Categories: OLD Media Moves

Utah Business magazine is sold

Utah Business magazine has been sold to Utah Media Partners for an undisclosed price.

A news release states, “Dirks, Van Essen & Murray, a newspaper merger and acquisition firm in Santa Fe, New Mexico, represented Ohio Community Media in the transaction.

“‘We are pleased to become part of the Utah Media Partners family,’ said Tyler Dabo, publisher of Utah Business. ‘Utah Media Partners has been a strong player in publishing with Hometown Values magazine and adds stability to the Utah Business brand of products and services. We will continue to provide our readers and advertisers with the high-quality publication and events they have come to know and trust.’

“Dabo will remain as publisher and general manager. Utah Business will celebrate its 25th anniversary next year. The magazine produces the state’s only annual Book of Lists, comprehensive information and rankings about the state’s industries; the annual Business Utah, the official publication of Utah’s Governor’s Office of Economic Development; the quarterly Wasatch Digital iQ, Utah’s Technology Magazine; UB Daily e-mail news briefings; and weekly industry-specific newsletters.”

Read more here. The seller, Ohio Community Media, has been selling business publications in recent weeks. It also sold the The Business Ledger in Naperville, Ill. and the Fort Worth Business Press  and Collin County Business Press in Texas. All of these publications were formerly owned by Ohio-based Brown Publishing, which went into bankruptcy court reorganization earlier this year.

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