News Journal (Ohio)

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News Journal
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)AIM Media
PublisherLane Moon
EditorRyan Carter
Sports editorMark Huber
FoundedOctober 1838 (1838-10), as the Western Whig [1]
Headquarters1547 Rombach Ave. Avenue,
Wilmington, Ohio 45177, United States
ISSN 8750-4847
Website wnewsj.com

The News Journal is an American newspaper and multimedia site (wnewsj.com) published in print two days per week (Wednesday and Saturday) in Wilmington, Ohio, covering Clinton County. [2] It is owned by AIM Media, based in McAllen, Texas. [3]

The newspaper traces its history back to two weeklies, the Clinton Republican (begun in 1838 as the Western Whig, the name changed the next year), [1] and The Wilmington Journal (founded 1868), that merged into The Journal-Republican in 1912. [4] The Wilmington News Journal was founded by W. J. Galvin on Oct. 15, 1915, originally called the Wilmington Daily News.

In 1916, it merged with the semi-weekly Journal Republican and became known as the Wilmington Daily News Journal. It was owned by the Galvin family until it was sold to the Brown Publishing Company in 1986. [5] In 2010, Brown declared bankruptcy and was reconstituted as Ohio Community Media, which later became part of Civitas/Versa. [6] The company, including the News Journal, was purchased for an undisclosed sum in 2011 by Versa Capital Management. [7]

In 2012, Versa merged Ohio Community Media, former Freedom papers it had acquired, Impressions Media, and Heartland Publications into a new company, Civitas Media. [8] Civitas Media sold its Ohio papers to AIM Media in 2017. [9]

Shortly after a website redesign in early 2023, the News Journal announced on February 21, 2023 that the printed edition, previously published Tuesday through Saturday, would publish only on Wednesday and Saturday. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "About Western Whig". Chronicling America. Library of Congress . Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "News Journal is changing with the times". 21 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC » Digital AIM Media".
  4. ↑ "About The Wilmington Journal". Chronicling America. Library of Congress . Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  5. ↑ "About Us".
  6. ↑ Sanctis, Matt (September 3, 2010). "Court Approves Brown Sale of Assets". Springfield News-Sun . Springfield, Ohio. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  7. ↑ Staff report (May 20, 2011). "Local Newspapers Under New Ownership". Springfield News-Sun. Springfield, Ohio. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  8. ↑ Civitas Formation versa.com
  9. ↑ "Quarterly Updates - 2nd Quarter 2017". Dirks, Van Essen & Murray. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
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