The Miller Publishing Company was founded by siblings Donald Miller and Donna (Miller) Reddington in 2002 to purchase four small weekly newspapers in southwestern

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from

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. Two of the papers are in

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, the ''

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'' in

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and the '' Star-Press'' in Springboro. The other two papers are in Montgomery County, the '' Miamisburg-West Carrollton News'' in

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and the ''

Germantown Press Germantown or German Town may refer to: Places Australia * Germantown, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region United States * Germantown, California, the former name of Artois, a census-designated place in Glenn County * ...

'' in

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. The company's headquarters are in Miamisburg. The four papers had been owned by the Canadian newspaper giant

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. Thomson had acquired the'' Chronicle'' in 1976 and the ''Star Press'' and ''News'' in 1998 from the

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, the company founded by

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. When Thomson decided to exit the newspaper business in 2000, the papers were sold to

, along with ten other papers, including the daily ''

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'' and Ohio's oldest weekly,'' The Western Star'', effective September 2, 2000. In August 2002, Cox announced it would sell the Germantown and Miamisburg papers and shutter the Franklin and Springboro papers, which were established in 1872 and 1976, respectively. However, Cox sold all four papers to the newly formed Miller Publishing Company on November 1, 2002. Donald Miller was a former executive of Brown Publishing. The company struggled with the purchase and filed for

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protection January 16, 2004. Miller Publishing currently does not have a web presence for any of its papers.

References

*Felicity Barringer. "Increased Consolidation in the Newspaper Industry". ''The

New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

''. June 9, 2000. C2. *Jon Bohmer. "Cox acquires papers." ''

Dayton Daily News The ''Dayton Daily News'' (''DDN'') is a daily newspaper published in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It is owned by Cox Enterprises, Inc., a privately held global conglomerate headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, with approximately ...

''. September 2, 2000. 1A. *"Cox Changes Ohio Group Leadership". ''

''. December 15, 2002. F1. (Clark's appointment) *"Cox Sells Four Weekly Newspapers". ''

''. October 11, 2002. E1. *John Eckberg. "134 papers on the block." ''The

Cincinnati Enquirer ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' is a morning daily newspaper published by Gannett in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. First published in 1841, the ''Enquirer'' is the last remaining daily newspaper in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, alt ...

''. February 16, 2000. B10. *John Eckberg. "Enquirer's parent buys Ohio papers." ''The

''. June 9, 2000. D10. *John Eckberg. "Cox buys 12 area newspapers." ''The

''. July 15, 2000. 1C. *"4 Weeklies to Publish While Sale Talks Continue". ''

''. August 24, 2002. E1. *Angelle Haney. "Miller Publishing Files for Chapter 11".

. January 17, 2004. B4. *Lynn Hulsey. "Gannett to buy Thompson newspapers". ''

''. June 9, 2000. A1. *Lynn Hulsey. "Other papers to join Cox". ''

''. September 2, 2000. 1E. *"'Middletown Journal' Names New Editor". ''

. '' July 28, 2003. D3. *"Miller Publishing Forms From Cox Newspapers". ''

''. November 2, 2002. E1. *Matthew Rose. "Thomson Agrees to Sell 38 54 Dailies to Gannett and Community Newspapers". ''The

Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

''. June 9, 2000. A6.

External links

Official corporate site

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