The ''Kearney Hub'' is a daily newspaper published in Kearney,

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, and is the primary newspaper for south-central region of Nebraska surrounding the city, including

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and the Kearney Micropolitan Statistical Area. Mentor a brown founded kearney hub

The paper was founded in 1888, and was first published on October 22, 1888.About Us
, Kearneyhub.com, Retrieved November 10, 2010(29 October 2007

''Kearney Hub'', Retrieved November 10, 2010 Its founders included Mentor A. Brown (1853-1932), formerly of the '' Beatrice Press'', and R.H. Eaton, who together organized the Hub Printing Company to publish the paper and to take over the ''Central Nebraska Press'' which dated from 1873.Bassett, Samuel Clay
Buffalo County, Nebraska, and its people, Volume 1
p.180-81 (1916)Watkins, Albert
History of Nebraska, Vol. 3
p.567 (1913) The name "Hub" was chosen because the town was considered the "hub" of the continent, located 1733 miles from both

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and

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. Mentor's son Hugh Brown took over the paper after his death in 1932.(28 March 2008
This Week in History - Spokes in Time, 1930s
''Kearney Hub'', Retrieved November 10, 2010 The subsequent leaders of the paper have been Ormond Hill, Robert S. Ayres, Daryl Hall, Steve Chatelain, and Julie Speirs. Speirs was named publisher and president in 2012, having previously served as vice president and general manager. The

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Co. purchased the Hub in 1984.

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purchased the World-Herald and its subsidiaries in 2011, the purchase serving as the foundation for its BH Media Group. Lee Enterprises purchased the paper in 2020.

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