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1893

Booth Newspapers was founded by George Gough Booth and his brothers in 1893.

1976

In 1976, Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. of Advance Publications acquired Booth Newspapers for $305 million.

1987

The Herald Company, Inc. merged with Booth Newspapers, Inc. in July 1987.

2006

In December 2006, the Herald Company, Inc. merged with Advance Magazine Publisher, Inc. but continues to operate under the Booth Newspapers name in Michigan.

2008

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.

2009

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.

2012

Also in 2012, Mlive contracted with former WEYI-TV meteorologist Mark Torregrossa to run the website's weather section with the expectation of increasing the section's views from 900,000 to 1 million.

2014

Instead by 2014, the section received on average 5 million to 6 million page views with a high in January 2014 of 13 million.

2020

In March 2020, MLive Media Group announced Tim Gruber as the President and Chief Revenue Officer.

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