Morris Multimedia


Morris Multimedia, Inc. is an American media company based in Savannah, Georgia, founded in 1970 by Charles H. Morris. Morris Multimedia is the parent company of Morris Newspaper Corporation and Morris Network. The company's offices are in the Oliver Sturges House at 27 Abercorn Street in Savannah.

Publications

The Morris Newspaper Corporation division owns and operates publications including dailies, shoppers, and specialty magazines in four states:

Georgia

Bryan County NewsCoastal CourierConnect Savannah Effingham HeraldEffingham LivingStatesboro HeraldStatesboro MagazineStatesboro MOMents
  • ''The Reidsville Journal Sentinel''

Iowa

Clayton County Times RegisterThe Guttenberg Press

Kansas

Ellsworth County Independent ReporterGreat Bend Tribune
  • ''Marquette Tribune''

Wisconsin

The Boscobel DialPrairie du Chien Courier PressCrawford County Independent and Kickapoo ScoutFennimore TimesGrant County Herald IndependentThe Monroe TimesMuscoda ProgressiveThe Platteville JournalLancaster ReminderRepublican JournalCuba City Round UpThe Richland ObserverThe Prairie du Chien Trader
  • ''Cuba City Tri County Press''

Television

Morris Multimedia has its own broadcasting division, Morris Network, who owns and operates several television stations. In 2003, Morris Multimedia announced that they would sell KARK in Little Rock, Arkansas and WDHN in Dothan, Alabama to Nexstar Broadcasting Group for an undisclosed price. Later that year, it purchased WCBI in Columbus from Imes Communications for an undisclosed price. Between 2006 and 2008, Morris Multimedia purchased two television stations from Media General. These were WDEF-TV in Chattanooga and WTVQ-DT in Lexington. The former was part of the acquisition that Media General also saw that they would purchase the smaller NBC O&Os, while the latter was to reduce debt flow Media General had invested in. Also in 2006, it purchased WWAY from Raycom Media for $18.5 million as part of divestitures regarding Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation.

Morris Technology

Morris also owns Morris Technology, a company specializing in infrastructural services for the media industry.