Brown Publishing Co., the Ohio-based owner of a number of business newspapers across the country that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection earlier this month, is proposing to sell its assets to a new company formed recently by its executives.
“The proposed sale, which is subject to court approval, would be conditioned on the possible receipt of a higher bid at auction. Several claimants of Brown Publishing have filed objections to the proposed sale and auction procedures. A hearing on Brown’s motion to sell is scheduled for May 20.
“Brown Publishing is a Cincinnati-based chain of small-town newspapers and business weeklies. It owed about $105 million to creditors when a liquidity squeeze prompted it to file for bankruptcy protection on April 30, according to the company’s court filings. The book value of its assets at the time was about $94 million.”
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The company owns the Des Moines Business Record in Iowa, the Fort Worth Business Press in Texas and the Boulder County Business Report in Colorado and a majority ownership of the Northern Colorado Business Report in Fort Collins, and the Wyoming Business Report in Cheyenne. It also owns the Charleston Regional Business Journal, the Columbia Regional Business Report, SC Biz and GSA Business, all in South Carolina. It also owns Utah Business magazine.
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