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5 09, 2023

Wick Communications to acquire Flagstaff’s Arizona Daily Sun

Wick Communications2023-09-07T13:02:17-07:00September 5th, 2023|Tags: Arizona Champion, arizona daily sun, Coconino Sun, Colleen Brady, flagstaff, Lee Enterprises, Northern Arizona, Pulitzer, Scripps League Newspapers, Since 1883, wick communications, wick newspapers|

Sierra Vista-based Wick Communications will acquire the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff in a move that strengthens the company’s holdings in Arizona. The company is acquiring the Daily Sun from Davenport, Iowa-based Lee Enterprises, Inc. Wick Communications, a third-generation family-owned and operated media corporation, owns 21 newspaper titles throughout 10 Western states from Alaska to Louisiana. Wick owns seven newspapers in Arizona and holds half ownership in four others [...]

13 06, 2023

Lara returns to Nogales International newsroom

Wick Communications2023-06-13T09:26:18-07:00June 13th, 2023|Tags: Genesis Lara, managing editor, Nogales International, wick communications, wick newspapers|

Former reporter Genesis Lara has returned to the Nogales International as the paper’s new managing editor. Lara is a Nogales native who graduated from Nogales High School in 2014. She then attended the University of Arizona, completed a semester abroad in Guadalajara, Mexico, and earned her journalism degree from the UA in 2018. Lara joined the NI as a reporting intern in May 2018, then transitioned to a [...]

8 06, 2023

Fanny Weiland has been named assistant controller for Wick Communications

Wick Communications2023-06-08T08:03:04-07:00June 8th, 2023|Tags: controller, fanny weiland, Sierra Vista, wick communications, wick newspapers|

Weiland has done two stints in the business office at the Sierra Vista Herald/Review Media, the most recent as business manager beginning in July 2021. She began her new position June 1. Weiland lives in Hereford and has an accounting degree from Southern New Hampshire University. “I am excited to continue my professional journey with Wick Communications. Growing through the ranks has provided me with a fundamental understanding [...]

22 09, 2022

River City Newspapers expands its market with new acquisitions

Wick Communications2022-09-22T10:03:16-07:00September 22nd, 2022|Tags: Arizona, brehm communications, community newspapers, family owned, havasu news, kingman miner, local news, mohava valley daily news, mohave county, northwestern arizona, river city newspapers, today's news herald, tri-state, wick communications, wickenburg|

Lake Havasu City-based River City Newspapers will acquire the Mohave Valley Daily News and the Kingman Miner in a move that strengthens the company’s holdings in Mohave County and Northwestern Arizona. The company is acquiring the Mohave Valley Daily News from San Diego, Calif.-based Brehm Communications. The deal with Brehm also includes three weekly newspapers, the Wickenburg Sun, Laughlin Times and Needles Desert Star along with a direct [...]

2 03, 2021

Daily Leader joins Wick Communications

Wick Communications2021-03-02T09:56:08-07:00March 2nd, 2021|Tags: daily leader, Francis Wick, lake county leader, madison, newspapers, wick communications|

The Madison Daily Leader, a business started in Lake County more than 140 years ago, will be joining Wick Communications, a family-owned newspaper group. FRANCIS WICK (left), president and CEO of Arizona-based Wick Communications, poses with Jon Hunter, publisher of The Madison Daily Leader and head of Leader Printing, next to the Madison newspaper's web press on Monday. Hunter announced that The Daily Leader is joining Wick [...]

23 08, 2018

Mike Rand has joined Wick Communications as CFO

Ian Kirkwood2018-08-28T18:20:50-07:00August 23rd, 2018|Tags: CFO, mike rand, newspaper, wick communications|

Mike Rand, CFO “Mike brings a body of experience that will help build upon the work of previous CFOs,” CEO Francis Wick said. “His eye on hitting targets and ability to drive successful deals in M&A puts Wick in a very exciting position as we move forward.” Rand moved to Wick after 20 years with News Media Corp. in the greater Chicago area, where he [...]