Ricketts sell OSR to Bay Newspapers
James and Cindy Ricketts, owner of the Ocean Springs Record since 2001, have sold the newspaper to Bay Newspapers, owners of the Bay Press in Biloxi. Bay Press Publisher Patti Guider, who recently joined the MPA Board of Directors, will now oversee both papers. She vowed there will be no changes at the Record except in the publisher’s office.
“It’s not broke. We’re not going to try and fix it,” Guider told The Mississippi Press in Gautier.
The Ricketts bought the newspaper from Gannett Corp. after returning to Mississippi following a 2-year stint in Florida.
James Ricketts told this blogger on Monday that he and his wife are looking to the future and going to take their time before making big decisions.
“For the past 17 years through MPA, we’ve had an extended family that shared common goals, challenges and solutions,” Ricketts told us. “We will be keeping in touch.”