 The sale closed on Oct. 1, 2018, for $12.5 million.On Jan. 28, 2019 it was announced that GateHouse Media had acquired the publishing division of Schurz Communications including The Herald-Times in Bloomington, IN, South Bend Tribune in South Bend, IN, and other papers in Clay, Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan, Orange, Owen, and Putnam counties in Indiana.That same year, it acquired the "New Jersey Herald" in Newton, New Jersey, from Quincy Media.