The ''Effingham Daily News'' is a

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serving

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, and surrounding portions of

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, Cumberland, Effingham, Fayette,

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and Shelby counties,

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. It is owned by CNHI.

History

Four newspapers merged in July 1946 to form the ''Effingham Daily News''—the ''Effingham Daily Record'', ''Effingham Democrat'', ''Effingham Republican'' and ''County Review''. The McNaughton family, which owned the paper for 46 years, sold it to

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in December 1992. The paper was sold again in 1996 to

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Inc., and to CNHI in 1997.

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bought the paper in December 1998, but sold it back to CNHI two years later.

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External links

* Newspapers published in Illinois Effingham County, Illinois {{Illinois-newspaper-stub