Independent Weekly of Durham is being sold

Steve Schewel announces sale of Independent Weekly
Posted by Lisa Sorg on Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 12:36 PM

The official press release is here:

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For Immediate Release
Aug. 22, 2012

Contact: Steve Schewel
919-451-9215

Steve Schewel, president of Carolina Independent Publications (CIP), announced today that the company is selling the Independent Weekly and its associated website, indyweek.com, to Richard Meeker and Mark Zusman.

"Meeker and Zusman are the owners of City of Roses Newspaper Company which publishes Willamette Week, the alternative newsweekly in Portland, Oregon. They also own the Santa Fe Reporter, an alternative newsweekly in New Mexico..."