 Beckmann bought out Heaston in 1999, then sold nearly all of his ownership interest in February 2000 to 77-year-old Alan Baer, a member of the family that had founded the J. L. Brandeis and Sons department store chain.Baer replaced Beckmann as publisher a few months later.Meanwhile, Heaston established another paper, the "Omaha Weekly", in March 2000.