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Swift Communications is buying The Park Record newspaper.

The acquisition of the publication in Park City adds another mountain-town newspaper to the Nevada-based company's collection. The company already owns the Snowmass Sun, Aspen Times, Summit Daily News and Vail Daily in Colorado and the Tahoe Daily Tribune and Sierra Sun in California.

Swift is based in Carson City, Nev., and owns more than 20 publications in Nevada, California, Colorado and Nebraska. It also owns a media group in Wisconsin that produces farming magazines.

The Park Record reported the sale Tuesday. The company did not disclose how much it paid.

"To ensure a smooth transition, The Park Record's website will continue to be hosted by Digital First Media (DFM) for about six months, and the physical edition will still be printed on MediaOne's press in Salt Lake City," The Park Record reported.

The Park Record publishes twice a week.

Andy Bernhard, The Park Record's publisher, and Swift Communications' chief executive officer, Bill Toler, are "excited about the potential to expand The Park Record's coverage of the communities in Park City and Summit County in print, online and on new platforms as they emerge," The Park Record reported. "Specifically, Toler noted the benefits of networking with publications in other resort towns."

The newspaper ran an editorial online Tuesday regarding its sale, assuring readers the paper will "maintain its independent voice."

The Salt Lake Tribune is owned by DFM, and the paper is reportedly for sale.

DFM, which operates the second-largest U.S. newspaper chain on behalf of the New York-based hedge fund Alden Global Capital, manages nearly 70 major dailies across the country, as well as hundreds of weeklies in 14 states.

The company said in September 2014 it was exploring "strategic alternatives," including the possible sale of DFM as a whole or in regional clusters. That initiative collapsed last May, CEO John Paton stepped down and DFM has since sold off several individual newspapers.

Utah billionaire-philanthropist Jon M. Huntsman Sr. publicly stated his interest in buying The Tribune in 2014, saying he considered the paper's independent editorial voice vital to Utah.

But a potential Huntsman purchase reportedly broke down in late summer after months of negotiations, in the face of what several highly placed sources said was reticence from officials at the Mormon church. It is unclear whether other potential Tribune buyers have surfaced since.

The Tribune maintains a longstanding business partnership with its Salt Lake City competitor, the LDS Church-owned Deseret News. That agreement, covering joint newspaper advertising and circulation operations, also gives The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a say in The Tribune's prospective ownership.

Tribune reporters Tony Semerad and Michael McFall contributed to this story.