 On April 10, 2018, GateHouse announced that it had agreed to acquire the "Akron Beacon Journal" of Akron, Ohio for $16 million from Black Press Group.The "Beacon Journal" is a daily newspaper tracing its storied, Pulitzer Prize-winning history to 1839's "Summit Beacon", which early in the 20th century came under the editorship and ownership of publisher Charles Landon Knight, serving as the flagship newspaper of the Knight Newspaper Company, later known as Knight Ridder.On July 2, 2018, GateHouse acquired SouthernKitchen.com, the Atlanta-based Southern food and lifestyle brand.