 Rob and Toni Sennot bought the paper in 1994, and sold it to Ottaway Newspapers in 2005.News Corp. acquired "The Patriot" when it bought Dow Jones & Company (Ottaway's parent) for US$5 billion in late 2007.Rupert Murdoch, the head of News Corp., reportedly told investors before the deal that he would be "selling the local newspapers fairly quickly" after the Dow Jones purchase.