The ''Zanesville Times Recorder'' is a daily
newspaper
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...
based in
Zanesville, Ohio
Zanesville is a city in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Located at the confluence of the Licking River (Ohio), Licking and Muskingum River, Muskingum rivers, the city is approximately east of Columbus, Ohio, Columb ...
, that serves
Muskingum County. The newspaper is part of the
USA Today Network
Gannett Co., Inc. ( ) is an American mass media holding company headquartered in New York City. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation.
It owns the national newspaper ''USA Today'', as well as severa ...
.
History
On December 1, 1959, The Zanesville Times Recorder began printing 7-days a week, merging with The Zanesville Times Signal.
In October 1970, The Zanesville Publishing Company, owned by the Littick Family sold the paper to the Thomson Newspaper Publishing Company of Chicago.
On April 6, 1992 the last daily paper was printed in Zanesville. Printing operations was moved to Newark, Ohio.
In July 2000, Gannett completed purchase of 19 Thomson Newspapers, including the Zanesville Times Recorder.
In early 2014, Gannett announced that they would be moving printing operations from their downtown Newark location to Columbus, to be handled by The Dispatch Printing Company located at 5300 Crosswind Drive Columbus, Ohio.
On November 7, 2015, the historic downtown offices were vacated with office operations moved to the Northpointe Center at 3871 Gorskey Drive. Records from the Muskingum County Auditor show the downtown building was sold from Gannett to Tofino LLC in 2015, with the City of Zanesville subsequent purchasing the property in 2016.
On January 6, 2020,
The Columbus Dispatch
''The Columbus Dispatch'' is a daily newspaper based in Columbus, Ohio. Its first issue was published on July 1, 1871, and it has been the only mainstream daily newspaper in the city since ''The Columbus Citizen-Journal'' ceased publication in ...
reported that the Columbus printing facility located at 5300 Crosswind Drive would close with printing of the Dispatch being relocated to Indianapolis. The article mentioned that smaller Gannett papers would also be transferred to the facility located at 8278 North Georgetown Road, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Starting April 2024, the newspaper will switch from carrier to postal delivery.
References
External links
Official website
Zanesville, Ohio
Newspapers published in Ohio
Gannett publications
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