Creston News Advertiser

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Creston News Advertiser
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Type Daily newspaper
Owner(s) Shaw Media
PublisherCreston Publishing Company
EditorJohn Van Nostrand
Founded1928;96 years ago (1928)
HeadquartersCreston, IA
Circulation 2,209 [1]
Website crestonnews.com

The Creston News Advertiser is a daily newspaper in Creston, Iowa, United States. [2]

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History

The newspaper was started by Frank B. Thayer and Joel R. Hill, a Kansas City banker, in 1928 as a result of the merger of two newspapers, the Creston Evening News and the Creston Daily Advertiser. [3] [4] Creston Evening News was founded as a weekly in 1879 and began daily circulation in 1881. [5] The Creston News Advertiser was purchased by Shaw Media in 1946. [6] The paper ever since has managed by a subsidiary called Creston Publishing Company. [5] The company has also published the Fontanelle Observer and the Adair County Free Press since 2017. [7]

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