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Times-Argus And Rutland Herald Change Hands. Again.

Vermont Public | By Steve Zind
Published March 22, 2018 at 5:00 PM EDT
screenshot of timesargus.com
A screenshot of the online edition of the 'Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus' Thursday afternoon with breaking news banner announcing the sale.

The Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus newspapers have been sold for the second time in 18 months.

According to an article published Thursday in the papers, the new buyer is Pennsylvania-based Sample News Group, which owns 75 publications, mostly in its home state.

The company also owns papers in Maine and New Hampshire.

In 2016, the papers were purchased by Vermont Community Media from the Mitchell family, which had owned and operated them for decades.

The Mitchells sold the papers amid financial problems similar to those plaguing other newspapers at the time.
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Steve Zind
Steve has been with VPR since 1994, first serving as host of VPR’s public affairs program and then as a reporter, based in Central Vermont. Many VPR listeners recognize Steve for his special reports from Iran, providing a glimpse of this country that is usually hidden from the rest of the world. Prior to working with VPR, Steve served as program director for WNCS for 17 years, and also worked as news director for WCVR in Randolph. A graduate of Northern Arizona University, Steve also worked for stations in Phoenix and Tucson before moving to Vermont in 1972. Steve has been honored multiple times with national and regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for his VPR reporting, including a 2011 win for best documentary for his report, Afghanistan's Other War.
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