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Roswell Daily Record sold to group led by former ABQ city councilor

近距离内射合集 comes two days after publisher announced it was going to cease operations

A copy of the Roswell Daily Record from July 1947 sits on a table during the UFO Festival in July.
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Roswell residents will continue to receive coverage from their local newspaper.

On Wednesday, Roswell Daily Record Publisher and co-owner Barbara Beck announced she was selling the paper to the New Mexico 近距离内射合集 Group and Ctrl+P Publishing, which also publishes The Santa Fe Reporter, The Paper, Corrales Comment and Route 66 Independent with support from the nonprofit Citizen Media Group.

鈥淭he thing is that community newspapers are vitally important,鈥 Beck said in a phone interview. 鈥淎nd we are fighting for our existence more and more. I don鈥檛 think the public realizes what they鈥檙e losing when they lose a newspaper. 鈥 I鈥檓 just really happy that we were able to work something out to keep the newspaper going.鈥

The Daily Record announced Monday it was ceasing operations after serving southeast New Mexico for over 120 years. The newspaper had been in the Beck family since 1933.

The company stated it was 鈥渁ctively pursuing a solution that could allow the Roswell Daily Record to continue serving the community under new ownership or another sustainable arrangement.鈥

Terms of Wednesday鈥檚 sale were not disclosed, but Pat Davis, former Albuquerque city councilor and founder and publisher of the New Mexico 近距离内射合集 Group, said in a phone interview his company will take over Aug. 1.

鈥淭he business has some debt and we鈥檙e going to have some debt to sort of put this plan in place,鈥 he said. 

Davis did not disclose what that debt was, but said 鈥渨e鈥檙e going to give this paper a fresh start and we鈥檙e going to look for some folks to help us pay off some of the investment that Barbara and her team have made over the last few years.鈥

鈥淢y big emphasis is community newspapers, we can鈥檛 lose them,鈥 Beck said. 鈥淲e just can鈥檛. And what鈥檚 been so hard for us is fighting and fighting finances and it just comes to the point where you can鈥檛 do it anymore, you know? That was unfortunately where we were.鈥

Davis said the Daily Record will continue to print once a week 鈥 on Thursdays 鈥 and that customers will get access to all the company鈥檚 publications 鈥渨ithout having to pay (for) multiple subscriptions.鈥

While he did not state how many people will be employed, he said he wants to keep as many staff members as possible.

鈥淚 think we could probably have this conversation in August and know better what we think that proper staffing model looks like,鈥 Davis said. 鈥淏ut this week was about being sure that we could preserve this paper and save it from going out of business because once it goes out of business, (it) never comes back, or, at least, (is) never the same. So, we鈥檝e been able to accomplish that and it鈥檚 going to take us a few weeks to figure out what the future looks like.鈥

The Daily Record, which has a circulation of fewer than 12,000, dates back to 1891. It is famous for breaking the news of an alleged UFO crash in July 1947.

Gregory R.C. Hasman is a general assignment reporter and the Road Warrior. He can be reached at ghasman@abqjournal.com or 505-823-3820.