''The Madison Press'' was an American
daily newspaper
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that was published Mondays through Saturdays in
London, Ohio. It was owned by AIM Media Midwest. After converting to digital only, it ceased publication in 2019.
History
The newspaper called itself "Your window to
Madison County, Ohio, since 1842", but the
Library of Congress
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recorded its predecessor, the
weekly ''London Sentinel'', beginning a year later in 1843.
[ The ''Sentinel'' went through several name changes (''Madison Reveille'', ''Madison Chronicle'', ''Madison County Union'', ''The London Times'') before taking the name ''The Madison Press'' in 1917, and adopting a daily publication schedule May 4, 1961.
Later, the ''Press'' was the flagship of the Central Ohio Printing chain of newspapers, which also included the weeklies ''Mechanicsburg Telegram'', ''Mount Sterling Tribune'', ''Plain City Advocate'' and ''Weekly Review''. This chain was sold to ]Brown Publishing Company
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, a family-owned business based in Cincinnati
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, in 2004.
Brown Publishing filed for Chapter 11
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bankruptcy protection on April 30, 2010;Ohio Community Media
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, which was purchased in May 2011 by Philadelphia
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-based Versa Capital Management.
In 2012 Versa merged Ohio Community Media, former Freedom papers it had acquired, Impressions Media
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, and Heartland Publications
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into a new company, Civitas Media
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The company was formed in 2012 via the merger of Heartland Publications, Impressions Media, O ...
. Civitas Media sold its Ohio papers to AIM Media Midwest in 2017.
References
External links
''The Madison Press''
Ohio Community Media
Newspapers published in Ohio
London, Ohio
Madison County, Ohio
Newspapers established in 1843
1843 establishments in Ohio
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