St Augustine Record may be sold soon
Morris Publishing, after emerging from bankruptcy last year, has been maintaining a virtually empty complex at the St Augustine Record – Florida Times Union building; moving its publishing operation to Jacksonville — but that may be over soon, according to a source close to discussions with Gannett, the national media organization that may be best known as the publisher of USA TODAY.



The new St Johns County Chamber Hospitality and Tourism Council will hold its monthly meeting on March 6, 2013 beginning at 5:00 p.m. at Limelight Theatre; located at 11 Old Mission Avenue in St Augustine.
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St Johns County Chamber of Commerce Government Relations Manager, Carol Saviak, invited Historic City News editor Michael Gold to attend this morning’s meeting of the South Beaches Area Council where Congressman Ron DeSantis made a surprise visit.
About an hour ago, Miami based Burger King Worldwide Inc., was the victim of a malicious cyber-attack when the company’s logo was replaced by hackers who tweeted that the business had been taken over by rival fast food juggernaut McDonald’s Corporation.
Kirk Wendland reported to Historic City News that the general membership of both the Ponte Vedra Beach Chamber of Commerce and St Johns County Chamber of Commerce overwhelmingly approved a resolution Friday to merge the two organizations; as previously endorsed by each body’s board of directors.
According to an announcement that appeared in The St Augustine Record today, the newspaper’s publisher, Ron Davidson, says that he will retire later this year; neither the exact date nor a successor was named in the article.