Brown Publishing Company was a privately owned Cincinnati, Ohio, newspaper business started by Congressman Clarence J.
It ended 90 years of operations in August/September 2010 with its bankruptcy and sale of assets to a new company formed by its creditors and called Ohio Community Media Inc.[1] The company was previously a family-owned business; it published 18 daily newspapers, 27 weekly newspapers, and 26 free weeklies.
[4] On September 3, 2010, it was announced that Manhattan Media had purchased Dan's Papers, Montauk Pioneer, and Hampton Style Magazine from Brown.
The company sold titles in cities including Charleston, South Carolina; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Fort Worth, Texas; and Naperville, Illinois.
[7] Philadelphia-based Versa Capital Management completed its purchase of Ohio Community Media for an undisclosed price in May 2011.