Rust Communications is an American privately owned media company based in

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Southeast Missourian ''The Southeast Missourian'' is a 3 day per week newspaper published in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and serves (as the name implies) the southeastern portion of Missouri. History The paper began publication on October 3, 1904 as ''The Daily Rep ...

'' is its flagship publication. The company has its origins in 1967, when Gary Rust and his wife Wendy purchased the small Cape Girardeau ''Weekly Bulletin''.Gary Rust to be inducted into Newspaper Hall of Fame
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Nevada Daily Mail Rust Communications is an American privately owned media company based in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The ''Southeast Missourian'' is its flagship publication. The company has its origins in 1967, when Gary Rust and his wife Wendy purchased the sm ...

'', July 1, 2003 In 1982, he purchased his first daily paper, the ''Dexter Statesman''.Tribune-Monitor Sold to Missouri Company
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Fort Scott Tribune ''The Fort Scott Tribune'' is a daily newspaper serving Fort Scott, Kansas, United States. It has been owned by Rust Communications since 2004.

'', August 2, 2004 In 1986, he purchased the ''Southeast Missourian'', the daily paper in town, from

Thomson Newspapers The Thomson Corporation was one of the world's largest information companies. It was established in 1989 following a merger between International Thomson Organisation Ltd (ITOL) and Thomson Newspapers. In 2008, it purchased Reuters Group to fo ...

. By 1993, the company owned part or all of four newspapers. As of 2009, the family-owned company had full or part ownership of 18 daily papers, 30 weekly papers, and 17 radio stations in eight states.Newspaper added to Daily Sentinel's parent company
'' Le Mars Daily Sentinel, March 12, 2009 In 2001, Gary Rust retired from daily management of the company, and turned over the reins to sons Jon, who is on the Board Of Directors for the Associated Press, and Rex Rust, as well as COO Walter Lage. In 2003, Rust was inducted into the Missouri Press Association's Newspaper Hall of Fame.

Newspapers

Holdings of Rust Communications include the following daily newspapers:

Arkansas

* Blytheville Courier News (acquired 1994)

Indiana

* The Brazil Times (acquired 2001)Randy List moving to Iowa as his Publishing Duties Expand
''Greencastle Banner-Graphic'', September 28, 2012] * Greencastle Banner-Graphic (acquired 1999) *

Greene County Daily World {{unreferenced, date=April 2015 The ''Greene County Daily World'' (formerly the ''Linton Daily Citizen'' and ''Bloomfield Evening World'') is a local newspaper founded in 1905 and published in Greene County, Indiana. It is owned by Rust Communica ...

(formed 2007)

Iowa

* LeMars Daily Sentinel (acquired 1997) * Spencer Daily Reporter * Storm Lake Pilot Tribune * Cherokee Chronicle Times * Dickinson County News

Kansas

Fort Scott Tribune ''The Fort Scott Tribune'' is a daily newspaper serving Fort Scott, Kansas, United States. It has been owned by Rust Communications since 2004.

(acquired 2004)Rust Publishing Buys Fort Scott Tribune-Monitor
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'', August 3, 2004

Missouri

* Dexter Statesman (

Dexter, Missouri Dexter is a city in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States, founded in 1873. The population was 7,864 at the 2010 census. History Dexter was platted in 1873. Mr. Dex, an early settler, gave the community the name of his horse, Dexter. Dexter ...

) (acquired 1982) *

(purchased 1986) * Marshall Democrat News (purchased 1997) * Nevada Daily Mail (purchased 1997)Newspaper Group to Purchase Gazette
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McCook Daily Gazette The ''McCook Daily Gazette'' is a newspaper published in the city of McCook, in the southwestern part of the state of Nebraska, in the Great Plains region of the United States. It serves southwestern Nebraska and northwestern Kansas. The new ...

'', August 18, 1997 * Monett Times (acquired 2009) * The Concordian
The Banner Press

Nebraska

(acquired 1997)

References

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