''The Southern Illinoisan'' is a daily newspaper based in

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, known locally as "The Southern." As of October 2014, it has a daily circulation of 21,270, and a Sunday circulation of 26,958. It is one of the major regional newspaper and media services for

southern Illinois Southern Illinois, also known as Little Egypt, is the southern third of Illinois, principally along and south of Interstate 64. Although part of a Midwestern state, this region is aligned in culture more with that of the Upland South than the Mi ...

History

''The Southern Illinoisan'' was created in 1947 when Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers of

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, purchased three area newspapers—the ''Daily Free Press'' of Carbondale, the '' Murphysboro Daily Independent'' and the '' Herrin Daily Journal''—and merged them into a single publication.

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purchased the ''Southern Illinoisan'' and other Lindsay-Schaub papers in 1979.

References

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