Editorโs Note: The Chronicle-Telegram I remember is a place where journalism happened, every day, all the time. Itโs where I learned to be a journalist, working alongside the best, most professional, and passionate people. Iโm grateful for the eight years (1998โ2006) when I served as an editor there. The Hudnutt family has owned the paper for nearly a century. Itโs been a great run. The familyโs first duty was always to serve the community; they never wavered from that and never took for granted or abused the awesome power of the press. They still provide pensions for their employees. The family, the Chronicle, the institution, and most importantly, the reporters, editors, ad sales, press operators and circulation employeesโeveryone thereโnever stopped fighting the good fight. They never will.
ELYRIA โ Less than a year after publishing an impassioned plea to readers promising that a building sale and press relocation would โensure that The Chronicle-Telegram remains a locally owned publication,โ publisher Bill Hudnutt and his family have officially reached an agreement to sell.
On Wednesday, Lorain County Printing and Publishing announced it will sell The Chronicle-Telegram in Elyria and The Medina Gazette to MediaNews Groupโthe nationโs largest private operator of newspapers, owned by the hedge fund Alden Global Capital.
The sale marks the end of nearly a century of continuous Hudnutt family ownership dating back to 1927, ending The Chronicleโs run as one of only 165 locally owned daily newspapers left in the United States.
