''The Ada News'' is a

daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written 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 politics, business, sports ...

published five days a week in

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. The publication's coverage area includes Pontotoc County and portions of Coal County, Garvin County, Hughes County, Johnston County, Murray County and Seminole County. The newspaper is published Tuesday through Friday and Saturday.

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sold ''The Ada News'', along with 11 other papers, to the American Publishing Company (later

Hollinger International Sun-Times Media Group (formerly Hollinger International) is a Chicago-based newspaper publisher. History Sun-Times Media Group was founded in 1986 under the name ''American Publishing Company'', as a holding company for Hollinger Inc.'s Americ ...

) in 1995. Hollinger sold off most of its small papers in 1999, and ''The Ada News'' went to Community Newspaper Holdings. The publication is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc., a company founded in 1997 by Ralph Martin."Company History: Community Newspaper Holdings Inc."
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Answers.com
(accessed March 31, 2010) CNHI newspapers are clustered in groups that cross-sell packages to advertisers and occasionally feature editorial content written by a regional reporter working directly for CNHI.

History

The newspaper began publication on March 14, 1904.About this newspaper: The Ada News
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Library of Congress
(accessed April 1, 2010) Beginning May 26, 1968, a Sunday edition was added. The newspaper was published by Carlton Weaver & Company at one time. The name of the paper was changed to ''The Ada News'' in summer 2012. Maurisa Nelson was appointed General Manager of ''The Ada News'' on Oct. 21, 2019.

References

External links

''The Ada News'' Website

CNHI Website
{{CNHI, The Ada News Newspapers published in Oklahoma Ada, Oklahoma 1904 establishments in Oklahoma Territory