Staff at newspapers purchased by Glacier Media on Wednesday have no reason to worry about closures, according to the company’s president of Lower Mainland publishing and community digital media.
On Dec. 17, Glacier Media, which owns the Burnaby NOW, announced it had purchased four newspapers from competitor Black Press, including the Tri-City News, Burnaby News Leader, New Westminster News Leader and the Richmond Review, along with their related publications and digital properties.
Glacier Media will take control of these newspapers starting on March 2, and until then it’s business as usual, according to Alvin Brouwer, Glacier’s president of Lower Mainland publishing and community digital media.
“We’re keeping all of our titles going, period,” Brouwer said.
In addition to the new purchases, Glacier also sold three of its own newspapers, theSurrey NOW, Langley Advance andMaple Ridge Times.
Glacier also sold the Vancouver Island Newspaper Group to Black Press. Those papers are: Cowichan Valley Citizen, Comox Valley Echo, The Oceanside Star, the Alberni Valley Times, the Nanaimo Daily News and Nanaimo Pressand the Campbell River Courier.
The Victoria Times Colonist was not part of the transaction. The proceeds from the sale will go to paying down debt at Glacier Media.
