Fort Morgan Times

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Fort Morgan Times
TypeDaily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Prairie Mountain Publishing (MediaNews Group)
PublisherJulie Tonsing
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters329 Main Street
Fort Morgan, CO 80701
United States
Website www.fortmorgantimes.com

The Fort Morgan Times is a daily newspaper in Fort Morgan, Colorado. It has been published by Prairie Mountain Publishing, a unit of MediaNews Group, since 1996, when it was acquired by Hollinger. [1]

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References

  1. Roberts, Gene; Kunkel, Thomas; Layton, Charles, eds. (2001). Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering . Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. ISBN   1610752325.