The ''Traverse City Record-Eagle'' is a daily morning newspaper based in

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. It calls itself "Northern Michigan's Newspaper". and is the

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for

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History

The newspaper was owned by

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, also publishers of the ''

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''. On August 28, 2006, Dow Jones announced they were putting the ''Record-Eagle'' up for sale, and the paper eventually was purchased by

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. The circulation area of the ''Record-Eagle'' covers much of

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, with a particular emphasis on counties adjacent to Greater Traverse City. In all it services 13 counties -- namely Antrim, Benzie,

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, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Manistee, Missaukee, Otsego and

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counties, and limited portions of neighboring counties -- in the northwest

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.Traverse City Record-Eagle About Us.
Associated publications of ''The Record-Eagle'' include: community weekly ''North Coast''; the monthly tabloid ''Grand Traverse Scene''; a monthly real estate guide; and specialty sections throughout the year. While the economy of

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as a whole has been characterized as stagnant or declining, the Traverse City area demonstrated significant

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in the 2000s. The Traverse City area's economy centers on four-season recreation, retirement living, tourism, higher education, and Native American gaming, and the newspaper covers these concerns. Their editorial board often writes aggressively on

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issues, with a particular emphasis on the ecology of the

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, anti-development in the region and liberal political issues. In October 2005, the Michigan Press Association named the ''Record-Eagle'' the "Newspaper of the Year" for newspapers with daily circulations between 15,001 and 40,000. In 2005, the ''Record-Eagle'' told the Media Management Center (

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) that its daily circulation was 29,341. Readership Institute , Readership , Traverse City Record-Eagle (MI)
/ref> In 2006, Suburban Newspapers of America named the ''Record-Eagles flagship Web site, Record-Eagle.com, the Best Community News Site in its class (newspapers with circulation under 40,000), and also awarded the site Best Site Architecture and Design.

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External links

''Record-Eagle'' "contact us" including list of staff.''Record-Eagle'' home page.''Record-Eagle'' on

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