The Examiner (Missouri)
Newspaper in Jackson County, Missouri, US
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The Examiner is the daily newspaper of eastern Jackson County, Missouri, including Independence, Blue Springs and Grain Valley. It is published five days a week – Tuesday through Saturday – and its webpage is at www.examiner.net.
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | CherryRoad Media |
| Publisher | Julie Moreno |
| Editor | Jeff Fox |
| Founded | February 19, 1898, as The Jackson Examiner[1] |
| Headquarters | 410 South Liberty Street, Independence, Missouri, United States |
| Circulation | 6,750[2] |
| OCLC number | 28205230 |
| Website | examiner.net |
History
The Jackson Examiner was first published as a weekly newspaper in 1898 by Col. William Southern. The daily edition began publication as The Independence Examiner on May 16, 1905.[3] The weekly edition continued to be published alongside the daily edition, until February 1928 when the weekly was discontinued.[4] The official Examiner website was launched in 1996.
Southern and his business partner, Frank Rucker, sold the paper to Stauffer Publications in 1951,[5][6] which itself was acquired by Morris Communications in 1995.[7] Morris sold the paper, along with 13 others, to GateHouse Media in 2007.[8] The paper was again sold in 2021, this time to CherryRoad Media.[9]
Audrey Stubbart, an American centenarian, worked for The Examiner until the age of 104.