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- ↑ "Times-News closes its Keyser branch". Cumberland Times-News. 2009-03-02.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "In Lord Thomson's Realm". Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
- ↑ Community, Gannett Acquire Thomson Newspapers
