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09/07/2018
Adams Publishing Group acquires assets of Cooke Communications in North Carolina and Florida
Adams Publishing Group announced today that it has purchased the assets of Cooke Communications, LLC, based in Greenville, N.C., and in Key West, Fla., including its print publications, websites and commercial printing operations.
Dirks, Van Essen, Murray & April, a media merger and acquisition firm based in Santa Fe, N.M., represented Cooke Communications, LLC in the transaction. The transaction closed Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. Terms were not disclosed.
Cooke Communications newspapers included in the sale are The Daily Reflector (Greenville, N.C.), The Rocky Mount Telegram (Rocky Mount, N.C.), The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.), The Key West Citizen (Key West, Fla.) and several non-daily newspapers and websites.
Two Oceans Digital, KeyWest.com and FloridaKeys.com will remain in Cooke Communications Florida.
Cooke Communications is a family-owned company founded by John Kent Cooke, Sr. and his family in 2000. It has become known as a company devoted to its customers, its communities and its nearly 280 employees.
