Ogden Newspapers

{{Short description|Newspaper and magazine publisher}} {{Infobox company | name = Ogden Newspapers Inc. | type = Private | founded = {{sda|1890}} | location = Wheeling, West Virginia | industry = Newspapers, Magazines, Yellow Pages | products = 54 daily newspapers<br>81 weekly newspapers, shoppers, and magazines | num_employees = 3,500<ref>[http://www.hoovers.com/company/Ogden_Newspapers_Inc/rjrfjri-1.html Ogden Newspapers, Inc. Hoover's Profile], accessed April 25, 2010.</ref> | key_people = Robert Nutting (CEO and president)<BR>Duane D. Wittman (CFO)<BR>Bill Nutting (VP) | parent = | subsidiaries = | website = {{URL|ogdennews.com}} | footnotes = }}

'''Ogden Newspapers Inc.''' is a Wheeling, West Virginia based publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, telephone directories, and shoppers guides. It has operations in California, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia, serving mostly small markets, such as Cape Coral, Florida, Fort Wayne, Indiana and Lawrence, Kansas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ogden Newspapers, Inc.: quotes & news - Google Finance |url=https://www.google.com/finance/?cid=6433924 |access-date=13 April 2012 |work=google.com}}</ref>

== History == The company was founded by H.C. Ogden in 1890, and is currently run by the family of his grandson, G. Ogden Nutting. Current CEO Robert Nutting, son of G. Ogden Nutting, is the fourth generation of the Ogden-Nutting family to run the company, and is also principal owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.oweb.com/ |title=Ogden Newspapers Inc. (ONI)|work=oweb.com|access-date=13 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=901889|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714231506/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=901889|title=The Ogden Newspapers, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek|url-status=dead|access-date=2020-12-23|archive-date=2012-07-14|work=BusinessWeek}}</ref>

In October 1984, two Ogden newspapers (''The Intelligencer'' and ''The Evening Journal'') dropped the Doonesbury comic strip because they objected to Doonesbury's coverage of Ronald Reagan.<ref>{{cite news |author= |date=October 19, 1984 |title=Doonesbury comic strip axed by conservative newspapers |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DeAzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XDIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=6502,6078499&dq=ogden-newspapers&hl=en |format= |department=news |work=Lodi News-Sentinel |issue=14,193 |location=Lodi, California |agency=United Press International |page=5 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |via=Google News Archive }}</ref>

On January 30, 2018, it emerged that the company was the apparent high bid to purchase the bankrupt ''Charleston Gazette-Mail''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2018/01/29/agreement-reached-for-purchase-of-gazette-mail-bankruptcy-filing-expected-next/|title = Gazette-Mail filing for bankruptcy; Ogden Newspapers current high bidder|date = 29 January 2018}}</ref> It withdrew the bid on March 8, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2018/03/08/ogden-withdraws-from-charleston-gazette-bid-leaving-herald-dispatch-as-winner/|title=WV MetroNews – Ogden out as Gazette-Mail bidder, leaving Herald-Dispatch|website=wvmetronews.com|date=8 March 2018|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-08}}</ref> Also in March 2018, the company purchased all newspapers owned by the Byrd family. The sale included ''The Winchester Star'', ''Daily News-Record'', ''The Page News and Courier'', ''The Warren Sentinel'', ''The Shenandoah Valley-Herald'' and ''The Valley Banner.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 7, 2018 |title=Ogden to Acquire Byrd Newspapers in Virginia |url=https://dirksvanessen.com/press_release/ogden-to-acquire-byrd-newspapers-in-virginia/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Dirks, Van Essen & April |language=en-US}}</ref>

On January 1, 2022, Ogden Newspapers took over Swift Communications, which has publications in Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Scott |date=2021-11-30 |title=Parent company of Vail Daily sells to Ogden Newspapers |url=https://www.vaildaily.com/news/parent-company-of-vail-daily-sells-to-ogden-newspapers/ |access-date=2025-10-13 |website=Vail Daily |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2024, Ogden purchased ''The Dominion Post'' of Morgantown, West Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McElhinny |first=Brad |date=2024-09-11 |title=Morgantown's Dominion Post is bought by West Virginia-based Ogden Newspapers |url=https://wvmetronews.com/2024/09/11/morgantowns-dominion-post-is-bought-by-west-virginia-based-ogden-newspapers/ |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=WV MetroNews |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2025, Ogden agreed to license the content management system LocalRoad from CherryRoad Media.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 19, 2025 |title=CherryRoad® and Ogden Newspapers Announce Services Partnership to Power Circulation & Distribution with LocalRoad |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cherryroad-and-ogden-newspapers-announce-services-partnership-to-power-circulation--distribution-with-localroad-302620560.html |access-date=2025-11-19 |website=PR Newswire |language=en}}</ref>

==Magazines==

===Kansas===

*''Grit (magazine)''<ref name="ogden-site-mags">[http://www.oweb.com/magazines.html Ogden Newspapers Inc. (ONI) - magazines webpage]. Retrieved 2021-July-20.</ref> *''Mother Earth News''<ref name="ogden-site-mags" /> *''Motorcycle Classics''<ref name="ogden-site-mags" />

== Newspapers == Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Locations {{!}} The Ogden Newspapers |url=https://www.ogdennews.com/locations/ |access-date=2023-02-27}}</ref> === California === * ''Sierra Sun'' of Truckee * ''Tahoe Daily Tribune'' of South Lake Tahoe

===Colorado===

* ''Craig Press'' if Craig, Colorado * ''Glenwood Springs Post Independent'' of Glenwood Springs, Colorado * ''Snowmass Sun'' of Snowmass Village, Colorado * ''Sky-Hi News'' of Granby, Colorado * ''Steamboat Pilot & Today'' in Steamboat Springs, Colorado * ''Summit Daily News'' of Frisco, Colorado * ''The Aspen Times'' of Aspen, Colorado * ''The Citizen Telegram'' of Rifle, Colorado * ''Vail Daily'' of Vail, Colorado

===Florida===

* ''Cape Coral Daily Breeze'' of Cape Coral, Florida * ''Pine Island Eagle'' of Bokeelia, Florida<ref>{{cite web|title=Terms of Use|url=http://betav2.pineisland-eagle.com/page/category.detail/nav/5039/Terms-of-Service.html|website=PineIsland-Eagle.com|publisher=Ogden Newspapers|access-date=9 August 2016|archive-date=10 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810075411/http://betav2.pineisland-eagle.com/page/category.detail/nav/5039/Terms-of-Service.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Hawaii===

* ''Maui News'' of Wailuku, Hawaii

===Indiana===

* ''Fort Wayne News Sentinel'' of Fort Wayne, Indiana

===Iowa===

* ''Estherville Daily News'' of Estherville, Iowa * ''Fort Dodge Messenger'' of Fort Dodge, Iowa * ''Marshalltown Times Republican'' of Marshalltown, Iowa * ''Tama-Toledo News Chronicle'' of Tama, Iowa * ''North Tama Telegraph'' of Traer, Iowa * ''Webster City Daily Freeman Journal'' of Webster City, Iowa

===Kansas===

* ''Lawrence Journal-World'' of Lawrence, Kansas

===Maryland===

* ''The Frederick News-Post'' of Frederick, Maryland

===Michigan===

* ''Alpena News'' of Alpena, Michigan * ''The Daily Mining Gazette'' of Houghton, Michigan * ''Daily Press'' of Escanaba, Michigan * ''The Daily News'' of Iron Mountain, Michigan * ''The Mining Journal'' of Marquette, Michigan

===Minnesota===

* ''Sentinel'' of Fairmont, Minnesota * ''Marshall Independent'' of Marshall, Minnesota * ''The Journal'' of New Ulm, Minnesota

===New Hampshire=== * ''The Telegraph'' of Nashua, New Hampshire

===New York===

* ''Adirondack Daily Enterprise'' of Saranac Lake, New York * ''The Observer'' of Dunkirk, New York * ''Leader Herald'' of Gloversville, New York (through July 31, 2021) * ''Lake Placid News'', a weekly of Lake Placid, New York * ''The Post-Journal'' of Jamestown, New York * ''Westfield Republican'', a weekly of Westfield, New York

===North Dakota===

* ''Minot Daily News'' of Minot, North Dakota * ''Pierce County Tribune'' of Rugby, North Dakota

===Ohio===

* ''The Courier'' of Findlay, Ohio * ''Review Times'' of Fostoria, Ohio * ''Herald-Star'' of Steubenville, Ohio * ''Marietta Times'' of Marietta, Ohio * ''Martins Ferry Times Leader'' of Martins Ferry, Ohio * ''Morning Journal'' of Lisbon, Ohio * ''Norwalk Reflector'' of Norwalk, Ohio * ''The Review'' of East Liverpool, Ohio * ''Salem News'' of Salem, Ohio * ''Sandusky Register'' of Sandusky, Ohio * ''Tiffin Advertiser Tribune'' of Tiffin, Ohio * ''Warren Tribune Chronicle'' of Warren, Ohio * ''The Vindicator'' of Youngstown, Ohio

===Pennsylvania===

* ''Altoona Mirror'' of Altoona, Pennsylvania * ''Lewistown Sentinel'' of Lewistown, Pennsylvania * ''Lock Haven Express'' of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania * ''Observer-Reporter'' of Washington, Pennsylvania * ''Warren Times Observer'' of Warren, Pennsylvania * ''Williamsport Sun-Gazette'' of Williamsport, Pennsylvania * ''The Herald-Standard'' of Uniontown, Pennsylvania

===Utah===

* ''Daily Herald'' of Provo, Utah * ''Standard-Examiner'' of Ogden, Utah * ''Pyramid-Daily Herald'' of Mount Pleasant, Utah

===Virginia===

* ''Northern Virginia Daily'' of Strasburg, Virginia * ''Daily News-Record'' of Harrisonburg, Virginia<ref>{{cite news |access-date=April 1, 2018|url= http://www.dnronline.com/news/ogden-names-bartoldson-as-dn-r-publisher/article_74dd19ac-3618-11e8-98a8-bbefa9bafc35.html |newspaper=Daily News-Record |title=Ogden Names Bartoldson As DN-R Publisher }}</ref> * ''The Winchester Star'' of Winchester, Virginia<ref>{{citation |access-date=April 5, 2018|url= http://www.winchesterstar.com/news/clarke/regional-native-gochenour-named-publisher-of-the-star/article_ac846666-4e16-5dd2-b5e6-141a32a805d3.html |author=The Winchester Star |title=Regional native Gochenour named publisher of The Star }}</ref> * ''Loudoun Times-Mirror'' of Leesburg, Virginia<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ogden Newspapers acquires the Loudoun Times-Mirror |url=https://www.loudountimes.com/news/the-ogden-newspapers-acquires-the-loudoun-times-mirror/article_198a849a-8375-11e8-bc6a-5f2dcaa03f8a.html |publisher=Loudoun Times-Mirror |access-date=20 May 2024}}</ref>

===West Virginia===

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:American companies established in 1890 Category:Companies based in Wheeling, West Virginia Category:Newspaper companies of the United States Category:Publishing companies established in 1890 Category:Conservative media in the United States