UNITED STATES ~~SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION~~

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT ~~PURSUANT~~ ~~TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934~~ PURSUANT

~~Date~~TO ofSECTION 13 ~~Report~~OR 15(~~Date of earliest event reported~~d): ~~December 14, 2009~~OF THE

~~MORRIS PUBLISHING~~SECURITIES ~~GROUP,~~EXCHANGE ~~LLCMORRIS~~ACT ~~PUBLISHING FINANCE CO.~~OF 1934

~~(Exact~~Date ~~Name~~of Report (Date of ~~Registrants~~earliest asevent ~~Specified in Its Charter~~reported): January 6, 2010

~~Georgia~~MORRIS ~~Georgia (State~~PUBLISHING orGROUP, ~~other jurisdiction of incorporation)~~LLC

333-112246 (Commission File Number)		26-256946220-0183044 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
725 Broad Street; Augusta, Georgia (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		30901 (Zip Code)

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

~~(706) 724-0851 (Registrants’ Telephone Number, Including Area Code)~~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 7 1.01 ~~Regulation FD~~Entry ~~Disclosure~~ into a Material Definitive Agreement

OnAs ~~December 14~~previously announced, on October 30, 2009, Morris Publishing Group, LLC ~~(the~~and ~~“Company”)~~Morris ~~issued~~Publishing aFinance ~~press~~Co., ~~release announcing~~as ~~that~~issuers, itand ~~had~~all other ~~commenced~~subsidiaries aof ~~restructuring~~Morris ~~plan~~Publishing, byas ~~(a) commencing~~subsidiary anguarantors ~~offer~~(all ~~to exchange $100~~together, ~~million~~“Morris ofPublishing”) ~~new~~and ~~second~~the ~~lien~~holders, ~~secured~~or ~~notes~~investment ~~due~~advisors inor ~~2014~~managers (the “~~New Notes~~Holders”) toof beover ~~issued by the Company and its co~~seventy-~~issuer~~two ~~Morris~~percent ~~Publishing Finance Co. for all~~ of the ~~approximately~~ outstanding $278,478,000 aggregate principal amount of ~~outstanding~~ Morris Publishing’s 7% Senior Subordinated Notes ~~due~~Due 2013 (the “Existing Notes”), ~~plus~~entered ~~accrued~~into ~~and unpaid~~a ~~interest~~Restructuring onSupport ~~the~~Agreement ~~Existing~~(as ~~Notes,~~subsequently ~~and (b~~amended) ~~simultaneously~~ ~~with~~regarding ~~such~~the exchange ~~offer, soliciting the~~ ~~acceptance~~ of ~~holders~~all of the Existing Notes, toincluding ~~the~~accrued ~~Company’s~~and ~~filing~~unpaid ofinterest, afor $100,000,000 ~~prepackaged~~aggregate ~~plan~~principal amount of ~~reorganization.~~ Anew ~~copy~~notes of (the ~~Company’s~~“New ~~press~~Notes”). ~~release~~As required isby ~~furnished~~the asRestructuring ~~Exhibit 99.1~~Support toAgreement, ~~this~~Morris ~~Current~~Publishing amended each ~~Report~~of onits ~~Form~~existing ~~8-K~~Management and isServices ~~incorporated~~Agreement ~~herein~~and byits ~~reference.~~existing Tax Consolidation Agreement on January 6, 2010.

~~The~~On January 6, 2010, Morris Publishing entered into an Amended and Restated Tax Consolidation Agreement with its parent entities, MPG Newspaper Holding, LLC, Shivers Trading & Operating Company, isand ~~also~~Questo, Inc., ~~electing~~and its affiliated entity, Morris Communications Company, LLC. Under the Amended and Restated Tax Consolidation Agreement, Morris Publishing remains obligated to ~~furnish~~pay ~~under~~to ~~this~~its ~~Item 7~~parent entities an amount equal to the federal income tax liability that Morris Publishing would pay (taking into account net operating loss carry forwards and carry backs) as if it were filing separate tax returns as a C corporation.01 The parent entities remain obligated to indemnify Morris Publishing for any tax liability of any other member of the consolidated group. The amendments in the restated agreement (1) clarify that Morris Publishing will not be liable for certain ~~information~~adverse ~~contained~~consequences related to certain specified extraordinary transactions in 2009 primarily relating to ~~the~~Morris ~~Offering~~Publishing’s ~~Memorandum~~parent entity and other related entities, ~~Disclosure~~(2) ~~Statement~~provide ~~and~~that, in ~~Solicitation~~calculating the tax payment obligations of ~~Acceptances~~Morris Publishing, the indebtedness of aMorris ~~Prepackaged~~Publishing’s ~~Plan~~parent entity will be treated as if it were indebtedness of ~~Reorganization~~Morris ~~that~~Publishing, ~~was~~and ~~provided~~(3) toprovide that the ~~holders~~Trustee of ~~Existing~~the Indenture under which the New Notes will be issued in ~~connection~~accordance with the ~~exchange~~Restructuring ~~offer~~Support ~~and~~Agreement ~~solicitation~~will ofhave ~~acceptances~~an ofapproval ~~the~~right ~~prepackaged~~with ~~plan~~respect ofto elections ~~reorganization.~~or ~~This~~discretionary positions taken for tax return purposes related to ~~information~~specified istransactions ~~set~~or ~~forth~~actions astaken ~~Exhibit 99.2~~with respect to ~~this~~the ~~Current~~indebtedness ~~Report~~of Morris onPublishing’s ~~Form~~parent ~~8-K~~entity, ~~and~~if issuch ~~incorporated~~elections, positions or actions would ~~herein~~have bya ~~reference~~adverse consequence on the New Notes or Morris Publishing.

~~The~~Also ~~information~~on January in6, ~~this~~2010, ~~Item 7.01~~Morris ofPublishing ~~this~~entered ~~Current~~into ~~Report~~a onFourth ~~Form~~Amendment ~~8-K~~to Management and Services Agreement with its affiliated entities, Morris Communications Company, LLC and MSTAR Solutions, LLC, pursuant to which the ~~related~~affiliated ~~Exhibits~~entities ~~99.1~~provide certain management, technology and 99shared services to Morris Publishing.2 Effective ~~attached~~upon ~~hereto~~the ~~shall~~issuance ~~not~~of bethe ~~deemed~~New ~~“filed”~~Notes ~~for~~pursuant ~~purposes~~to the Restructuring Support Agreement, the amendment changes the fees payable by Morris Publishing (which are currently based upon a combined total of ~~Section 18~~6.5% of ~~the~~Morris Publishing’s ~~Securities~~operating ~~Act~~revenues) to the actual amount of ~~1933,~~costs ~~except~~of asproviding ~~shall~~the beservices, ~~expressly~~but the ~~set~~fees ~~forth~~shall bynot ~~specific~~exceed ~~reference~~$22 million in ~~such filing~~any calendar year.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits:

Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		Articles of Organization of Morris Publishing Group, LLC (originally named MCC Newspapers, LLC), including Amendments to Articles of Organization.
3.2		Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Morris Publishing Group, LLC.
3.3		Bylaws of Morris Publishing Finance Co. (as amended).
99.1		Press release, dated December 14, 2009, announcing the commencement of a restructuring plan.
99.2		Certain information provided to the holders of Existing Notes.

This document contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this document that are not clearly historical in nature are forward-looking, and the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “estimate,” “plan,” “target,” and similar expressions are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect the current views of the Company and its management. All forward-looking statements (including statements regarding future financial and operating results) involve risks, uncertainties, contingencies, and changes in circumstances, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, that may cause actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from anticipated results, performance, or achievements. Economic, business, funding market, competitive and/or regulatory factors, among others, affecting the Company’s businesses are examples of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. More detailed information about these factors are described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. The Company is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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: December 14, 2009	MORRIS PUBLISHING GROUP, LLC
Date: January 12, 2010			MORRIS PUBLISHING GROUP, LLC
	~~By:~~	~~/s/ Steve K. Stone~~	By:	/s/ Steve K. Stone
		Steve K. Stone
				Steve K. Stone Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

MORRIS PUBLISHING FINANCE CO. By: /s/ Steve K. Stone Steve K. Stone Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		Articles of Organization of Morris Publishing Group, LLC (originally named MCC Newspapers, LLC), including Amendments to Articles of Organization.
3.2		Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Morris Publishing Group, LLC.
3.3		Bylaws of Morris Publishing Finance Co. (as amended).
99.1		Press release, dated December 14, 2009, announcing the commencement of a restructuring plan.
99.2		Certain information provided to the holders of Existing Notes.

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