Daily Iowegian
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)CNHI, LLC
PublisherBecky Maxwell
EditorKyle Ocker
FoundedApril 7, 1883 (1883-04-07)
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publicationMay 22, 2020 (2020-05-22)
Headquarters201 North 13th Street, Centerville, Iowa 52544 United States
Circulation2,751 daily (Daily Iowegian), 14,185 Wednesday (Ad Express)[1]
Websitedailyiowegian.com

The Daily Iowegian was a two-day (Tuesday and Friday) newspaper published in Centerville, Iowa and covering Appanoose and Wayne counties in Iowa and Putnam county in Missouri. It was owned by CNHI, LLC[2]

The newspaper also published a Wednesday newspaper/shopper called Ad Express and has more than five times the circulation of the other days' papers.

The Daily Iowegian published its final edition on May 22, 2020, after announcing it was merging with the Ottumwa Courier.

History

What is now known as the Daily Iowegian first published on April 7, 1883, as the "Industrial Iwegian." The moniker of the newspaper then was "A paper devoted to the interests of the industrial classes."[3]

At the time it was founded, there were two other newspapers in the county: The Centerville Citizen (established in 1864) and the Centerville Journal.[4]

Over the years, papers began consolidating. The Industrial Iwegian changed its name to the semi-weekly Iowegian.

In 1916, the Centerville Citizen and semi-weekly Iowegian combined, creating the current newspaper known as the Daily Iowegian.[5]

In 1983, Appanoose County Publishing purchased the Iowegian. They combined it with the Ad Express, a free shopper.[6]

In 1999, Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. (later shortened to CNHI) purchased the Daily Iowegian and Ad Express.[7]

The paper ceased publication and merged with Ottumwa Courier in May 2020, making it one of 16 publications shut down by owner CNHI due to business losses associated with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[8]

References

  1. ↑ CNHI-CAN Circulation Archived February 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, figures for an undetermined date, accessed January 17, 2007.
  2. ↑ Ad-Express and Daily Iowegian: About Our Newspaper Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today, accessed June 3, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Industrial Iwegian". Advantage Preservation. Industrial Iwegian. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Ad-Express and Daily Iowegian: About Our Newspaper Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today, accessed June 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ Ad-Express and Daily Iowegian: About Our Newspaper Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today, accessed June 3, 2018.
  6. ↑ Ad-Express and Daily Iowegian: About Our Newspaper Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today, accessed June 3, 2018.
  7. ↑ Ad-Express and Daily Iowegian: About Our Newspaper Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today, accessed June 3, 2018.
  8. ↑ Hare, Kristen (2021-12-02). "More than 100 local newsrooms closed during the coronavirus pandemic". Poynter. Archived from the original on 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2023-08-02. Sixteen on this list are from CNHI.


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