Hyperlocal news network Black Press Media completed its sale Monday (March 25), following the formerly announced corporate restructuring.

The sale comes as the company wraps up its creditor protection process in the B.C. Supreme Court and its related U.S. proceedings.

The company will remain Canadian-controlled, with its head office based in Surrey, British Columbia.

The ownership group includes Canadian institutional investors Canso Investment Counsel and Deans Knight Capital Management, as well as local media company Carpenter Media Group.

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Carpenter Media Group, formerly Carpenter B次元官网网址media, operates leading community news publications in southern United States, including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Kentucky.

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B次元官网网址淐anso, Deans Knight and Carpenter resolutely support the vital role that effective journalists, newspapers and digital news organizations play in thriving communities, and we are committed to ensuring our publications continue to play that essential part in the communities we serve,B次元官网网址� Todd Carpenter, chairman of Carpenter Media Group, said on behalf of the new owners.

Black Press Media was founded in 1975. Today, its print audience reaches more than 4.5 million readers across Canada and the U.S., and publishes 150 daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and websites. Readership across the network exceeds 19 million users per month.