A2: Media

Crain’s Detroit Business reports that the Detroit Media Partnership is launching a statewide news website – Michigan.com – to challenge the statewide reach of Ann Arbor-based MLive.com. The partnership is a venture between Gannett Co. Inc., which owns the Detroit Free Press and other Michigan newspapers, and MediaNews Group, which owns the Detroit News. MLive is one of the holdings of New York-based Advance Publications, which also owns AnnArbor.com. [Source]