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Journal Communications company history timeline

1991

In 1991 Midwestern Relay acquired Minneapolis-based Norlight, a fiber-optic private carrier.

1995

…independently, the company, now called Journal Communications, merged them in 1995, renaming them the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

1998

The Journal Broadcast Group acquired ten radio stations in 1998, in such cities as Omaha; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Boise, Idaho.

2002

Most of its acquisitions had been paid for in cash, but in 2002 the company began exploring the possibility of using outside funding to fuel growth.

2004

In 2004 a Green Bay television station was bought.

2006

Norlight was sold in November 2006 to allow Journal Communications to concentrate on its broadcast and publishing assets.

2014

In 2014 Journal Communications merged with the E.W. Scripps Company, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel became the flagship of a new newspaper publisher, Journal Media Group, Inc.

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Founded
1988
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Headquarters
Franklin, TN
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Founders
Alex Haley
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