Cedar Rapids Gazette, other Eastern Iowa newspapers to be sold to Minnesota-based company

Lang
11/18/25

The Cedar Rapids Gazette and other Eastern Iowa newspapers are being sold to a Minnesota-based multimedia company.

The Gazette and Adams Multimedia made the announcement on Tuesday. A representative from Adams Publishing, which was founded in 2014 and owns more than 120 newspapers in 19 states, says the deal should be finalized by December 1^st.

The Gazette, which began publishing in 1883, is currently owned by the employee-owned company Folience.

The deal also includes The Pennysaver, the Southeast Iowa Union, the Williamsburg Journal Tribune, the Marengo Pioneer Republican, the Washington Evening Journal, the Southeast Iowa Shopper, and other small-town newspapers.