Adams MultiMedia

In March 2014, APG began to acquire newspapers and media related businesses.

• Name — Adams Publishing Group LLC • Type — Private, LLC • Industry — newspaper, printing, multimedia • Founded — 2013 • Hq Location — 4095 Coon Rapids Blvd Coon Rapids, Minnesota 55433 • Hq Location Country — United States • Key People — * Mark Adams CEO • Nickolas Monico COO • Products — * Newspapers • magazines • marketing • tourism & travel • printing • events • digital media

In 2014, Adams Publishing Group acquired 34 publications from American Consolidated Media. Later in 2014, Adams Publishing acquired newspapers in southern Minnesota from Huckle Publishing including Chronotype Publishing in Rice Lake, Wisconsin and Athens News (Athens, Ohio). In 2015, Adams Publishing Group purchased the Dundalk Eagle in Maryland. In 2015, Adams purchased Southern Maryland Newspapers and Comprint Military Publications from The Washington Post. In October 2015, Adams purchased the newspapers of the McCraken Newspaper Group, which included the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and the Laramie Boomerang. In November 2015, Adams purchased the Post Company, which published the daily Idaho Post Register and weekly newspapers Shelley Pioneer, Challis Messenger, and Jefferson Star. In December 2015, Adams purchased The Crescent-News in Defiance, Ohio. In 2016, Adams purchased ECM Publishers, Inc, a Minnesota-based publisher of 50 community newspapers, and Jones Media, a Tennessee-based publisher of 10 community newspapers. In 2017, Adams acquired a group of newspapers in Mount Airy, North Carolina and The Carroll News in Virginia from Champion Media. In October 2017, Adams announced its acquisition of the Pioneer News Group. In 2018, Adams acquired Cooke Communications. In June 2019, Adams purchased the Janesville Gazette and the Marinette Eagle Herald in Wisconsin from Bliss Communications. In late 2022, Adams bought 13 small Montana newspapers from the Yellowstone Newspapers chain. Adams already owned the Bozeman Daily Chronicle and Belgrade News in Montana. In 2025, Adams Publishing Group renamed itself to Adams MultiMedia. That same year the company acquired The Gazette of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, along with 11 other community papers from Folience.

Adams Publishing Group fired the news editor of Athens (Ohio) News in February 2022 for running a warning that an advertisement placed by Adam's national ad desk for a collectible coin operation could be fraudulent. Adams Publishing Group disputed the claims of the former editor of Athens (Ohio) News regarding the reasons surrounding the dismissal. In 2021, editorial staff at the Bozeman Daily Chronicle formed a union, the Yellowstone News Guild, to address low pay, high cost of living, ongoing furloughs and other disputes. As of early 2023, the union was still negotiating with the company for its first contract. The Skagit Valley Herald, which unionized in the 1980s before being bought by Adams, is currently negotiating for higher salaries and protections against artificial intelligence. News workers at the Herald are joined by staff at the Anacortes American and Stanwood Camano News in their efforts.

Mark Adams, CEO, is a third generation media person. His grandfather, Cedric Adams, was active in CBS radio, television, and the Minneapolis Star/Tribune. His father, Stephen Adams, graduated from Yale and Stanford Business School in 1962 and owned numerous companies that specialized in advertising, publishing, bottling, banking, broadcasting, outdoor advertising, and the largest shareholder of publicly traded Camping World Holdings.