The Lima News

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The Lima News
TypeDaily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) AIM Media Midwest
PublisherKirk Dougal
EditorJim Krumel
FoundedJuly 21, 1926
Language English
Headquarters Lima, Ohio
Website www.limaohio.com

The Lima News is a local daily newspaper aimed at residents in Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Putnam, Shelby and Van Wert counties in Ohio, USA. Its headquarters are located in Lima, Ohio. It was first printed on July 21, 1926. [1]

The paper was owned by Freedom Communications, a privately held California-based company whose flagship paper is the Orange County Register , until 2012, when it was sold to Ohio Community Media, an affiliate of the private equity firm Versa Capital Management. [2] Under Freedom Communications' ownership, The Lima News took a libertarian editorial position on issues.

In 2012, Versa merged Ohio Community Media, the Freedom papers it had acquired, Impressions Media and Heartland Publications into a new company, Civitas Media. [3] Civitas Media sold its Ohio papers to AIM Media Midwest in 2017. [4]

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References

  1. Ellerbrock, Josh (February 22, 2020). "The Lima News stands on century-old yet strong foundation". The Lima News. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  2. Milbourn, Mary Ann. "Freedom Communications sells 4 Midwest papers". Orange County Register. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
    - "OCM purchases the Lima News". News Democrat. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  3. "Versa Capital Announces the Formation of Civitas Media, LLC". Business Wire. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  4. "Quarterly Updates - 2nd Quarter 2017". Dirks, Van Essen & Murray. June 30, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.