AdVantage News

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AdVantage News
Owner(s)John Simmons
Founder(s)Sharon McRoy, Jim Siebold
PublisherEric McRoy
Editor-in-chiefFred Pollard
Sports editorBill Roseberry
Launched1986 (Today's AdVantage) 2013 (AdVantage News)
HeadquartersAlton, Illinois
CountryUnited States
Circulation 77,700(as of 2016)
Website advantagenews.com
Free online archivesyes

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.

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