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The ''Fort Wayne Ink Spot'' is a biweekly newspaper published in
Fort Wayne, Indiana Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 Censu ...
, and is the only African-American-owned newspaper in northeast Indiana. It is sold on a subscription basis and at newsstands around the city. As of 2019, the newspaper had a circulation of approximately 1,000.


History

The ''Ink Spot'' was founded in 2018 as a replacement for '' Frost Illustrated'', a newspaper that had served the city's minority community since the 1960s and folded in 2017. The founder was John Dortch, who also served as CEO of the Fort Wayne Black Chamber of Commerce. The first issue was published on March 12, 2018, and was eight pages long. The paper's first issue was dedicated to Edward N. Smith, the former publisher of ''Frost Illustrated'', and featured a large cover story about him. While serving as the "spiritual heir" to ''Frost Illustrated'', the ''Ink Spot'' has sought to distinguish itself by focusing more specifically on personal stories.


See also

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Ink newspaper ''Ink'' was a weekly publication targeted to Northeast Indiana's Black community. Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, ''Ink'' was published by Diversity Media Group, Inc., a locally owned, family-owned company founded in 2001 by siblings Vince Robinson ...
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List of African-American newspapers in Indiana Various African-American newspapers have been published in Indiana. The Evansville weekly '' Our Age'', which was in circulation by 1878, is the first known African-American newspaper in Indiana. Alternatively, some sources assign the title of f ...
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List of newspapers in Indiana This is a list of newspapers in Indiana. Daily newspapers :''This is a list of daily newspapers in Indiana. For weekly, monthly or university newspapers, see List of newspapers in Indiana''. :''List is in order of place of publication'' * '' In ...


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* {{African American press 2018 establishments in Indiana African-American newspapers Newspapers published in Fort Wayne, Indiana