The ''Longview News-Journal'' is the major newspaper printed in the City of

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. Dating to 1871 under independent publishers, including

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, later

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, and

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, Longview civic figure, the publication was purchased by

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in the 1980s and sold by Cox to ASP Westward in 2009. It is closely affiliated with the ''

Marshall News Messenger ''The Marshall News Messenger'' (originally the ''Marshall Morning News'') is a daily newspaper based in Marshall, Texas, with a circulation of around 5,000 in the Marshall area. Cox Enterprises sold the newspaper to ASP Westward in 2009. In 20 ...

'', another former Cox newspaper (published in nearby

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) which was sold to ASP Westward along with the ''News-Journal''. In 2012, ASP Westward announced the sale of the Longview and Marshall papers, along with 12 of its other non-daily East Texas papers, to Texas Community Media LLC, a new company formed by the longtime owners of the ''

Victoria Advocate ''The Victoria Advocate'' is a daily newspaper independently published in Victoria, Texas. It is the second-oldest paper in Texas and the oldest west of the Colorado River, dating back to May 8, 1846, following the Battle of Palo Alto during the ...

'' in South Texas.http://www.news-journal.com/news/local/news-journal-to-change-ownership/article_4a19fff3-87bc-5681-bc39-54fde862e825.html The Longview News-Journal is now owned by M. Roberts Media which also owns: Victoria Advocate, Marshall News Messenger, Tyler Morning Telegraph, The Panola Watchman, and Kilgore News Herald. Operating out of its modern 3-story brick editorial offices in downtown Longview, the News-Journal has a circulation in 11

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counties to about 20,000 customers on weekdays. The daily ''Marshall News Messenger'' and Texas Community Media's 12 non-daily East Texas papers are produced in the News-Journal's newsroom and printed and distributed from its Longview production plant. The newspaper's receptionist area contains several historical documents, including a copy of a telegram that

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wrote to the people of

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after the

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in 1937. Image:Longview News-Journal IMG 3964.JPG, Downtown office of the ''Longview News-Journal''

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