The BC Democrat is owned by AIM Media Indiana. Per Wikipedia, AIM Media Management is a media company based in Dallas, Texas. Through its subsidiaries AIM Media Indiana, AIM Media Midwest (also known as Digital AIM Media), and AIM Media Texas, it publishes dozens of daily and weekly newspapers in Indiana, Ohio, and Texas, respectively. The company was founded by Jeremy Halbreich in 2012 to acquire Freedom Communications holdings and later acquired additional newspapers.^[1]

Aug 9, 2023.  A “NEW” addition (watchdog of government) to the local paper – Brown County Democrat. “In the coming weeks and months, we also plan on sharing some of the exact requirements and obligations the state imposes on local governmental groups for transparency.”   This post at Brown County Matters.

• • The County invested over 6 figures in a new website to make it easier for offices and departments to keep citizens informed on their contributions. Commissioners (meet two times a month) have not been posting meeting agendas, minutes, or audio. The council meets monthly – they do not post minutes or audio. Will be interested to see if or how soon this fact changes.
  • As of Aug 8, 2023 – Snapshot Website Agenda Center. 20230810 Agenda Center – Brown County IN – CivicEngage
  • Note:  After the resignation of the last editor of the BC Democrat, no reporters from the paper have been attending commissioners and council meetings
  • On the Aim Media/BC Democrat “watchdog” role, this is interesting. In what other papers are they doing this?   And, they stopped publishing the calendar of government meetings on June 28.  They do not even send a reporter to cover commissioner and council meetings. Former Editor Sara Clifford always reinforced the open meeting laws – this emphasis went away with her. ^]