{"id":1764,"date":"2013-12-23T11:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2013-12-23T12:04:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T18:04:42","slug":"sun-times-sells-joliet-herald-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2013\/12\/23\/sun-times-sells-joliet-herald-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun-Times sells Joliet Herald-News"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/a>The parent company of the Sun-Times announced the sale Monday of the Joliet Herald-News to Shaw Media for an undisclosed price. The deal is expected to close by the first week in January.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are excited to bring the Herald-News into our established, and growing, family-owned media portfolio,\u201d Shaw Media president John Rung said in a statement. \u201cWe expect to maintain the storied tradition of serving Joliet with a high quality, community-oriented newspaper.\u201d<\/p>\n A fixture in the southwest suburbs for 100 years, the Herald-News was acquired in 2000 when former owner Copley Press sold its Fox Valley Press division to Hollinger International, then parent company of the Sun-Times. No word yet on how many employees will be affected by the sale.<\/p>\n Plans by Sun-Times Media to sell the 25,000-circulation southwest suburban daily were\u00a0first reported here<\/a>\u00a0on Nov. 11.<\/p>\n