Rust Communications is an American privately owned media company based in
Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The ''
Southeast Missourian'' is its flagship publication.
The company has its origins in 1967, when Gary Rust and his wife Wendy purchased the small Cape Girardeau ''Weekly Bulletin''.
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''Nevada Daily Mail
Rust Communications is an American privately owned media company based in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The ''Southeast Missourian'' is its flagship publication.
The company has its origins in 1967, when Gary Rust and his wife Wendy purchased the sma ...
'', July 1, 2003 In 1982, he purchased his first daily paper, the ''Dexter Statesman''.
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''Fort Scott Tribune
''The Fort Scott Tribune'' is a daily newspaper serving Fort Scott, Kansas, United States. It has been owned by Rust Communications
Rust Communications is an American privately owned media company based in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The '' South ...
'', August 2, 2004 In 1986, he purchased the ''Southeast Missourian'', the daily paper in town, from
Thomson Newspapers.
By 1993, the company owned part or all of four newspapers. As of 2009, the family-owned company had full or part ownership of 18 daily papers, 30 weekly papers, and 17 radio stations in eight states.
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'' Le Mars Daily Sentinel, March 12, 2009
In 2001, Gary Rust retired from daily management of the company, and turned over the reins to sons Jon, who is on the Board Of Directors for the Associated Press, and Rex Rust, as well as COO Walter Lage. In 2003, Rust was inducted into the Missouri Press Association's Newspaper Hall of Fame.
Newspapers
Holdings of Rust Communications include the following daily newspapers:
Arkansas
* Blytheville Courier News (acquired 1994)
Indiana
*
The Brazil Times (acquired 2001)
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''Greencastle Banner-Graphic'', September 28, 2012]
* Greencastle
Banner-Graphic (acquired 1999)
*
Greene County Daily World (formed 2007)
Iowa
*
LeMars Daily Sentinel (acquired 1997)
* Spencer Daily Reporter
* Storm Lake Pilot Tribune
* Cherokee Chronicle Times
* Dickinson County News
Kansas
*
Fort Scott Tribune
''The Fort Scott Tribune'' is a daily newspaper serving Fort Scott, Kansas, United States. It has been owned by Rust Communications
Rust Communications is an American privately owned media company based in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The '' South ...
(acquired 2004)
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''Nevada Daily Mail
Rust Communications is an American privately owned media company based in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The ''Southeast Missourian'' is its flagship publication.
The company has its origins in 1967, when Gary Rust and his wife Wendy purchased the sma ...
'', August 3, 2004
Missouri
*
Dexter Statesman (
Dexter, Missouri) (acquired 1982)
*
Southeast Missourian (purchased 1986)
*
Marshall Democrat News (purchased 1997)
* Nevada Daily Mail (purchased 1997)
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'' McCook Daily Gazette'', August 18, 1997
*
Monett Times (acquired 2009)
* The Concordian
The Banner Press
Nebraska
*
McCook Daily Gazette (acquired 1997)
References
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Mass media companies of the United States
Family-owned companies of the United States