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The News-Gazette (Champaign–Urbana)

The News-Gazette is a daily newspaper serving eleven counties
The News-Gazette
in the eastern portion of Central Illinois and specifically the
Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area. Since November 2019 it
is published daily Tuesday through Sunday. Based in Champaign,
Illinois, the paper is owned, along with sister radio stations
WDWS, WKIO and WHMS, by Community Media Group, Inc.,
which purchased it in November 2019 after the paper filed for
bankruptcy. [1]

History
The paper traces its history to the Urbana Union, founded in
1852. By the turn of the century, it had moved to Champaign and The Stevick Building in downtown
become the Champaign Daily News. In 1919, David W. Stevick, Champaign, Illinois, home of The
owner and publisher of the Daily News, bought the Champaign News-Gazette from 1984-2020
Daily Gazette and merged them into the current paper. He died BUILDING SOLD
in 1935 and passed it to his widow, Helen M. Stevick. Helen died Type Daily newspaper
in 1967 and was succeeded by her daughter, Marajen Stevick
Format Broadsheet
Chinigo, who ran the paper until her death in 2002.[2]
Owner(s) Community Media
In 1979, the paper's longtime rival, the Champaign-Urbana Group, Inc.
Courier, ceased publication. This left Champaign with only one Champaign
daily newspaper for the first time. Multimedia Group,
LLC
From its founding until June 2009, the News-Gazette published
Publisher Paul Barrett
its main edition in the afternoon. The paper was well known in
the area as being one of the few afternoon papers left. Beginning Editor Jim Rossow
in the late 1990s, the paper printed an edition specifically geared Founded 1919 (with heritage
towards Champaign and Urbana that was published in the dating to 1852)
morning. Due to the decreasing revenue from print advertising, Language English
the News-Gazette switched to morning publication only on June
Headquarters 2101 Fox Drive
1, 2009.
Champaign, IL
61820
Since 1937, it has been co-owned with the area's oldest
commercial radio station, WDWS. An FM sister was added in Country United States
1949; it is now WHMS. Another rock station, WUIL (now WKIO), Circulation 22,000–30,000
was purchased in May 2010. ISSN 1042-3354 (https://
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The News-Gazette has a circulation ranging from 22,000–30,000
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The News-Gazette is well-known and acclaimed for its sports Website news-gazette.com
section. It has consistently ranked among the top sports sections (http://news-gazett
among small markets in the country. Loren Tate, a Champaign e.com)
sports writer and broadcaster, has been covering the Illinois Free online Illinois Digital
Fighting Illini for the News-Gazette and WDWS since 1965. archives Newspaper
Collections:
Led by sports editor Matt Daniels, The News-Gazette's sports
Champaign Daily
section in 2021 captured its first Triple Crown — top 10 in daily,
News (1895–1919)
Sunday and special sections — in the Associated Press Sports
(https://idnc.library.il
Editors' annual contest.
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advertising excellence. The newsroom has been honored with txIN---------)
IPA's Mabel S. Shaw Memorial Trophy an unprecedented seven Media of the United States
consecutive times under vice president of news Jim Rossow and List of newspapers
editor Jeff D'Alessio. Additionally, The News-Gazette has been
named one of Editor & Publisher's 10 Newspapers That Do It Right three times in that span in
addition to three honorable mentions.

Since 2008, The News-Gazette's advertising department has been awarded the Illinois Press
Association's Annual James S. Copley Memorial Sweepstakes Award for Daily Newspaper Advertising
Excellence 6 times. This is considered to be the top honor available and is awarded for overall
excellence in advertising.

The newspaper's website (www.news-gazette.com (http://www.news-gazette.com/)) is the most

viewed commercial website in East Central Illinois. It is viewed by around 30,000–35,000 unique
visitors a day, and receives 3.5 million page views per month.[3]

On April 11, 2017, the News-Gazette announced plans to phase out its local printing and packaging
operations by mid-summer 2017. The Journal Star in Peoria would provide all printing and packaging
services, and the move would eliminate approximately 35 full- and part-time positions.[4]

News-Gazette Media filed for bankruptcy on August 30, 2019, and announced the purchase of the
company's assets by Community Media Group, Inc., which owns several community newspapers
throughout the country. The sale was finalized on November 10, 2019, at which point the News-
Gazette ceased publishing its Monday print edition.[5] The paper relocated to a smaller office building
in Champaign in April 2020.[6]

References
1. "News-Gazette Media to be sold to Community Media Group" (https://www.news-gazette.com/new
s/news-gazette-media-to-be-sold-to-community-media-group/article_ff336582-43bd-5131-bdab-f4
6735458815.html). The News-Gazette. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
2. "History of The News-Gazette" (http://www.news-gazette.com/page/services/general-services/hist
ory-news-gazette.html). Retrieved 2013-10-26.

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3. "The News-Gazette, Inc. Network Audience Insights - Quantcast" (https://www.quantcast.com/p-a

15Hs4ofKGnVw). www.quantcast.com.
4. "News-Gazette outsourcing printing, packaging" (http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-0
4-11/news-gazette-outsourcing-printing-packaging.html). Retrieved 2017-04-11.
5. " 'Good neighbors, partners and stewards.' " (https://www.news-gazette.com/news/good-neighbors
-partners-and-stewards/article_bfc4e76c-5e6c-50c0-9b1d-0423ed868270.html). The News-
Gazette. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
6. "Tom's #Mailbag, April 17, 2020" (https://www.news-gazette.com/toms-mailbag/toms-mailbag-april
-17-2020/article_58919d07-9244-5a1e-86c3-8ab0b573e8a0.html). 19 April 2020.

External links
Official website (http://www.news-gazette.com)

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