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Clarksburg Publishing Company

Brian Jarvis and his mother, Rebecca Jarvis, have purchased the outstanding stock of Clarksburg Publishing Company, d/b/a The Exponent Telegram daily newspaper in Clarksburg, West Virginia, according to John Cribb and Gary Greene of Cribb, Greene & Associates who represented the seller in the transaction. The transaction was effective as...

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Clarksburg Publishing Company

Brian Jarvis and his mother, Rebecca Jarvis, have purchased the outstanding stock of Clarksburg Publishing Company, d/b/a The Exponent Telegram daily newspaper in Clarksburg, West Virginia, according to John Cribb and Gary Greene of Cribb, Greene & Associates who represented the seller in the transaction. The transaction was effective as of December 31, 2011.

The Exponent Telegram is a 146-year-old daily newspaper publishing approximately 14,500 paid circulation copies seven days a week. The newspaper serves the county seat community of Clarksburg, Harrison County, and the surrounding communities and counties in north central West Virginia. Civil War Confederate hero, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, was born in Clarksburg. The newspaper also includes several weekly newspapers and a web printing operation.

Brian Jarvis, acting president of The Exponent Telegram, said, "Keeping The Exponent Telegram locally owned and operated insures its viability as a pillar of local communities. The Exponent Telegram will continue to be a reliable unbiased source for north central West Virginia."

Cribb, Greene & Associates is an eighty-eight year old newspaper brokerage, consulting, and appraisal firm with offices in Bozeman, Montana and Charlottesville, Virginia."