New owner of North Scott Press ‘bullish’ on community newspapers

“The smalltown community newspaper industry is dead.”

Businessman J. Louis “Louie” Mullen has heard that phrase almost his entire life — and he’s never believed it. In fact, in the past few years, he has been buying small newspapers across the nation because he’s optimistic about the future of small community newspapers.

“I am very optimistic. I wouldn’t take on the debt service and…