Schurz Communications is a

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media group and cloud services provider. It owned newspapers.

History

The company was founded in 1872 by Alfred B. Miller and Elmer Crockett with the creation of the ''

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.'' Over the years the company grew through the acquisition of other newspapers, media outlets, radio and television stations, digital companies, broadband operations and cloud services provider. The expanding company was renamed Schurz Communications Inc. in 1976, when the newspapers division and the TV/broadcast division were split into separate entities. In September 2015, Schurz announced it was selling its TV and radio stations to

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. Gray then resold Schurz's radio stations to three different buyers upon completion of its purchase of the Schurz broadcasting unit. In September 2016, The American News and Farm Forum, owned by Schurz, acquired '' The Public Opinion'' newspaper in

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. In February 2018, the company acquired the

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-based Online Tech. The compliant hybrid cloud provider serves nearly 500 clients across the Midwest with its network of seven data centers and full suite of hybrid cloud services. In December of that year, Online Tech acquired the assets and products of IT provider Neverfail. The acquisition includes Neverfail’s five cloud nodes and assets in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. In January 2019, Schurz sold its publishing division and all its newspapers to GateHouse Media for $30 million. This included 20 regional papers and several special publications in

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and South Dakota. GateHouse later bought the Gannett newspaper chain, and the expanded network of newspapers adopted the Gannett name. In March 2019 Schurz Communications bought the city-owned local broadband company

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for a total of $30.8 million.

Current properties

Broadband systems

* Antietam Broadband -

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Cloud Managed Services

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Former properties

Newspapers

* ''

Imperial Valley Press The Imperial Valley Press (originally known as the ''Imperial Press'') is a daily newspaper printed outside of the Imperial Valley. It was owned by Schurz Communications of South Bend, Indiana from 1965 to 2015. It is owned by Imperial Valley Me ...

'' - El Centro, California * ''Times Mail'' - Bedford, Indiana * ''Southside Times'' - Beech Grove, Indiana * ''

The Herald-Times ''The Herald-Times'' is a daily newspaper serving Bloomington, Indiana and surrounding areas. The newspaper won the Blue Ribbon Daily award in 1975, 1984 2007, and 2014, naming it the best daily newspaper in the state of Indiana in those years. ...

'' - Bloomington, Indiana * ''The Hoosier Topics'' - Cloverdale, Indiana * ''Fishers Weekly'' - Fishers, Indiana * ''Reporter-Times'' - Martinsville, Indiana * ''Mooresville-Decatur Times'' - Mooresville, Indiana * ''Noblesville Daily Times'' - Noblesville, Indiana * ''

'' - South Bend, Indiana ''(flagship)'' * ''Evening World'' - Spencer, Indiana * ''

The Advocate-Messenger ''The Advocate-Messenger'' is a newspaper published Tuesday and Friday in Danville, Kentucky. The printed version of the newspaper is delivered by US mail. The newspaper serves central Kentucky, with distribution primarily in Boyle, Lincoln, Ca ...

'' - Danville, Kentucky * ''The Jessamine Journal'' - Nicholasville, Kentucky * ''The Interior Journal'' - Stanford, Kentucky * ''The Winchester Sun'' - Winchester, Kentucky * ''

The Herald-Mail ''The Herald-Mail'' is a newspaper serving the cities of Hagerstown, Maryland, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and Martinsburg, West Virginia and the surrounding counties. History ''The Morning Herald'' was the first daily newspaper in Hagerstown, b ...

'' - Hagerstown, Maryland * '' Charlevoix Courier'' - Charlevoix, Michigan * ''

Gaylord Herald Times The ''Gaylord Herald Times'' is a twice-weekly newspaper in Gaylord, Michigan, United States. History The ''Gaylord Herald Times'' was founded in 1875. The paper started publishing twice weekly in May 1999. In 2006, it was purchased by Schurz C ...

'' - Gaylord, Michigan * ''

Petoskey News-Review The ''Petoskey News-Review'' is the daily newspaper of Petoskey, Michigan. History Started in 1878 as the ''Petoskey City Record'', after subsequent mergers it became ''The Petoskey Evening News''. In 1953, this paper merged with ''The Northern ...

'' - Petoskey, Michigan * '' Daily American'' - Somerset, Pennsylvania * ''

The American News ''The American News'' is a newspaper in Aberdeen, South Dakota, published by Gannett of McLean, Virginia. It is published four days a week, Tuesday through Friday. History The ''Aberdeen News'' was founded as a weekly in 1885 by C.W. Starlin ...

'' - Aberdeen, South Dakota * '' The Public Opinion'' - Watertown, South Dakota

Radio

Notes: * ¹ Owned by Douglas Road Radio, Schurz held a minority interest in this company.

Television

* (**) – ''Indicates that it was built and signed on by Schurz''. Notes: * ¹ Owned by Schurz, WAGT was operated by

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under a

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, with WJBF. * ² Owned by

Entravision Communications Entravision Communications Corporation is an American media company based in Santa Monica, California. Entravision primarily caters to the Spanish-speaking Hispanic community and owns television and radio stations and outdoor media, in several o ...

, Schurz operated KDCU under a shared services agreement, with KWCH and KSCW. * ³ From February–May 2017, KGHZ used virtual channel 15, while K15CZ-D (later KYCW-LD, now KSPR-LD) switched to virtual channel 33. * ⁴ Owned by Schurz, KGHZ was operated

operated KGHZ under a

. From 2007 to 2016, KGHZ (as KSPR) was owned by Perkin Media, LLC. Schurz operated the station under a joint sales agreement.

References

External links

* {{Gannett Companies based in St. Joseph County, Indiana South Bend, Indiana Mass media companies of the United States Gray Television