AIM Media Indiana

AIM Media Indiana (formerly Home News Enterprises) is an American printer and publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, based in Columbus, Indiana. Its flagship newspaper is The Republic in Columbus, and its other newspaper holdings also cover small cities and counties south and east of Indianapolis. Not counting its 2012 acquisition of The Tribune, the company boasts an overall circulation of 55,000. On November 11, 2022, it was announced that Richard Clark would succeed Bud Hunt as vice president and group publisher for AIM Media Indiana, with responsibility for all AIM Media properties within the state. History Isaac T. Brown founded The Columbus Republican in 1872. Isaac's father, Isaac M. Brown, served as the newspaper's editor. Isaac T. Brown died in 1917, leaving his son Raymond Brown in sole control of the newspaper. Raymond Brown converted the company into a partnership with his wife Anna in 1942, and in 1963 expanded the partnership to include their adult children Richard Brown, Robert N. Brown and Elizabeth B. Marshall. The partnership became a limited liability company (LLC) in 1994.