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The following is a partial list of family-owned newspapers in the United States. It represents the small subset of the
list of newspapers in the United States which are run by a
family business, and may include exceptions to or examples of concerns about
concentration of media ownership.
A - L
- The
Adair County Free Press,
Greenfield, Iowa – established 1889 by the Sidey family, still in operation
- The
Argus-Press,
Owosso, Michigan – established 1916
- The
Bangor Daily News,
Bangor, Maine – family-owned since 1889
- The
Barre-Montpelier Times Argus – Barre Times and Montpelier Argus, both est. 1897, merged in 1959, owned by Mitchell family since 1964
- The Bourbon County Citizen – family-owned and operated by the Brannnon family in Paris, Kentucky
- The
Caledonian-Record – family-owned and operated by the Smith family in
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
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Casa Grande Valley Newspapers Inc.,
Casa Grande, Arizona – family-owned and operated by the Kramer family since 1963
[1]
- The Chronicle,
Centralia, WA — established in 1889, owned by the Taylor family, Chad & Coralee Taylor (CT Publishing LLC)
- The Citizen-Advertiser – TMC publication, family-owned and operated by the Brannnon family in Paris, Kentucky
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The Clayton Record,
Clayton, Alabama – family-owned since 1915
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The Columbian,
Vancouver, Washington – owned by the Campbell family since 1921
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The Commercial Dispatch,
Columbus, Mississippi – family-owned since 1922
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Cortland Standard, Cortland, New York—family-owned since 1876
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The Daily Gazette, Scnenectady, NY-Owned by the Hume family
- The Daily Standard, Celina, Ohio - family-owned since 1848
- The Durango Herald, Durango, Colorado – owned by the Ballantine family
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East Oregonian – Oregon and Washington papers, family-owned
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The Elkhart Truth,
Elkhart, Indiana – family-owned since 1889
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The Emporia Gazette’’ Emporia, Kansas — family-owned since 1895
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Grants Pass Daily Courier, Grants Pass, Oregon — owned by the Voorhies family since 1897
[2]
- Greenville Journal, Greenville, South Carolina -- family-owned since 1999
- The Hardwick Gazette, Hardwick, Vermont – established 1889
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The Italian Tribune, aka
La Tribuna del Popolo,
Macomb, Michigan – founded 1909, family-owned since 1909 by the Giuliano-Baker family
- The Journal, Cortez, Colorado – owned by the Ballantine family
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The Keene Sentinel,
Keene, New Hampshire – family-owned since 1799
[3]
[4]
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The Lincoln County News, Newcastle, Maine – owned by the Erskine and Roberts Family since 1920
- The Lewiston Tribune, Lewiston, Idaho - owned by the Alford family
[5]
[6]
- Kstati Russian-American Newspaper, aka
Apropos Kstati,
San Francisco, California – founded in 1994, family-owned and operated by the Sundeyev family
[7]
M - Z
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The Madison Courier,
Madison, Indiana – founded 1837, owned since 1849 by the Garber family
- The Marysville Journal-Tribune,
Marysville, Ohio – continuously operating as family-owned since 1849
[8]
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The Mooreland Leader,
Mooreland, Oklahoma – Schnoebelen family-owned since 1903
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News-Register,
McMinnville, Oregon – family-owned since 1928
- The
Newtown Bee,
Newtown, Connecticut – family-owned since 1881
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Press Enterprise,
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania – family-owned since 1902
- Polk County News, Benton, Ducktown, Copperhill TN- local family-owned since 1883
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The Rome Sentinel Company,
Rome, New York – started in the 1820s, family-owned since 1864
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The Roswell Daily Record,
Roswell, New Mexico – started in 1891, family-owned
- The Rutland Herald,
[9] Rutland, Vermont – started in 1794, family-owned entire history, Mitchell family since 1947
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The Villages Daily Sun, started in 1997, family owned.
- Shaw Newspapers,
Dixon, Illinois – established in 1851
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Smith Publishing & Media Group,
Walnut, California – family-owned since 2006
- Sonoma West Publishers (Sonoma West Times & News, The Healdsburg Tribune, The Cloverdale Reveille, and the Windsor Times)
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The Southern Star,
Ozark, Alabama – family-owned since 1867
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The Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, Washington – family-owned and published by the Cowles family since 1894
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Steamboat Pilot & Today,
Routt County, Colorado – owned by WorldWest LLC, a family-owned company
[10] based in
Lawrence, Kansas
[11]
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Sun Journal,
Lewiston, Maine – family-owned and published by the Costello family since 1898
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Town Topics,
Princeton, New Jersey – family-owned since 1946
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Town Tribune,
New Fairfield, Connecticut – family-owned
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Valley India Times – Indo-American newspaper, Dholakia family-owned since 2000
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Weeklys— Formerly Metro Newspapers, established in 1985 in San Jose, California.
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Wick Communications,
Sierra Vista, Arizona – Wick family-owned chain of newspapers in 12 states since 1926
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