Dyersburg State Gazette

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State Gazette
TypeSemi-weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Paxton Media Group
PublisherRust Communications
Managing editorRachel Townsend
Sports editorJason Peevyhouse
Staff writersDr. William M. Northcutt
Advertising ManagerCecily Simpson
Founded1865;159 years ago (1865)
Political alignmentNon-partisan
Headquarters114 West Court Street
Dyersburg, Tennessee 38024
Circulation 11,000
Website stategazette.com

The State Gazette is a semi-weekly newspaper published in Dyersburg, Tennessee. [1] The paper has served Dyersburg and Northwest Tennessee since 1865, and provides general news. [2]

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History

The Dyersburg State Gazette was purchased by Worrell Newspapers of Charlottesville, Virginia in 1971. [3] The New York Times Company acquired eight daily papers, including the Dyersburg State Gazette, from Worrell in 1982. [4] Paxton Media Group purchased it from The New York Times Company in 1995. [5] Rust Communications acquired the State Gazette in 2000. [6] Rust sold the newspaper back to Paxton in 2024. [7]

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