Properties for Sale
Currently Available Properties
Below are the various properties currently being represented by John Szefc Mergers & Acquisitions. If you are interested in any of the following, please see the contact information under Services.
Pennsylvania
198-year old weekly with a long history of strong leadership the last culminating after 36 years is presently for sale. Exceptional opportunity in a very unique market. Interested parties please call John Szefc at 845-800-5403.
Formerly Available Properties
New York [SOLD]
Sister historic weeklies for sale in this downstate New York county of 100,000 with no daily competition. Each has a long history of over 150 years of continuous publication, one in the county seat, the other in a well-known river community. Annual revenues of over $400,000 provide profitable picture for husband-wife owners who are seeking to relocate to another state to be closer to family.
New York [SOLD]
Newspaper group producing 2 weeklies alongside a high-traffic website, which publishes the contents of the 2 weeklies behind a paywall. Generates over half a million in revenue annually. Serves a concentrated market and plays an irreplaceable role in the region's media scene. Profitable geographic elements, alongside its domination of the county's news and advertising market, make this property a promising fiscal investment.
See update below.
Tara Barnwell promoted to publisher;
Greg Klein named editor;
ownership remains In local hands
Tara Barnwell succeeds Jim Kevlin as publisher of The Freeman’s Journal, Hometown Oneonta and www.AllOTSEGO.com after sale
COOPERSTOWN – As of Friday, April 16, 2021 Iron String Press, Inc, publisher of The Freeman’s Journal, Hometown Oneonta and www.allotsego.com is under new local ownership.
Tara Barnwell, general manager of Iron String Press, becomes president and publisher and actor-writer Greg Klein becomes editor of the company’s print and digital news and entertainment sources, succeeding Jim Kevlin.
John Szefc of John Szefc Mergers and Acquisitions represented Kevlin in the transaction.
Kevlin after 15 years as editor, publisher and president of Iron String Press and its media family, has retired.
The Freeman’s Journal is believed to be one of the oldest if not the oldest weekly newspapers in the country. It was founded in 1808 by Judge William Cooper himself a founder of Cooperstown NY in 1786. He is the father of novelist James Fenimore Cooper.