the flint journal is a quad-weekly newspaper based in flint, michigan, owned by booth newspapers, a subsidiary of advance publications. published tuesdays, thursdays, fridays and sundays, it serves genesee, lapeer and shiawassee counties. as of february 2, 2012, it is headquartered in downtown flint at 540 s saginaw st, suite 504. the paper and its sister publications "the saginaw news" and "the bay city times" are printed at the booth-owned valley publishing co. printing plant in monitor township.