Former Manitoba publisher launches three new weeklies

Lana Meier, former Sun Media group publisher for nine Manitoba weeklies, is back in the newspaper business. Meier, along with partners Rick Reimer, Brett Mitchell and 15 employees, launched three new free weeklies last month — the Selkirk Record (18,000 print run), the Winkler/Morden Voice (15,000 print run), and the Stonewall/Teulon Tribune (7,800 print run). Meier is a former board member of CCNA and the Manitoba Community Newspapers Association.

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