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New year, new changes
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In a year of new developments, corporate relocations and sales in JACKSONVILLE Northeast Florida, these individuals and deals made some of the biggest differences.
The Jacksonville Record & Observer and Daily Record are merging into a weekly publication. BY MAX MARBUT
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
The new year is the beginning of a new business model for the Jacksonville Daily Record and Jacksonville Record & Observer. Responding to the evolving marketplace and new publicnotice advertising laws enacted by the state Legislature, the Daily Record print edition and the free Record & Observer are merging to become the weekly Jacksonville Daily Record, distributed every Thursday beginning Jan. 6. “It saddens me to take this step with this historic Jacksonville institution, which, amazingly, has published daily for almost 110 Walsh years, but we’re facing a cardinal rule of business: If you want to remain viable, you must adjust with the times,” said Matt Walsh, publisher of the Daily Record and CEO of Observer Media Group. Walsh purchased the newspaper in 2017, making it part of the OMG family of business and community newspapers in Florida. The company’s portfolio comprises four free community weeklies in the Sarasota-Bradenton market; two free weeklies serving the east coast markets in Palm Coast/ Flagler County and Ormond Beach; two free weeklies serving Winter Garden, Windermere, Ocoee and Horizon West in Orange County; the Business Observer, a paid-cir-
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Big deal: Brothers Robin and Chris Sorensen sold Firehouse Subs for $1 billion.
Big move: CEO Anthony Jabbour announced plans to move the corporate headquarters of Dun & Bradstreet to Jacksonville.
Big plan: A replacement for the Downtown Skyway is part of a gas tax increase and extension in Duval County.
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COMING IN THE JAN. 6 ISSUE
LOOKING AHEAD AT 2022
10 people, places and projects to watch in the New Year VOLUME 109, NO. 32 • TWO SECTIONS