Randy Miller
The East Valley Tribune, which for months has survived in a state of corporate limbo, finally learned its fate on Tuesday.
The Mesa newspaper will have its fourth owner in less than 15 years after a federal judge gave his blessing for the Tribune and its sister newspapers to be sold to a small Colorado publisher for a little more than $2 million.
The approval clears the way for Randy Miller, who owns Thirteenth Street Media in Boulder, Colo., to buy the newspapers from their current owner, media giant Freedom Communications. The deal is expected to be completed before the end of the month.
“We are excited to complete the legal process and work with our employees and advertisers to build solid, community-oriented newspapers,” Miller said in a prepared statement.
As part of the deal, Miller will also get the Ahwatukee Daily News in Phoenix, the Daily News-Sun in Sun City, several small specialty publications and a building in Sun City valued by the county assessor at about $2.1 million.
In the meantime, Miller will begin to take over day-to-day operations of the newspapers until the deal formally goes through, the Tribune reported on its website.
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