Vernon Publishing, Inc. has agreed to acquire a group of publications in the Lake of the Ozarks region of Missouri from Gannett Co., Inc. Vernon Publishing, Inc. is owned by the Vernon family: Molly, Dane, Sharene and Trevor, who also serves as mayor of the city of Eldon, Missouri. The transaction is expected to close on Sept. 1.
Dirks, Van Essen & April, a media merger and acquisition firm based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, represented Gannett in the transaction. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
