ACQUISITIONS: Copley News Service sold to Creators Syndicate

By BRADLEY J. FIKES - Staff Writer | Wednesday, May 28, 2008 6:11 PM PDT ∞

Copley News Service will be sold to Creators Syndicate by The Copley Press, the companies announced Wednesday.

The sale, for an undisclosed price, takes effect July 1. On that date, Copley News Service will be renamed Creators News Service.

The sale is the latest in a series by The Copley Press, which appears to be focusing on its main asset, the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Based in San Diego and founded in 1955, Copley News Service distributes a variety of syndicated cartoonists and columnists, including editorial cartoonists Michael Ramirez and Steve Breen, columnists Phyllis Schlafly and Jack Kent, and business writer Malcolm Berko.

Copley News Service and the Union-Tribune shared a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for reporting on the corruption scandal of Randy "Duke" Cunningham, a former Republican congressman from San Diego.

The Pulitzer committee commended Copley News Service reporters Marcus Stern and Jerry Kammer for their articles, which triggered an investigation that sent Cunningham to prison. Both reporters have since left Copley News Service.

Copley Press has been divesting itself of many of its assets in recent years, including newspapers it long owned in the Midwest. In December, the Union-Tribune reported The Copley Press was selling La Casa del Zorro, a resort it owned in Borrego Springs.

Copley Press continues to publish Today's Local News, a twice-a-week newspaper, in certain areas of North County. It also publishes the Borrego Sun, a twice-monthly newspaper in Borrego Springs.

Contact staff writer Bradley J. Fikes at (760) 739-6641 or bfikes@nctimes.com.

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