AIM Media Texas is a United States publisher of daily and non-daily

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s, primarily in the

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region of

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. In 2012,

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began selling most of its newspaper portfolio. Former

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president and American Consolidated Media founder Jeremy Halbreich founded AIM Media in order to purchase the Texas newspapers from Freedom in a deal worth $70–80 million. The newspapers included: *'' The Monitor'' (

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) *''

Valley Morning Star The ''Valley Morning Star'', established in 1909 as the ''Harlingen Star'', is an American newspaper published in Harlingen in the U.S. state of Texas. In 1938, ''The New York Times'' reported on a printer's strike at the newspaper that was orga ...

'' ( Harlingen) *'' Brownsville Herald'' ( Brownsville) *''

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'' ( Brownsville) *''

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'' (

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) *'' Mid-Valley Town Crier'' ( Weslaco) (semi-weekly) *'' Coastal Current'' ( South Padre/ Port Isabel) (weekly) At the time of the sale, the daily newspapers had a combined circulation of about 80,000 daily and 94,000 on Sunday. The deal also included other associated weekly and monthly publications. Company investors included Chicago-based businessmen

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and private equity investor

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. Chief operating officer Rick Starks also owns a stake. Halbreich served as head of the

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company from 2009 to 2012 before leaving to form AIM Media.

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