CLEVELAND — Cleveland Scene has a new owner.
Great Lakes Publishing -- which also owns Cleveland Magazine, Community Leader and Lake Erie Living -- announced details of their purchase Friday morning.
“Cleveland Scene is long known for insightful reporting, arts and entertainment coverage, food news, unique events, and for breaking important local news stories,” said Lute Harmon, Jr., President of Great Lakes Publishing. “This move aligns with our mission to provide compelling content that resonates with everyone in our local community. We are thrilled to welcome Cleveland Scene, while keeping it distinct and authentic.”
When combined with the audience from Cleveland Magazine, the company says they will reach more than 1 million readers and online users per month.
“Cleveland Magazine has been in this community for 52 years but in many ways, I feel we are just starting to scratch the surface of how we can better inform, serve, and listen,” said Denise Polverine, Publisher of Cleveland Magazine. “The addition of Cleveland Scene is incredibly exciting. It’s like doubling down on all our efforts to reach people and businesses where they are and grow along with them.”
Scene will continue to publish as usual online and distribute its print edition every other week.
“I'm incredibly and genuinely excited about the future of Scene. Great Lakes Publishing is an amazing steward and champion of local journalism in Northeast Ohio, and, while giving us further resources, wants Scene to be Scene. And for that we're grateful,” said Scene’s Editor-in-Chief Vince Grzegorek. “The paper has an amazing legacy -- not only as a vital part of Cleveland's fabric but also as the oldest operating alt weekly in America, now entering our 55th year at a time when papers are closing around the country at an alarming rate. But we are always focused on today and tomorrow, the stories that matter to Clevelanders right now. I and our immensely talented staff look forward to continuing to tell those stories far into the future with the support of committed local ownership.”
The acquisition took effect Friday.
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