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| Founded | 2018 |
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| Founder | Jesse Mullen |
| Headquarters | 312 Missouri Ave, Deer Lodge, MT 59722 |
Key people | Alex Barta (CEO) |
| Owner | Jesse Mullen Lloyd Mullen |
| Website | mullennewspapers |
Mullen Newspaper Company is a privately owned publisher of daily, non-daily and weekly newspapers based in Deer Lodge, Montana, United States. With 20 publications, the publisher operates in six states, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, and Washington. [1]
Jesse Mullen founded the Mullen Newspaper Company in 2018 [2] with the purchase of Philipsburg Mail and Silver State Post in Montana. Both those papers were merged together two years later. [3]
In December 2020, Mullen purchased the Bitterroot Star from Michael and Victoria Howell, who founded the newspaper in 1985. [4]
In May 2021, Mullen purchased Idaho based newspaper St. Maries Gazette Record, founded in 1902 and operated by the Hammes family since 1958. [5]
In December 2021, Mullen purchased the Johnson Newspaper Group in Nebraska and Colorado The sale included the Grant Tribune-Sentinel, Imperial Republican and Holyoke Enterprise. [6] [7]
In March 2022, Mullen acquired four Montana newspapers that Kavanagh family, including Cut Bank Pioneer Press , Shelby Promoter, Browning Glacier Reporter and The Valierian. [8] [9]
In December 2022, Mullen acquired six Kansas newspapers from the Haynes family. The sale included Colby Free Press , Goodland Star-News, Oberlin Herald, Norton Telegram, St. Francis Herald/Bird City Times and the Rawlins County Square Deal. [10] [11] [12]
In May 2023, Mullen stepped down as CEO and was replaced by Alex Barta, publisher of the St. Maries Gazette Record. [13]
In January 2025, Mullen purchased the Havre Weekly Chronicle. [14]
| Title | Location | Info |
|---|---|---|
| Bird City Times | Bird City, Kansas | [15] |
| Bitterroot Star | Stevensville, Montana | |
| Colby Free Press | Colby, Kansas | |
| The Country Advocate | Colby, Kansas | |
| Cut Bank Pioneer Press | Cut Bank, Montana | |
| St. Maries Gazette Record | Saint Maries, Idaho | |
| Goodland Star News | Goodland, Kansas | |
| Grant Tribune | Grant, Nebraska | |
| Glacier Reporter | Browning, Montana | |
| Havre Weekly Chronicle | Havre, Montana | |
| Holyoke Enterprise | Holyoke, Colorado | |
| Imperial Republican | Imperial, Nebraska | |
| Oberlin Herald | Oberlin, Kansas | |
| Philipsburg Mail | Philipsburg, Montana | |
| Port Townsend Leader | Port Townsend, Washington | |
| Saint Francis Herald | Saint Francis, Kansas | |
| Seeley Swan Pathfinder | Seeley Lake, Montana | |
| Shelby Promoter | Shelby, Montana | |
| Silver State Post | Deer Lodge, Montana | |
| The Valierian | Valier, Montana |
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