Boone Newspapers

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Boone Newspapers
IndustryNewspaper Publishing
Key people
    • James B. Boone, Jr.
    • Todd H. Carpenter, CEO
Websiteboonenewspapers.com

Boone Newspapers, Incorporated (BNI) is the parent company of a publishing business that includes dozens newspapers as well as magazines, other published materials, and internet properties in the United States.[1] It is a private company and owns papers in smaller cities in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas, Michigan, Mississippi, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia.[2] The company is based in Tuscaloosa.[3]

Todd H. Carpenter is chief executive officer and James B. Boone, Jr. is chairman of the board.[4] Boone and his family own all of the company's stock according to its website.

After owning Tuscaloosa Newspapers Inc., Boone's father eventually took over the company and purchased additional papers.[5] In 2014, Boone Newspapers bought several newspapers from Evening Post Industries.[6]

Newspapers[]

Boone Newspapers include:

References[]

  1. ^ "Boone Newspapers Inc". www.bloomberg.com.
  2. ^ a b "Valley Times-News sold to Boone Newspapers | Alabama Press Association". www.alabamapress.org.
  3. ^ Staff report. "Tuscaloosa-based Boone Newspapers buys daily Kentucky paper". Tuscaloosa News.
  4. ^ "Carpenter named CEO of Boone Newspapers". WTOP. June 19, 2014.
  5. ^ "The History of BNI | Boone Newspapers, Inc". www.boonenewspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Salisbury Post purchased by Boone Newspapers affiliate - Salisbury Post". February 18, 2014.
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