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 a ...
published six days per week (excluding major holidays) in
Newton, Kansas
Newton is a city in and the county seat of Harvey County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 18,602. Newton is located north of Wichita. The city of North Newton is located immediately north and e ...
. It is owned by
Gannett
Gannett Co., Inc. () is an American mass media holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.Harvey County, including the cities of Newton, Burrton,
Halstead
Halstead is a town and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex, England. Its population of 11,906 in 2011Hesston, North Newton and Sedgwick.
The paper was founded as a weekly in 1872 and converted to a daily circulation in 1886. In 1952, it changed its name from ''The Evening Kansan-Republican'' to ''The Newton Kansan''. The newspaper's electronic version began in 1996.
Stauffer Communications
Stauffer Communications was a privately held media corporation based in Topeka, Kansas, that owned many publications and broadcast outlets, including the ''Topeka Capital-Journal'' and WIBW, WIBW-FM, and WIBW-TV. The company operated from 1930 to ...
bought the newspaper in 1953.
Morris Communications
Morris Communications, headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, is a privately held media company with diversified holdings that include magazine publishing, outdoor advertising, book publishing and distribution, visitor publications, and online serv ...
bought Stauffer in 1994, and sold the ''Kansan'' to GateHouse Media in October 2007.Morris sells small papers to GateHouse Media /ref>
''The Newton Kansan'' is one of several newspapers Gannett owns in the
Wichita metropolitan area
The Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, is an area consisting of four counties in south central Kansas, anchored by the city of Wichita. As of the 2013 American Community Su ...
, including the dailies ''
The Butler County Times-Gazette
''The Butler County Times-Gazette'' is an American daily newspaper published in El Dorado, Kansas. It is owned by CherryRoad Media after being sold to the company from Gannett in 2021.
The paper covers several communities in northern and eastern ...
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Wellington Daily News
''The Wellington Daily News'' is an American daily newspaper published in Wellington, Kansas. It is owned by CherryRoad Media.
The paper covers the city of Wellington and Sumner County, Kansas, part of the Wichita metropolitan area.
It is one o ...
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See also
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List of newspapers in Kansas
This is a list of newspapers in Kansas.
Daily newspapers
This is a list of daily newspapers currently published in Kansas. For weekly newspapers, see List of newspapers in Kansas.
* ''The Abilene Reflector-Chronicle'' – Abilene
* '' Atchison ...