News Journal (Ohio)

News Journal
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) AIM Media Midwest
Publisher Randy Graf
Editor Thomas Barr
Sports editor Mark Huber
Founded October 1838 (1838-10), as the Western Whig[1]
Headquarters 761 South Nelson Avenue,
Wilmington, Ohio 45177, United States
ISSN 8750-4847
Website wnewsj.com

The News Journal is an American daily newspaper and multimedia site (wnewsj.com) published five days per week (Tuesday-Saturday) in Wilmington, Ohio, covering Clinton County.[2] It is owned by AIM Media Midwest

The newspaper traces its history back to two weeklies, the Clinton Republican (begun in 1838 as the Western Whig, name changed the next year),[1] and The Wilmington Journal (founded 1868), that merged into The Journal-Republican in 1912.[3] 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.[4] In 2010, Brown declared bankruptcy and was reconstituted as Ohio Community Media, which later became part of Civitas/Versa.[5] The company, including the News Journal, was purchased for an undisclosed sum in 2011 by Versa Capital Management.[6]

In 2012 Versa merged Ohio Community Media, former Freedom papers it had acquired, Impressions Media, and Heartland Publications into a new company, Civitas Media.[7] Civitas Media sold its Ohio papers to AIM Media Midwest in 2017.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "About Western Whig". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://civitasmedia.com/section/ournewspapers
  3. ↑ "About The Wilmington Journal". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.wnewsj.com/section/aboutus
  5. ↑ Sanctis, Matt (September 3, 2010). "Court Approves Brown Sale of Assets". Springfield News-Sun. Springfield, Ohio. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  6. ↑ Staff report (May 20, 2011). "Local Newspapers Under New Ownership". Springfield News-Sun. Springfield, Ohio. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  7. ↑ Business Wire, Versa Capital Announces the Formation of Civitas Media, LLC, retrieved April 10, 2017
  8. ↑ "Quarterly Updates - 2nd Quarter 2017". Dirks, Van Essen & Murray. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
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