Dirks, Van Essen & Murray Engaged to Explore Options for Reub Williams & Sons Inc.Back to News


Warsaw, IN – January 21, 2016 – Martha Lane Hartle, Chairman of Reub Williams & Sons Inc., announced today that the shareholders of the company have engaged Dirks, Van Essen & Murray, a Santa Fe, New Mexico, media merger and acquisition firm, to explore a possible sale of the company. 

Ms. Hartle said that the shareholders recognize the important role the Times-Union plays in the community and that making a decision to possibly sell the company after 160 years of family ownership was difficult.

She went on to say that she didn’t expect any further public communication on the process until the second quarter of this year. She said that all inquiries should be made directly to Owen Van Essen, president of Dirks, Van Essen & Murray, at 505-820-2700.


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