Sale of Columbus Alive Finalized
By AAN Staff
october 31, 2005 10:51 am
The Columbus Dispatch reported on Saturday that its parent company completed the acquisition of the AAN-member paper that had been announced on Aug. 31. Michael J. Fiorile, president of the Dispatch Printing Co., says his company was looking at launching a weekly aimed at 18- to 34-year-olds when the opportunity to purchase Columbus Alive arose. According to
a page on its Web site, in addition to the area's largest daily newspaper, Dispatch Printing owns several other electronic and print outlets in central Ohio.