Times Media Group, which owns 35 publications throughout Arizona and Southern California, has acquired Picket Fence Media, publisher of San Clemente Times and other Southern California titles.
The terms were not disclosed.
Times Media Group will continue operating the Picket Fence Media publications from that firm’s address in Capistrano Beach.
more at: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/387799/times-media-group-acquires-picket-fence-media.html
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