The Delaware Gazette
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The Delaware Gazette is an American daily newspaper published in Delaware, Ohio. It is owned by AIM Media Midwest.
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | AIM Media Midwest |
| Editor | Joshua Keeran since 2018 |
| Founded | October 1, 1818, as the Delaware Gazette, and Religious Informer[1] |
| Headquarters | 40 North Sandusky Street, Suite 203, Delaware, Ohio 43015, United States |
| Circulation | 8,000 (as of 2004)[2] |
| ISSN | 1064-2013 |
| Website | delgazette.com |
The newspaper is published on weekday and Saturday mornings and is the only daily newspaper in Delaware County, Ohio. The paper's circulation in 2004 was approximately 8,000 daily.[2]
In addition to the daily newspaper, the Gazette newsroom also publishes The Sunbury News, a weekly newspaper in nearby Sunbury, Ohio, and provides commercial printing and website management services.[3]
History
The Delaware Gazette was founded as a weekly newspaper in 1818, by Abram Thomson and a partner. In 1834, Thomson bought out his partner and from that time until 2004, the newspaper was owned and managed by members of the Thomson family. The Gazette published its first edition as a daily newspaper January 10, 1884.
In June 2004, W.D. "Tom" Thomson II, the great-great-grandson of Abram Thomson, sold the Gazette to Brown Publishing Company of Cincinnati. At the time of its sale, the newspaper had been owned by a single family longer than any other newspaper in America.[2]
At the time, Thomson family members said they had not been under pressure to sell the newspaper, and chose to sell it to Brown because it, too, was a longstanding family-owned business:
"We had a hell of a ride," said Gazette vice president Chip Thomson. "I'm at peace."[2]
Brown declared bankruptcy and was reconstituted as Ohio Community Media in 2010.[4] The company, including the Gazette, was purchased for an undisclosed sum in 2011 by Philadelphia-based Versa Capital Management.[5] In 2012 Versa merged Ohio Community Media, former Freedom papers it had acquired, Impressions Media, and Heartland Publications into a new company, Civitas Media.[6] Civitas Media sold its Ohio papers to AIM Media Midwest in 2017.[7][8]