''The Intelligencer'' and ''Wheeling News-Register'' are combined daily newspapers under
common ownership
Common ownership refers to holding the assets of an organization, enterprise, or community indivisibly rather than in the names of the individual members or groups of members as common property. Forms of common ownership exist in every economi ...
in
Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling is a city in Ohio County, West Virginia, Ohio and Marshall County, West Virginia, Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The county seat of Ohio County, it lies along the Ohio River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mo ...
, and are the flagship publications of
Ogden Newspapers
Ogden Newspapers Inc. is a Wheeling, West Virginia based publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, telephone directories, and shoppers guides. It has operations in California, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, ...
. The ''Intelligencer'' is published weekday mornings and Saturdays, while the ''News-Register'' is published weekday afternoons and Sundays.
The Intelligencer
Founded as the ''Wheeling Intelligencer'' in August 1852 by Eli B. Swearingen and Oliver Taylor, ''The Intelligencer'' is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the state of West Virginia. The paper was initially established as a means to promote
Winfield Scott
Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786May 29, 1866) was an American military commander and political candidate. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army from 1841 to 1861, and was a veteran of the War of 1812, American Indian Wars, Mexica ...
and the
Whig Party in the
1852 United States presidential election
United States presidential election, Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1852. History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic nominee Franklin Pierce defeated United States Whig Party, Whig nominee G ...
.
See also
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List of newspapers in West Virginia
This is a list of newspapers in West Virginia, sorted by location.
Daily and nondaily newspapers
College newspapers
Marshall University, Huntington
*'' The Parthenon''
West Virginia University, Morgantown
*'' The Athenaeum''
Shepherd Unive ...
References
External links
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Newspapers published in West Virginia
Wheeling, West Virginia
Newspapers established in 1852
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