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''The Newton Kansan'' 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, spor ...
published six days per week (excluding major holidays) in
Newton, Kansas Newton is a city in and the county seat of Harvey County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 18,602. Newton is located north of Wichita. The city of North Newton is located immediately north and e ...
. It is owned by
Gannett Gannett Co., Inc. () is an American mass media holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.Harvey County, including the cities of Newton, Burrton,
Halstead Halstead is a town and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex, England. Its population of 11,906 in 2011Hesston, North Newton and Sedgwick. The paper was founded as a weekly in 1872 and converted to a daily circulation in 1886. In 1952, it changed its name from ''The Evening Kansan-Republican'' to ''The Newton Kansan''. The newspaper's electronic version began in 1996.
Stauffer Communications Stauffer Communications was a privately held media corporation based in Topeka, Kansas, that owned many publications and broadcast outlets, including the ''Topeka Capital-Journal'' and WIBW, WIBW-FM, and WIBW-TV. The company operated from 1930 to ...
bought the newspaper in 1953.
Morris Communications Morris Communications, headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, is a privately held media company with diversified holdings that include magazine publishing, outdoor advertising, book publishing and distribution, visitor publications, and online serv ...
bought Stauffer in 1994, and sold the ''Kansan'' to GateHouse Media in October 2007.Morris sells small papers to GateHouse Media
/ref> ''The Newton Kansan'' is one of several newspapers Gannett owns in the Wichita metropolitan area, including the dailies '' The Butler County Times-Gazette'' and '' Wellington Daily News''.


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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 * '' Atchison ...


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* Newspapers published in Kansas Harvey County, Kansas Mass media in Wichita, Kansas Publications established in 1872 1872 establishments in Kansas Gannett publications {{kansas-newspaper-stub