MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The owners of The Daily Times of Maryville and Jones Media Inc. say they have reached agreement in principal for the sale of the newspaper and its websites.
The Maryville daily is owned by Bellevue, Wash.-based Horvitz Newspapers LLC.
The announcement of the impending sale was made Thursday by Horvitz President and chief executive Peter A. Horvitz and Jones president and CEO Gregg Jones.
Jones Media’s flagship publication is The Greeneville Sun. It owns 12 other publications in Tennessee and North Carolina.
Horvitz also owns the Peninsula Daily News and its websites in Port Angeles, Wash.
Terms of the sale were not announced, and the companies said they hope to conclude the deal soon.
