connelly was executive editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He has also worked at Congressional Quarterly for six years, where he held the posts of VP/product development […]

Lee Enterprises to acquire Buffett papers in $140 million deal

After spending 42 years as Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway, The Buffalo News is being sold to Lee Enterprises, an Iowa-based chain that owns 50 newspapers, mostly in the Midwest. With the $140 million deal completed, Lee Enterprises will become only the third owner in the 140-year history of The News. The deal also marks the […]