Andrew Polin, 51, of St. Louis has purchased two newspapers, the Tri-County News and West Lane News, from Mike and Sandy Thoele of Cheshire, Oregon. The two weekly newspapers serve communities in Lane County, Oregon. The Tri-County News serves the communities of Junction City, Harrisburg, Monroe, Coburg, Cheshire, Alvadore and Triangle Lake. The West Lane News serves the communities of Veneta, Elmira, Crow, Noti, Lorane, Walton, Alvadore, Blachly, Triangle Lake and Deadwood.
From Editor & Publisher magazine:
Terms of the deal, brokered by W.B. Grimes & Co., were not disclosed.
Polin has served as the CEO of the St. Louis Jewish Light and also worked on weekly and daily papers in Little Rock, Ark., Stuttgart, Ark., Boca Raton, Fla., Deerfield Park, Fla., and Miami.
Serif Publishing Company, the parent of the two papers, is based in Junction City, Oregon, with a satellite office in Veneta. According to the company website, Serif Publishing was founded by Mike and Sandy Thoele in 1999 when they acquired the two papers. Serif has a dozen employees and provides the largest newspaper journalism internship program in Oregon, typically hosting up to 15 undergraduate and graduate students through a relationship with the University of Oregon School of Journalism.
Source Links:
Two Oregon Papers Sold to Andrew Polin | E&P
News has new owner | Tri-County News
Serif Publishing Company
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