''The Gazette'' is a daily print newspaper published in

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. The newspaper is distributed throughout northeastern and east-central

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, including the Cedar Rapids and

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metropolitan areas. It was formerly called ''The Cedar Rapids Gazette''. As of September 2019, ''The Gazette'' has a circulation of 32,616 for the daily edition and 37,860 for the Sunday edition.

History

The ''Evening Gazette'' was first published on January 10, 1883. The paper was co-founded by Lucian H. Post and Elbridge T. Otis. In March 1884, the paper was sold to Clarence Miller and Fred Faulkes. Their descendants would run the paper for the next century. In 1927, the ''Gazette'' bought ''The Republican'' and changed its name to ''The Evening Gazette and Republican''. The name was changed again in 1932 to ''Cedar Rapids Gazette.'' The word "The" was added to the name in 1936. That same year the paper won a

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for its reporting on corruption in state government related to illegal gambling and liquor sales. In 1979, the paper's name was changed to ''The Gazette''. In 1986, The Gazette Company formed an

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plan which purchased about 38% of outstanding stock. The company became 100% employee owned in 2012 and was renamed to Folience in 2017. In January 2025, the newspaper announced it will cut back the number of print edition days from seven to three a week on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

TV and radio

The Gazette Company owned

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(the call letters stand for "Cedar Rapids Gazette") until selling it to

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, with the transfer being completed on October 1, 2015. The company also owned KCRG radio (1600 AM) until selling the station to the owners of another local broadcaster, KZIA FM 102.9. The sale was completed on October 31, 2006, with the radio station's call letters changing to KGYM as a result. SourceMedia Group also owned Decisionmark, which runs the TitanTV website, until selling it to a syndicate led by Turnstone Capital and

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