Advance Newspapers

This article is about a newspaper group in Michigan. For other newspapers owned by the same company, see Advance Publications.
Advance BCI, Inc.
Advance Newspapers[1]
Company typeDivision
IndustryMedia
Headquarters
Hudsonville, Michigan
Productsnewspapers
ParentMLive Media Group

Advance Newspapers, based in Hudsonville, Michigan, published weekly community newspapers for Kent County, Michigan and portions of Muskegon, Ottawa, and Allegan counties. Advance Newspapers started as an independent company, later purchased by Advance Publications which later placed them into their MLive Media Group unit. MLive Media Group ceased publication of the seven community newspapers as of January 27, 2019, citing the "cost of publishing the products exceeded the company’s ability to sustain production."[2]

The seven Advance community newspapers at the time of their shuttering were:[3]

  1. ^ "State of Georgia Certificate of Fact on merger of Valley Media, Inc. with Advance BCI, Inc" (tif). Michigan Corp. Online Records. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  2. ^ McVicar, Brian (2019-01-08). "MLive Media Group ending publication of Advance Weeklies". MLive.com Michigan. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  3. ^ "Advance Newspapers Advertising Rates" (PDF). September 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2022.