21st Century Newspapers was a corporation owning newspapers in the state of Michigan

Michigan

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 and based in Pontiac, Michigan

Pontiac, Michigan

Pontiac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac, located within the Detroit metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 59,515. It is the county seat of Oakland County...

 and founded in 1995.

History

21 Century acquired newspaper assets of Brill Media Company in August 2002 including Morning Sun daily newspaper and newspapers in Traverse City, Charlevoix, Gaylord and Tawas City and other communities in central and northern Michigan. In September 2002, Booth Newspapers

Booth Newspapers

Booth Newspapers or BoothMichigan, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, owns eight newspapers in the state of Michigan. Founded by George Gough Booth along with his two brothers, Booth Newspapers is presently owned by Advance Publications Booth Newspapers or BoothMichigan, based in Grand Rapids,...

 acquired 21st Century Newspapers, Inc.'s Heritage Newspapers' Suburban Flint Newspaper Group which has nine local papers: The Clio Messenger, The Davison Flagstaff, The Fenton Press, The Grand Blanc News, Flint Township News, The Flushing Observer, The Holly Press, The Suburban Burton and Swartz Creek News and included Suburban Flint shopper. All of which operate with the Flint Journal as the Community Newspapers. In 2004, 21st Century was acquired by Journal Register Company

Journal Register Company

The Journal Register Company is an American media company, serving an audience of 21 million Americans in 992 communities. The company operates more than 350 multi-platform products in 992 communities. The company is led by CEO John Paton who openly blogs about the changes he is making to transform...

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Known Assets

• Oakland Press
• Macomb Daily
  Macomb Daily
  The Macomb Daily is a daily newspaper based in Mount Clemens, Michigan. It is the only daily newspaper serving Macomb County, Michigan, making the county the largest in Michigan in terms of population with only one daily newspaper...
  
  
• Daily Tribune, Royal Oak
• Morning Sun, Mount Pleasant