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Sherman Frederick

Ely Times and Eureka Sentinel will be sold, turned to digital-only publications

On Friday, Sherman Frederick, the founder of Battle Born Media — which now publishes three rural newspapers — told The Nevada Independent he has made a "verbal deal" to transfer ownership of The Ely Times and The Eureka Sentinel to Nevada Central Media.

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