The ''Miami Valley News'', formerly the Troy Daily News, is an American

daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports ...

published every day except Mondays and Saturdays and holidays in

Troy, Ohio Troy is a city in and the county seat of Miami County, Ohio, United States, located north of Dayton. The population was 26,305 at the 2020 census, making it the largest city in Miami County and the 55th largest city in Ohio; it is part of the Da ...

. Its Sunday edition is called the ''Miami Valley Sunday News''. It is owned by AIM Media Midwest. In addition to Troy, the ''Miami Valley News'' circulates in several communities of

Miami County, Ohio Miami County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 108,774. Its county seat is Troy. The county is named in honor of the Miami people. Miami County is part of the Dayton, OH Metropolitan Sta ...

, including Casstown,

Conover Conover may refer to: People * Conover (surname) Places in the United States * Conover, Iowa, a ghost town * Conover, North Carolina, a city * Conover, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Conover, Wisconsin, a town * Conover (community), Wisconsi ...

, Covington,

Fletcher Fletcher may refer to: People * Fletcher (occupation), a person who fletches arrows, the origin of the surname * Fletcher (singer) (born 1994), American actress and singer-songwriter * Fletcher (surname) * Fletcher (given name) Places United ...

, Piqua, Pleasant Hill, Tipp City and West Milton. The ''Miami Valley Today'' is printed in Miamisburg.

History

The newspaper was founded as a daily in 1909. In 1955, the newspaper was bought by George Kuser. He owned the paper until 1998. Kuser was an eccentric businessman who lived abroad in Africa, Italy and Turkey for much of that time. Upon his returns to Troy, he sometimes lived in an apartment built atop the Daily News' newsroom. In the late 1990s, Daily News employees bought stock in the company through an innovative employee stock ownership program. Pulitzer, Inc., of

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...

, bought the paper and its commercial printing operations in November 1998, intending to build a regional chain. Instead, the company sold the ''Daily News'' for an undisclosed price to Brown Publishing Company, which already owned several properties in the area. Brown, a

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

-based family business, purchased the ''Daily News'' in April 2001, integrating it with the '' Piqua Daily Call'' and '' Sidney Daily News'' as its "

I-75 Interstate 75 (I-75) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes and Southeastern regions of the United States. As with most Interstates that end in 5, it is a major cross-country, north–south route, traveling from St ...

Group", sharing the printing plant at Tipp City. In February 2009, these three newspapers stopped printing Tuesday editions because of the weak economy, reducing the Troy paper to six publication days per week. Brown Publishing filed for

Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code ( Title 11 of the United States Code) permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. Such reorganization, known as Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is available to every business, whet ...

on April 30, 2010; its Ohio assets, including 14 daily newspapers and about 30 weeklies, were transferred to a new business,

Ohio Community Media Ohio Community Media was an American privately owned publisher of daily newspaper, daily and weekly newspapers, primarily in the state of Ohio. It was headquartered in the Dayton, Ohio, Dayton suburb of Miamisburg, Ohio, and was owned by Philadelp ...

, which was purchased in May 2011 by

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ...

-based Versa Capital Management. In 2012 Versa merged Ohio Community Media, former Freedom papers it had acquired, Impressions Media, and Heartland Publications into a new company,

Civitas Media Civitas Media, LLC was a Davidson, North Carolina-based publisher of community newspapers covering 11 Midwestern, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern states. 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.

Alumni

The Troy Daily News had produced several well-known journalists, especially photojournalists. Among the alumni are: • Howard Wilkinson, longtime political reporter for the

Cincinnati Enquirer ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' is a morning daily newspaper published by Gannett in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. First published in 1841, the ''Enquirer'' is the last remaining daily newspaper in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, alt ...

• Ben Sutherly, health reporter at the

Columbus Dispatch ''The Columbus Dispatch'' is a daily newspaper based in Columbus, Ohio. Its first issue was published on July 1, 1871, and it has been the only mainstream daily newspaper in the city since ''The Columbus Citizen-Journal'' ceased publication in 19 ...

• Scott Elliott, bureau chief at

Chalkbeat Chalkbeat is a non-profit news organization that covers education in several American communities. Its mission is to "inform the decisions and actions that lead to better outcomes for children and families by providing deep, local coverage of ed ...

Indiana and former education reporter at the

Indianapolis Star Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the List of U.S. state and territorial capitals, state capital and List of U.S. states' largest cities by population, most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat, seat of ...

•

Tyler Hicks Tyler Portis Hicks (born July 9, 1969) is a photojournalist who works as a staff photographer for ''The New York Times''. Based in Kenya, he covers foreign news for the newspaper with an emphasis on conflict and war. Hicks was present during the ...

, international photographer for ''The New York Times'' and winner of the 2014

Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography is one of the American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism. From 2000 it has used the "breaking news" name but it is considered a continuation of the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photogr ...

•

Chris Hondros Chris Hondros (March 14, 1970 – April 20, 2011) was an American war photographer. Hondros was a finalist twice for a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. Biography Chris Hondros was born in New York City to immigrant Greek and Ge ...

, war photographer for Getty Images • Spencer Platt, international photographer with Getty Images • Chris Usher,

Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...

-based freelance photojournalist • Mike Laughlin, photojournalist at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel • Vincent J. Musi, a photographer with National Geographic • Rick Wilson, Florida-based freelance sports photographer • J.D. Pooley, photojournalist at the Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune in Ohio and a frequent contributor to national newspapers and magazines. • Steve Hebert, a freelance photographer in Kansas City. • Jim Witmer,

Dayton Daily News The ''Dayton Daily News'' (''DDN'') is a daily newspaper published in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It is owned by Cox Enterprises, Inc., a privately held global conglomerate headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, with approximately ...

photographer

References

External links

{{OCM Newspapers published in Ohio Miami County, Ohio Publications established in 1909 1909 establishments in Ohio