Formed in 1923 by Clyde Knox in Kansas City, Cribb, Greene & Associates is the oldest newspaper and publication brokerage in the United States. The firm provides sell-side and buy-side advisory to publishing companies. The firm has sold advertising, managed editorial, worked with pre-press, overseen web printing and circulation. The firm's brokers have experience as the buyers of publishing companies and know exactly what buyers want and need to know about a acquisition.