''The Examiner'' is the
daily newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, spor ...
of eastern
Jackson County, Missouri
Jackson County is located in the western portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 717,204. making it the second-most populous county in the state (after St. Louis County). Although Independence retains ...
, including
Independence
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,
Blue Springs and
Grain Valley. It is published five days a week – Tuesday through Saturday – and its webpage is at
www.examiner.net.
''The Examiner'' was first published as a
weekly newspaper
A weekly newspaper is a general-news or current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly newspaper is published once every two weeks. Weekly ne ...
in 1898 by Col. William Southern. The daily edition began publication as ''The Independence Examiner'' May 16, 1905. The official ''Examiner'' website was launched in 1996.
The paper was formerly owned by
Stauffer Communications
Stauffer Communications was a privately held media corporation based in Topeka, Kansas, that owned many publications and broadcast outlets, including the ''Topeka Capital-Journal'' and WIBW, WIBW-FM, and WIBW-TV. The company operated from 1930 to ...
, which was acquired by
Morris Communications
Morris Communications, headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, is a privately held media company with diversified holdings that include magazine publishing, outdoor advertising, book publishing and distribution, visitor publications, and online serv ...
in 1995. Morris sold the paper, along with 13 others, to
GateHouse Media in 2007.
Morris Publishing Completes Sale of Publications to GateHouse Media
, an American centenarian
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, worked for ''The Examiner'' until the age of 104.
References
Examiner ndependence 27 June 2006: 4A.
External links
Official Examiner Website
Mondo page
Morris subsidiary profile of ''The Examiner''
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Newspapers published in Missouri
Jackson County, Missouri
Publications established in 1898
1898 establishments in Missouri
Gannett publications