Part of the family-owned business for 40 years, Tom and Cathy Campbell have called ‘time’ on the Argus-Press, selling the daily and weekly newspaper operation to Boone Newsmedia.
Members of the Campbell family have owned the Owosso, Michigan, operation for for more than 130 years. Published continuously since 1854 – beginning with the Owosso American – the Argus-Press has been a cornerstone of news and information in Shiawassee county for more than 170 years.
Now in its 131st year and fourth generation of Campbell family ownership, the paper is one of the longest-running in the state in independent, family ownership.
Owner, president and publisher Tom Campbell led the newspaper alongside his wife Cathy – who serves as advertising director – after graduating from the University of Michigan Business School.
He said it was “with great pleasure” that the family passed the torch of local community journalism to another family-owned organisation in Boone Newsmedia. He thanked Dirks, Van Essen & April’s Sara April for “tireless service” in finding a buyer who values community so highly.
Tom and Cathy (pictured) will retire in early summer, with BNI looking for a successor as publisher. Based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Boone owns and/or manages more than 60 newspapers, magazines, and digital properties across seven states.