UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT ~~PURSUANT~~

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~May~~June 2415, 2012

MORRIS PUBLISHING GROUP, LLC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Georgia

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)


333-112246		26-2569462
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

725 Broad Street; Augusta, Georgia		30901
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(706) 724-0851

(Registrants’ Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Item 12.01 ~~Entry~~Completion ~~into~~of aAcquisition ~~Material~~or ~~Definitive~~Disposition ~~Agreement~~of Assets.

~~Agreement for~~ Sale of Morris Publishing Group, LLC’s Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald News Building.

On ~~May~~ June 2415, 2012, Morris Publishing Group, LLC ( “Morris Publishing”) ~~entered~~completed ~~into a Second Amendment (~~the ~~“Second Amendment”) to an Agreement of Purchase and Sale dated March 19, 2012 (the “Original Agreement”) with Hagen Creek Properties, Inc., a Georgia corporation (“Buyer”), for the~~ sale of ~~Morris~~its ~~Publishing’s~~ newspaper building and real estate located at One Press Place, Athens, Georgia (the “Real Property”). The building contains approximately 102,000 square feet of space and is situated on approximately 3.1 acres.

~~Morris~~The ~~Publishing~~sale ~~will~~was ~~continue~~made pursuant to ~~publish~~an ~~its~~Agreement ~~newspaper~~of Purchase and Sale dated March 19, 2012 (as amended) with Hagen Creek Properties, Inc., a Georgia corporation, which assigned the ~~Athens~~contract ~~Banner-Herald~~to MM One Press Building, ~~following~~LLC (the ~~sale~~“Buyer”). The purchase price was $10,500,000, paid in cash at closing. There is no material relationship, other than in respect of the transaction, between the Buyer and the Morris Publishing or any of its affiliates, or any director or officer of Morris Publishing, or any associate of any such director or officer.

~~Under~~The ~~the~~sale ~~Second~~of ~~Amendment,~~ the ~~purchase~~Real ~~price~~Property ~~that~~constitutes ~~the~~an ~~Buyer~~“Asset ~~will~~Sale” ~~pay~~as defined in Morris Publishing’s ~~was~~Indenture ~~reduced~~dated ~~from $13~~March 1,~~230,000~~ ~~under~~ 2010 (the ~~Original~~“Indenture”) ~~Agreement~~with respect to its $~~10,500,000~~100 ~~payable~~million inaggregate ~~cash,~~principal atamount ~~closing~~of Floating Rate Secured Notes due 2014 (the “~~Purchase~~New ~~Price~~Notes”). ~~The~~Under ~~Buyer~~the Indenture, Morris Publishing is required to ~~close~~use on the ~~Real~~“Net ~~Property~~Cash Proceeds” no(after ~~later~~deducting ~~than~~certain ~~fifteen~~expenses ~~(15~~and taxes, as defined in the Indenture) ~~business~~ ~~days~~from ~~following~~an Asset Sale to prepay any amounts outstanding under its Working Capital Facility and then to offer to repurchase New Notes from note holders on a pro rata basis at a purchase price of 101% of the ~~execution~~face amount of the ~~Second~~New ~~Amendment~~Notes repurchased.

Simultaneously with the sale, Morris Publishing entered ~~will~~into a lease to lease back approximately 10,000 square feet of the Real Property for a period of 5 years. ~~Under~~at ~~the~~a ~~Second Amendment, the initial rental~~ rate ~~was~~of ~~reduced from~~ $~~15.25 per square foot under the Original Agreement to $~~10.14 per square foot per year on a triple net basis, plus an allocation for common area maintenance.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 31, 2012		MORRIS PUBLISHING GROUP, LLC
	MORRIS PUBLISHING GROUP, LLC
		By:	/s/ Steve K. Stone
Date: June 15, 2012	By:	/s/ Steve K. Stone
		Steve K. Stone Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	~~Steve K. Stone Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer~~

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