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Business Journal owner makes a play for Sporting News.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
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September 6, 2006
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2006 St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Christopher Boyce
Sep. 6--American City Business Journals Inc., the owner of several sports-business publications, said Tuesday that it will buy the Sporting News. American City said it plans to study the Sporting News' operations before deciding whether to keep the weekly magazine's headquarters in Creve Coeur.
American City is the parent of the weekly St. Louis Business Journal and similar publications in 40 other cities. It will acquire the Sporting News' print, online, book and radio operations from Seattle-based Vulcan Sports Media Inc. Neither of the privately held companies would disclose terms of the deal.
However, in a story published in February ...
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