Wednesday, December 28, 2011

It’s Official: Herald-Tribune Parent Company Sold

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune will now have Daytona Beach-based owners after the New York Times Company announced Tuesday it will sell its Regional Media Group to Halifax Media Holdings.
The announcement comes less than a week after media blogger Jim Romenesko pointed out Halifax had prematurely listed the Regional Media Group’s newspapers as its own.
The Herald-Tribune is the flagship newspaper of the Times’ Regional Media Group and will join 15 other newspapers in the $143 million sale, according to a news release issued Tuesday evening by the New York Times Company.
Herald-Tribune and other Regional Media Group staff are expected to find out in the next two days whether or not they will be offered employment by Halifax:

“An internal Times Co. statement released after the sale announcement noted Halifax will notify

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