AdVantage News

AdVantage News

Owner(s)	John Simmons
Founder(s)	Sharon McRoy, Jim Siebold
Publisher	Eric McRoy
Editor-in-chief	Fred Pollard
Sports editor	Bill Roseberry
Launched	1986 (Today's AdVantage) 2013 (AdVantage News)
Headquarters	Alton, Illinois
Country	United States
Circulation	77,700(as of 2016)
Website	advantagenews.com
Free online archives	yes
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AdVantage News is a daily (online) and weekly (print) hyper-local American newspaper, published in Alton, Illinois, and serving the Metro East region of Illinois. Established as a pennysaver in 1986, the publication transitioned into a newspaper in February 2014.

In 1986, Jim Seibold and Sharon McRoy formed Today's AdVantage, ^[1] a pennysaver that was mailed to 42,000 households in the Riverbend area.

In 2013, Alton-based lawyer and owner of Alton Steel John Simmons purchased Today's AdVantage ^{[2] [3]} from Seibold and McRoy with the intention of turning it into a newspaper.

On Feb. 1, 2014, Today's AdVantage became AdVantage News.

References

1. Newspapers, Cliff Whitt Nationwide. "ALTON, ILLINOIS Today's Advantage Weekly Newspaper". Nationwide Newspapers Advertising. Archived from the original on July 31, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
2. Staff report. "Alton lawyer buys Today's Advantage". Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
3. "Simmons Buys Advantage | RiverBender.com WBGZ Radio". Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.