Yankee Publishing Inc. (YPI), which sold a minority interest to its Employee Stock Ownership Plan in 2012, sold the remaining shares to the ESOP on June 30 of this year, making it a 100% employee-owned company.
Founded in 1935, the firm publishes Yankee, the Old Farmer’s Almanac, New Hampshire Magazine and Family Tree Magazine.
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