Heartland Publications was a Connecticut-based owner of small to medium market newspapers, and started out by acquiring 24 publications from Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.[1] located in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
They acquired 5 additional publications from Mid-South Management Co., Inc. in 2005[2] and 2007,[3] located in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Heartland Publications filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2009,[4] and left bankruptcy in 2010[5] under control of its creditors.
It was acquired by Versa Capital Management in 2012,[6] and along with Freedom Central, Impressions Media, and Ohio Community Media, were consolidating into Civitas Media.