News Publishing Inc. has sold it’s group of 14 weekly newspapers and several shoppers to Tom Finger, who has served as the company’s chief financial officer (CFO) for 25 years, the owners have announced.
The new corporation behind the newspapers will be called Finger Publishing Inc. All employees will be retained and continue in their current roles, according to the announcement. Publishing, printing and delivery operations will remain in Black Earth.
The group of papers includes the Adams-Friendship Times-Reporter, (Black Earth) Star News, (Black Riv er Falls) Banner Journal, (Kaukana) Heart of the Valley Times-Villager, Middleton-Cross Plains Times-Tribune, The (Montello) Marquette County Tribune, Mount Horeb Mail, (Neillsville) Clark County Press, (New Glarus) Post Messenger Recorder, Reedsburg Independent, (Spring Green) Home News and (Whitehall) Trempealeau County Times.
The newspapers had been in the Witte family since Jan. 3, 1978, when Curtis Witte bought a group of publications in Dane and Green counties from Bill and Dolores Griffith. Since that time, the company has been managed by Dan and Mark Witte.
“The Witte family wishes to thank all the employees over the decades as well as a special thank you to all our subscribers and advertisers,” News Publishing CEO Mark Witte in the announcement.
