founder george gough booth & his 2 brothers headquarters grand rapids michigan united states area served michigan products newspapers parent advance publications divisions the ann arbor news the bay city times the flint journal the grand rapids press jackson citizen patriot kalamazoo gazette muskegon chronicle the saginaw news advance newspapers website mlive media group booth newspapers or booth michigan based in grand rapids michigan owned eight newspapers in the state of michigan . founded by george gough booth with his two brothers booth newspapers was sold to advance publications a samuel i. newhouse property which purchased it in 1976 for 305 million a record at the time . booth newspapers owned the ann arbor news which ceased printing in july 2009 and was re established as annarbor.com with a thursday and sunday newspaper and website independent of the other booth properties . in 2013 annarbor.com joined mlive media group which was established in 2012 as the michigan brand for advance publications . at that time annarbor.com s web presence was integrated with the other michigan properties under the mlive.com url and the annarbor.com newspaper returned to its historical identity as the ann arbor news . other mlive media group newspaper publications include the bay city times the flint journal the grand rapids press jackson citizen patriot kalamazoo gazette muskegon chronicle the saginaw news and advance newspapers the company also maintains newsrooms in lansing & detroit . all of advance publications michigan content is published on mlive.com . history edit the herald company inc. merged with booth newspapers inc. in july 1987 . 1 in september 2002 booth newspapers acquired 21st century newspapers inc. s heritage newspapers suburban flint newspaper group which has nine local papers clio messenger davison flagstaff fenton press grand blanc news flint township news flushing observer holly press suburban burton and swartz creek news and included suburban flint shopper . all of these operate with the flint journal as the community newspapers . 2 in december 2006 the herald company inc. merged with advance magazine publisher inc. but continues to operate under the booth newspapers name in michigan . 3 on november 3 2008 the day before the 2008 presidential election many copies of booth newspapers were delivered inside a white advertising wrapper paid for by the national rifle association with defend freedom defeat obama written across the outside . the bags were mostly reported with the flint journal but there were also similar reports from customers of the saginaw news and the bay city times . 4 the flint journal posted a short apology on its website that stated that the wrapper was supposed to be inserted into the newspaper . 5 the journal also told wjrt tv who also received a flood of calls about the incident that there was some miscommunication with the paper carriers . 4 the three papers mentioned endorsed barack obama for president . 6 7 8 on march 23 2009 booth newspapers announced in the ann arbor news that it would end the paper s 174 year print run in july 2009 due to economic difficulties and be replaced by annarbor.com a daily web paper that will have a twice weekly print edition . 9 also on this date booth announced that beginning june 1 2009 the bay city times the saginaw news and the flint journal would reduce publishing to three times a week thursday friday and sunday while increasing their web presence ; 10 the three newspapers would add a tuesday edition in march 2010 with the bay city times and the saginaw news sharing an edition . 11 12 on february 2 2012 booth newspapers split into two companies mlive media group and advance central services michigan . mlive group handles advertising and news for all newspapers and websites . advance services handles human resource production and distribution . at the same time home delivery of booth s remaining daily newspapers was reduced to tuesday thursdays and sundays with subscribers receiving e editions on the other days in which they print . 13 references edit booth newspapers inc. . dleg bcs corp div database lookup corp entity details . retrieved 2008 04 24 . booth newspapers acquires nine suburban flint weekly papers from 21st century newspapers . the flint journal . retrieved 2008 04 14 . ny state certificate of merger tif . dleg bcs corp div database lookup corp entity details . retrieved 2008 04 24 . a b abraham kristen 2008 11 03 . monday flint journal sleeve draws fire . wjrt tv . archived from the original on 2011 05 21 . retrieved 2008 11 03 . monday s journal mistakenly placed in nra paid plastic wrapper ; newspaper apologizes for error . 2008 11 03 . retrieved 2008 11 03 . dead link flint journal endorses barack obama for president ; obama more attuned to needs of michigan . the flint journal . 2008 10 30 . archived from the original on 2008 12 02 . retrieved 2008 11 04 . editorial summarizing our editorial endorsements . the saginaw news . 2008 11 01 . retrieved 2008 11 04 . dead link the bay city times election day 2008 endorsement roundup . the bay city times . 2008 11 02 . retrieved 2008 11 04 . ann arbor news to close in july . the ann arbor news . 23 march 2009 . retrieved 2009 03 23 . the bay city times announces big changes . the bay city times . 23 march 2009 . flint journal to return to newsstands on tuesdays starting march 23 . the flint journal . 7 march 2010 . the saginaw news to partner with the bay city times for great lakes bay tuesday print edition . the saginaw news . march 14 2010 . booth newspapers to focus on web efforts . the detroit news . associated press . november 3 2011 . retrieved 5 december 2011 . external links edit michigan portal journalism portal official website of boothmichigan mlive.com official website for the newspapers v t e advance publications newspapers birmingham news express times forest grove leader hillsboro argus hunterdon democrat huntsville times jersey journal oregonian patriot news plain dealer post standard press register the republican south jersey times star ledger staten island advance sun newspapers the times the times picayune warren reporter mlive media group ann arbor news flint journal grand rapids press advances jackson citizen patriot kalamazoo gazette muskegon chronicle lakeshore press valley publishing company bay city times saginaw news cond nast cond nast entertainment allure architectural digest bon app tit brides cond nast traveler glamour golf digest golf world gq lucky self style.com teen vogue new yorker vanity fair vogue w wired cond nast digital allure architectural digest ars technica bon app tit brides cond nast traveler epicurious glamour golf digest golf world gq lucky reddit self teen vogue the new yorker vanity fair vogue w webmonkey wired cond nast international cond nast traveller gq australia india house & garden tatler vogue uk china india italy paris world of interiors american city business journals hemmings motor news inside lacrosse portfolio.com sporting news media 35 % defunct properties annarbor.com cookie details gloucester county times gourmet jane mademoiselle men s vogue nascar scene news of cumberland co. oregon journal syracuse herald journal today s sunbeam womensports wwor emi service ym former subsidiaries bright house networks bay news 9 news 13 infom s bright house sports network in demand part owner retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title booth newspapers & oldid 738445782 categories newspapers published in michigannewspaper companies of the united statescompanies based in grand rapids michiganadvance publicationshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 9 september 2016 at 00 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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