Believe It! New CoMag owner a Ripley’s sensation - NYPOST.com

Believe it or not, Canadian billionaire Jim Pattison has taken over CoMag, the national magazine distributor that was jointly owned by Condé Nast and Hearst.Pattison, an 82-year old entrepreneur, built a single auto showroom in
the 1960s into a far-flung conglomerate that today owns grocery chains,
radio stations, amusement parks, paper pulp mills, News Group, one of
the largest wholesale magazine distributors in North America, and the
Ripley’s Believe It or Not franchise.