The Columbus Dispatch, which had been owned by the Wolfe family for 110 years, was sold to the Orwellian-named New Media Investment Group last month.
Apparently in the deal was the iconic "COLUMBUS DISPATCH" sign, which has become a downtown Columbus landmark.
But not anymore.
As first reported by Tom Knox of BizJournals.com:
The Columbus Dispatch will move from its long-time downtown headquarters by year’s end, bringing an end to one of the city’s more memorable landmarks after 90 years.
The newspaper, owned by the Wolfe family for 110 years, was sold last month to GateHouse Media parent New Media Investment Group. The Dispatch building at 34 S. 3rd St. was not included in the $47 million deal, although New Media took ownership of three other buildings – and the iconic sign atop the Dispatch headquarters.
According to sources at the paper, Dispatch staffers will move down the street to a nondescript building sold to New Media at 62 E. Broad St., between the Rhodes Tower and the KeyBank Building.
Also according to the report, the paper is trying to figure out a way to move the sign to their new, smaller headquarters.
I suppose the gray lining in this is there is now space for a similarly-styled ELEVEN WARRIORS WORLDWIDE LLC sign.
