daily newspaper
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Kansas
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, and owned by
Gannett
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Lawrence Journal-World
The ''Lawrence Journal-World'' is a daily newspaper published in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, by Ogden Newspapers.
History
Though the ''Journal-World'' title came into existence in 1911, the paper dates itself to 1858, according to the v ...
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Associated Press
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), May 27, 1988Jess C. Denious (b. July 14, 1879, d. Dec. 1, 1953)The Kansas historical quarterly, Volume 22 (1956) acquired the paper in 1910 and changed the name to the ''Daily Globe''. He remained as publisher until his death in 1953. Denious also served in the
Kansas Senate
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(1933-40) and as the 29th
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
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from 1943-47. The paper remained in the family until July 1988, when it was sold to
Stauffer Communications
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(of
Topeka, Kansas
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). Martha E. Muncy (daughter of J.C. and Juilet DeniousJuliet Denious, 93, Former Publisher ''
The Wichita Eagle
''The Wichita Eagle'' is a daily newspaper published in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is owned by The McClatchy Company and is the largest newspaper in Wichita and the surrounding area.
History
Origins
In 1870, ''The Vidette'' was the fi ...
'', January 8, 1986 (noting that Juliet served as publisher from 1969-72)), who had served as publisher since 1973, retired at the time of the sale.
In 1994,
Morris Communications
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acquired Stauffer, which was then operating 20 daily newspapers (including the ''Daily Globe'') and eight weeklies, in addition to a number of television and radio stations.Morris buys Stauffer ''
Fort Scott Tribune
''The Fort Scott Tribune'' is a daily newspaper serving Fort Scott, Kansas, United States. It has been owned by Rust Communications
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'', July 27, 1994 In 2007, GateHouse Media acquired the paper from Morris Publishing Group as part of a larger sale of papers.GateHouse Media completes acquisition of Morris Publications '' Wichita Business Journal'', December 4, 2007Morris Selling Several Kansas Newspapers '' WIBW-TV'' (
Associated Press
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), October 24, 2007
See also
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List of newspapers in Kansas
This is a list of newspapers in Kansas.
Daily newspapers
This is a list of daily newspapers currently published in Kansas. For weekly newspapers, see List of newspapers in Kansas.
* ''The Abilene Reflector-Chronicle'' – Abilene
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