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Boone Newsmedia founder and chairman dies

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Boone, a lifelong newspaperman, succeeded his father, Buford Boone, as publisher of The Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News in 1968. He built over the following half-century a community media company that now owns or manages 91 newspapers and related print and digital products.

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Elizabethton Star

Boone Newsmedia founder and chairman dies - www.elizabethton.com

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — James B. “Jim” Boone Jr., founder and chairman of the board of Boone Newsmedia, Inc. [BNI], died Monday, Feb. 13, at UAB Hospital-Highlands in Birmingham, Ala., after a brief illness. He was 87. Boone, a lifelong newspaperman, succeeded his father, Buford Boone, as publisher of The Tuscaloosa [Alabama] News in 1968 and built over the following half-century a community media company that now owns or manages 91 newspapers and r…

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Port Arthur News

Boone Newsmedia founder and chairman dies; helped lead Port Arthur News

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — James B. “Jim” Boone Jr., founder and chairman of the board of Boone Newsmedia, Inc. [BNI], died Monday, Feb. 13, at UAB Hospital-Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama, after a brief illness. He was 87. Boone, a lifelong newspaperman, succeeded his father, Buford Boone, as publisher of The Tuscaloosa [Alabama] News in 1968 and built over the following half-century a community media company that now owns or manages 91 newspapers …

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The State Journal

Boone Newsmedia founder and chairman dies

James B. “Jim” Boone Jr., founder and chairman of the board of Boone Newsmedia Inc., died Monday, Feb. 13, at UAB Hospital-Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama, after a brief illness. He was 87.

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Salisbury Post

Boone Newsmedia founder and chairman dies - Salisbury Post

TUSCALOOSA — James B. “Jim” Boone Jr., founder and chairman of the board of Boone Newsmedia, Inc. (BNI), died Monday, Feb. 13, at UAB Hospital-Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama, after a brief illness. He was 87. Boone, a lifelong newspaperman, succeeded his father, Buford Boone, as publisher of The Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News in 1968 and built […] The post Boone Newsmedia founder and chairman dies appeared first on Salisbury Post.

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Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper

Boone Newsmedia founder and chairman dies - Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — James B. “Jim” Boone Jr., founder and chairman of the board of Boone Newsmedia, Inc. [BNI], died Monday, Feb. 13, at UAB Hospital-Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama, after a brief illness. He was 87. Boone, a lifelong newspaperman, succeeded his father, Buford Boone, as publisher of The Tuscaloosa [Alabama] News in 1968 and built over the following half-century a community media company that now owns or manages 91 newspapers and…

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LaGrange Daily News

Boone Newsmedia founder and chairman dies - LaGrange Daily News

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — James B. “Jim” Boone Jr., founder and chairman of the board of Boone Newsmedia, Inc. [BNI], died Monday, Feb. 13, at UAB Hospital-Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama, after a brief illness. He was 87. The LaGrange Daily News is an affiliate of Boone Newsmedia, Inc. Boone, a lifelong newspaperman, succeeded his father, Buford Boone, as publisher of The Tuscaloosa [Alabama] News in 1968 and built over the following half-century …

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