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Mullen Newspaper Company
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Mullen Newspaper Company is a privately owned publisher of daily, non-daily and weekly newspapers based in Deer Lodge, Montana, United States. With 20 publications, the publisher operates in six states, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, and Washington.[1]
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Jesse Mullen founded the Mullen Newspaper Company in 2018[2] with the purchase of Philipsburg Mail and Silver State Post in Montana. Both those papers were merged together two years later.[3]
In December 2020, Mullen purchased the Bitterroot Star from Michael and Victoria Howell, who founded the newspaper in 1985.[4]
In May 2021, Mullen purchased Idaho based newspaper St. Maries Gazette Record, founded in 1902 and operated by the Hammes family since 1958.[5]
In December 2021, Mullen purchased the Johnson Newspaper Group in Nebraska and Colorado The sale included the Grant Tribune-Sentinel, Imperial Republican and Holyoke Enterprise.[6][7]
In March 2022, Mullen acquired four Montana newspapers that Kavanagh family, including Cut Bank Pioneer Press, Shelby Promoter, Browning Glacier Reporter and The Valierian.[8][9]
In December 2022, Mullen acquired six Kansas newspapers from the Haynes family. The sale included Colby Free Press, Goodland Star-News, Oberlin Herald, Norton Telegram, St. Francis Herald/Bird City Times and the Rawlins County Square Deal.[10][11][12]
In May 2023, Mullen stepped down as CEO and was replaced by Alex Barta, publisher of the St. Maries Gazette Record.[13]
In January 2025, Mullen purchased the Havre Weekly Chronicle.[14]
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