NATCHEZ — A Natchez businessman recently purchased two Georgia newspapers.

Americus Newsmedia, LLC purchased the Americus Times-Recorder and Cordele Newsmedia, LLC purchased The Cordele Dispatch from Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. (CNHI) on Monday. Both new Georgia entities are wholly owned by Natchez-based Carpenter Newsmedia, LLC (CNL). CNL is an affiliate of Boone Newspapers, Inc. (BNI) with offices in Natchez and Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Todd H. Carpenter is principal owner of CNL and is BNI’s president and chief executive officer. BNI’s chairman is James B. “Jim” Boone Jr. of Tuscaloosa. Carpenter is a former publisher of The Natchez Democrat.

CNL has ownership in BNI affiliates in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia. BNI and CNL own and BNI manages 70 newspapers in similar-sized communities that, in addition to those in which CNL has ownership interest, are in Minnesota, Michigan and Ohio.