Longtime employees Adam Uren and Joe Nelson bought GoMN, the news website, from the Pohlad family's Go96 Media and relaunched it under its original name, Bring Me The News. The relaunch comes years after founder Rick Kupchella sold the site in 2015.
The Pohlad family's Go96 Media acquires BringMeTheNews, pairing the news-aggregation operation with its Go 96.3 FM radio station. Founder Rick Kupchella leaves to focus on PresentNation, his health-content venture.
Founder Rick Kupchella sells his news-aggregation company, BringMeTheNews, to Go Media, part of Pohlad Companies. The deal moves the Minnesota news operation under the Pohlad family’s media holdings.
Aug 2015 · Minneapolis / St. Paul Business JournalNews article
BringMeTheNews raises $3 million from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, a casino-owning tribe that previously sponsored the operation. The investment supports plans to hire the website’s first chief operating officer and expand its news aggregator beyond Minnesota. The financing is aimed at supporting those hiring and geographic expansion plans.
