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This article was published 22/04/2022 (1491 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Minnedosa Tribune, the oldest weekly west of Ontario, has been sold to Ryan Nesbitt of Nesbitt Publishing out of Shoal Lake.
Darryl A. Holyk, who has owned the paper since 2008, said the numerous challenges and competition in the past few years has made it no longer financially feasible to operate as it had been in the past.
“I started at the Tribune in 2001 as a reporter and circulation was about 3,500,” he said, “It’s down to about 1,500 now.”
Holyk, who said he sold it because “it’s time for a change,” added he believes he’s leaving the paper in good hands.
Nesbitt also owns Crossroads This Week in Shoal Lake and the South Mountain Press out of Erickson, Man.
The Minnedosa Tribune generates most of its revenue from advertising as well as subscription fees and some commercial printing.
The paper, which is printed in Killarney by Struth Publishing, employs three people.
Next year, the paper celebrates its 140th anniversary.
“I was personally struggling with the fact that I may have to be the one to close up shop and end this historic paper’s long run,” Holyk said. “By passing the historic Tribune torch to Ryan, I am confident that I am doing what is best for the Tribune and am leaving our local paper in trusted and capable hands.”
Holyk said the paper is important to the Minnedosa community where the population has remained stable over his 20 years with the Tribune, even though the paper’s circulation has declined.
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