''Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette'' () is a daily newspaper in

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owned by Northwest Arkansas Newspapers and has circulation of 17,807 copies.

History

''Northwest Arkansas Times'' was formerly owned by the

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, who sold it to Hollinger in 1995; Hollinger sold it on to Community Publishers Inc., owned by

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, in 1999. In 2005,

WEHCO Media WEHCO Media, Inc., based in Little Rock, AR is a privately held media company with holdings that include newspapers, cable television systems, and internet service. Walter E. Hussman, Jr. (born 1947), is the president. Hussmann is the grandson of ...

bought ''The Northwest Arkansas Times'' and the ''Benton County Daily Record'' from CPI. In 2009, WEHCO and

Stephens Media Stephens Media LLC was a Las Vegas, Nevada, diversified media investment company. It owned stakes in the California Newspapers Partnership and the ''Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette''. The company had been expanding its interactive Internet b ...

merged their northwest Arkansas papers into a joint venture, Northwest Arkansas Newspapers. On Jan. 5, 2015, Northwest Arkansas Newspapers consolidated their four daily newspapers -- ''The Northwest Arkansas Times'' (), ''Benton County Record'', ''Springdale Morning News'', and ''Rogers Morning News''—with the Northwest Arkansas edition of the ''Democrat-Gazette'', creating the ''Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette'', with the former separate local papers serving as the local news section inside the newspaper.

History

''The Democrat'' was founded on June 14, 1860, and operated under that name until 1893. The paper was then renamed to the ''Fayetteville Daily Democrat''. In 1911, it was purchased by Jay Fulbright and upon his death in 1923 passed to his wife,

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. She became president and publisher, renaming the paper to the ''Northwest Arkansas Times'' in 1937. Upon Fulbright's death in 1953, control of the paper passed to her son-in-law, Hal Douglas.

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