Blount Today and Knoxville Magazine Close

The Knoxville News Sentinel announced on October 10th, 2011 that it was discontinuing the publishing of the Blount Today and the Knoxville Magazine.  The Blount Today was distributed twice weekly, on Monday and Thursdays.  It's last day will be Thursday, October 13th.  The Knoxville Magazine is a monthly publication and will cease publishing after the November issue.

Perry County Good News

The Perry County Good News, a weekly publication in Perry County, Ohio, announced it has closed for business effective the week of 10/3/2011.

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.

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.

New York Press to Close, Our Town Downtown to Relaunch

Manhattan Media has announced that it will close the alternative weekly the New York Press effective August 25th, 2011.  At the same time, it also stated it was re-opening the Our Town Downtown, a community weekly publication.

Four ASP Westward Publications to Merge

ASP Westward announced today that effective September 8th, 2011, four of its publications will merge together to form the new Cypress Creek Mirror.  The four publications are the Cypress Sun, Cy-Fair Sun, Champions Sun and Klein Sun.  Each of the four publications will last run on September 1st, 2011.

Johnson County Sun closes

The Kansas City Business Journal has reported that the Johnson County Sun closed for business permanently on Tuesday, August 16th, 2011.  The Sun was a weekly publication with distribution around 30,000.

LA Times Folds BrandX

It was reported two weeks ago in LAObserved that the L.A. Times would cease publishing its' youth arts & events-based free weekly tabloid, BrandX.  The last issue was published June 29, and the web site was shut-down July 8.    Staffers at the publication will be transitioned elsewhere in the organization.   The L.A. Times accompanied the announcement with news of expansion in Times Community News papers in Pasadena, Laguna Niguel and Aliso Viejo.

Alaska Newspapers Inc. Closes

Calista Corporation has announced that it will close the Alaska Newspaper Inc newspaper chain which contain six publications, effective at some point in August 2011. 

The publications include the Artic Sounder, Bristol Bay Times, Cordova Times, Dutch Harbor Fisherman, Tundra Drums, and Seward Phoenix Log. 

Quick Closes

The Quick, an alternative weekly publication published by the Dallas Morning News, has closed for business effective the week of August 1st, 2011.

Aurora Daily Discontinues

The Aurora Daily, a daily publication covering Aurora, Colorado, ceased publication on May 4th, 2011.

Sylvania Herald Closes

The Sylvania Herald has closed after 120 years of publishing per an announcement on their website.  The Herald was a weekly publication with approximately 12,500 distribution.

Waller County News Citizen To Close

The Waller County News Citizen has announced it will stop publishing on July 28, 2011.  The News Citizen is owned by ASP Westward, and distributes weekly with approximately 1700 distribution.

Two Rivers Tribune Closes

The Two Rivers Tribune, the last Native American owned newspaper in California, closed on Friday July 1st due to financial issues and content controversy, per an article in the MercuryNews.com.

The Tribune was operated by the Hoopa Valley Tribal Council, and operated for 20 years with weekly distribution.

Action Shopper Closes

Gannett Wisconsin Media announced that they discontinued publishing the Waupun Action Shopper effective June 15, 2011.  They will continue to publish the Action Advertiser, Action Sunday, and Action Sunday West, all in the Fond du Lac area.

El Hispano News Closes

The El Hispano News, covering the Hispanic community of Albuquerque, New Mexico for the past 45 years, closed the week of June 21st, 2011.

Less Noise in Lansing, Michigan

Gannett's 'faux' alternative-weekly NOISE was silenced last week in Lansing, Michigan as they published their final print issue, an online-only version will continue to reside on The Lansing State Journal web site.    Noise was first published in Lansing in 2002 as part of Gannett's roll-out of alternative-type weekly publications across the country. 

Gannett Ceases Publishing Metromix in Indianapolis

Gannett published it's last print issue of Metromix in Indianapolis on June 23, 2011.  The 'faux' alternative weekly was first introduced in the market as INtake in 2003, continued when they changed their name to Indy.com in 2008, and again when they changed the name finally to Metromix in 2009.

Gannett partnered with the Tribune publishing company to produce Metromix in 2007 in a strategic move that placed it among other Metromix products across 60 cities in the U.S.   Despite print closures in a number of markets, the digital network continues to grow with 63 current markets represented in the U.S.