Advance Newspapers
| Advance Newspapers[1] | |
| Company type | Division |
| Industry | Media |
| Headquarters | |
| Products | newspapers |
| Parent | MLive Media Group |
Advance Newspapers,based inHudsonville, Michigan,published weekly community newspapers forKent County, Michiganand portions ofMuskegon,Ottawa,andAllegancounties. Advance Newspapers started as an independent company, later purchased byAdvance Publicationswhich later placed them into theirMLive Media Groupunit. MLive Media Group ceased publication of the seven community newspapers as of January 27, 2019, citing the "cost of publishing the products exceeded the company’s ability to sustain production."[2]
The seven Advance community newspapers at the time of their shuttering were:[3]
- Southwest Advance– coveringByron CenterandWyoming
- Grand Valley Advance– coveringAllendale,Hudsonville,AllendaleandJenison
- Cadence Advance– coveringEast Grand Rapids,Adaand theForest Hillsarea
- Northeast Advance– coveringRockfordandCedar Springs
- Northwest Advance– coveringWalker,Comstock Park,Coopersville,Spartaand vicinity
- Penasee Globe– coveringWayland,Hopkins,Dorr,Martinand theGun Lakearea
- Southeast Advance– coveringKentwood,CaledoniaandCutlerville
References
[edit]- ^"State of Georgia Certificate of Fact on merger of Valley Media, Inc. with Advance BCI, Inc"(tif).Michigan Corp. Online Records.Retrieved2008-05-13.
- ^McVicar, Brian (2019-01-08)."MLive Media Group ending publication of Advance Weeklies".MLive.com Michigan.Retrieved2022-10-01.
- ^"Advance Newspapers Advertising Rates"(PDF).September 2017.RetrievedOctober 1,2022.