Categories: OLD Media Moves

Biz magazine sold to newspaper parent

Absolutely Business, a business magazine in upstate New York, has been sold to Johnson Newspaper Corp., owner of the Watertown Daily Times, for an undisclosed price.

A story in the paper states, “The monthly magazine will be renamed NNY Business and will begin publishing under new management in December.

“The acquisition of Absolutely Business from NepWest Enterprises marks an entry into magazine publishing for Johnson Newspapers, which publishes daily and weekly community newspapers and associated websites across New York.

“Absolutely Business publisher and Westelcom President Paul F. Barton said the sale of the magazine to Johnson Newspapers places it ‘in the hands of a company that will take it to its full potential.'”

Read more here.

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