Ozaukee Sunday Post Closes

Lakeshore Newspapers closed the Ozaukee Sunday Post on September 25th, 2011, in order to focus on their Ozaukee Guide product.

McMinnville Village Advocate Closed

The McMinnville Village Advocate, a weekly free publication with approximately 28,000 circulation closed in August 2011.

Gay Chicago Switches to Bi-Weekly

Gay Chicago, an gay entertainment weekly in the Chicago area, switched from weekly distribution to bi-weekly distribution on September 21st, 2011.

Centralia Chronicle to Drop to Three Day Distribution

The Centralia Chronicle announced that effective November 1st, it will cease publishing Monday through Saturday, and will instead publish only on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Hemet Valley Chronicle Sold and to Remain Open

The Hemet Valley Chronicle has been sold to a Nevada newspaper group and will remain open.  Last week the Century Group had announced it was closing the publication.

Hemet Valley Chronicle to Close

The Hemet Valley Chronicle, a community paper owned by Century Group Newspapers, will cease publishing after its September 16th, 2011 edition.  The Valley Chronicle was launched in 2001, and has a weekly circulation of approximately 27,000.

[Editor Note: On September 15th it was announced the Hemet Valley Chronicle was sold and will remain open]

St. Augustine Underground Closes

Osteen Publishing acquired the Ponte Vedra Recorder, Clay Today and the St. Augustine Underground this week.  The Underground, a monthly publication, was then closed effectively immediately.

Osteen Publishing owns the Sumter Item.

Chicago Tribune Drops Tabloid Single Copy Version

The Chicago Tribune will discontinue its tabloid single copy edition effective September 2, 2011.  The Tribune had launched the tabloid version in 2009 to compete for the Chicago Sun-Times single copy readership.  It would return its single copy to the paper's standard broadsheet format.