Star-Advertiser owner buys 11 B.C. papers, folds five

David Black’s Black Press has bought 11 British Columbia papers from Glacier Media and announced the closing of five of them, including the century-old Nelson Daily News and Prince Rupert Daily News.

Black recently completed the acquisition of the Honolulu Advertiser from Gannett, which he merged into his Honolulu paper, the Star-Bulletin, to create the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Editor & Publisher‘s Mark Fitzgerald reports.