| AIM Media Texas LLC | |
| Type: | Private |
| Location: | 1400 E. Nolana Loop, McAllen, Texas 78504 United States |
| Key People: | Jeremy L. Halbreich, chairman and CEO William R. "Rick" Starks, president and COO |
| Homepage: | aimmediatexas.com |
AIM Media Texas is a United States publisher of daily and non-daily newspapers, primarily in the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas.
In 2012, Freedom Communications began selling most of its newspaper portfolio.[1] Former Dallas Morning News president and American Consolidated Media founder Jeremy Halbreich founded AIM Media in order to purchase the Texas newspapers from Freedom[2] in a deal worth $70–80 million.[3]
The newspapers included:
At the time of the sale, the daily newspapers had a combined circulation of about 80,000 daily and 94,000 on Sunday.[3] The deal also included other associated weekly and monthly publications.
Company investors included Chicago-based businessmen Joe Mansueto of Morningstar, Inc. and private equity investor John Canning. Chief operating officer Rick Starks also owns a stake.[3]
Halbreich served as head of the Chicago Sun-Times company from 2009 to 2012 before leaving to form AIM Media.[4]