By AP
GRAND RAPIDS, MI –
A new company structure has been created to oversee the newspapers and online operations of Booth Newspapers, Mlive.com and AnnArbor.com. It promises to focus more
resources on Web efforts.
Beginning Feb. 2, MLive Media Group will handle news and advertising for all of the properties. Advance Central Services Michigan will handle production and distribution.
Booth Newspapers and The Grand Rapids Press Publisher Dan Gaydou will be president of MLive Media Group.
Home delivery for The Grand Rapids Press, The Muskegon Chronicle, the Kalamazoo Gazette and the Jackson Citizen Patriot will be cut to three days from seven. The papers will publish seven days and be available at newsstands and online. The group also has The Flint Journal, The Saginaw News and The Bay City Times.
Some job losses are expected.