WUFT News News and Public Media for North Central Florida from the University of Florida in Gainesville
Local newspapers, Gainesville Sun and Ocala Star Banner and 14 other print publications, may soon have a new owner. The New York Times Company is talking about selling it’s regional media group to Halifax Media Holdings. The regional papers currently reach more than 430-thousand subscribers and employ more than 17-hundred people. The business deal has yet to be finalized. Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Nickelle Smith talked with Media Business Analyst for the Poynter Institue Rick Edmunds about what he thinks this business move could mean for the Times.
[audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/FPEdmundsQA.mp3]Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Nickelle Smith also talked with television and media critic for the Tampa Bay Times, Eric Deggans about the potential ownership change of the Gainesville Sun and the Ocala Star Banner.
[audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/Deganlong.mp3]Media Business Analyst for the Poynter Institue Rick Edmunds talking with Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Nickelle Smith.
