The Jacksonville Journal-Courier is an American
daily newspaper published in
Jacksonville, Illinois
Jacksonville is a city in Morgan County, Illinois, Morgan County, Illinois, United States. The population was 19,446 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Morgan County. It is home to Illinois College, Illinois School for the Deaf, and the ...
. It is owned by
Hearst Newspapers Hearst may refer to:
Places
* Hearst, former name of Hacienda, California, United States
* Hearst, Ontario, town in Northern Ontario, Canada
* Hearst, California, an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, United States
* Hearst Island, an i ...
since being sold in August 2017 by Civitas Media, a subsidiary of Versa Capital Management.
With a history dating back to 1830, the Jacksonville Journal-Courier is the "oldest continuously published newspaper in Illinois".
In addition to Jacksonville and
South Jacksonville, the Jacksonville Journal-Courier circulates in
Cass,
Greene,
Macoupin,
Morgan Morgan may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Morgan (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Morgan le Fay, a powerful witch in Arthurian legend
* Morgan (surname), a surname of Welsh origin
* Morgan (singer), ...
,
Brown,
Pike
Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to:
Fish
* Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus''
* Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes
* ''Esox'', genus of ...
and
Scott
Scott may refer to:
Places Canada
* Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec
* Scott, Saskatchewan, a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380
* Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98, Saska ...
counties, in western
Central Illinois
Central Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that consists of the entire central third of the state, divided from north to south. Also known as the ''Heart of Illinois'', it is characterized by small towns and mid-sized cities. Agri ...
.
[
The Jacksonville Journal-Courier has been owned by Hearst Newspapers since 2017. Hearst also owns the Illinois newspapers '' The Telegraph'', in nearby Alton, Illinois and the '' Intelligencer'' in Edwardsville. The Jacksonville and Alton newspapers, along with '' The Lima News'' in Ohio and The Sedalia Democrat in Sedalia, Missouri, constituted the Central Division of Freedom Communications before being sold to Ohio Community Media (later Civitas Media) in May 2012.]Thomson Thomson may refer to:
Names
* Thomson (surname), a list of people with this name and a description of its origin
* Thomson baronets, four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Thomson
Businesses and organizations
* SGS-Thomson Mic ...
in 1995.Freedom Communications, Thomson Swap Newspapers
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External links
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Newspapers published in Illinois
Morgan County, Illinois
Jacksonville, Illinois micropolitan area
Newspapers established in 1830
1830 establishments in Illinois
Jacksonville, Illinois