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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | CherryRoad Media |
| Publisher | Julie Moreno |
| Editor | Jeff Fox |
| Founded | February 19, 1898 (1898-02-19), as The Jackson Examiner |
| Headquarters | 410 South Liberty Street, Independence, Missouri, United States |
| Circulation | 6,750 |
| OCLC number | 28205230 |
| Website | examiner.net |
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.
The Examiner was first published as a weekly newspaper in 1898 by Col. William Southern. The daily edition began publication as The Independence Examiner May 16, 1905. The official Examiner website was launched in 1996.
The paper was formerly owned by Stauffer Communications, which was acquired by Morris Communications in 1995. Morris sold the paper, along with 13 others, to GateHouse Media in 2007.
Audrey Stubbart, an American centenarian, worked for The Examiner until the age of 104.
References
Examiner , 27 June 2006: 4A.
- "About The Jackson Examiner". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
- "Independence Examiner". Missouri Press Association. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- "About The Independence Examiner". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
- Morris Communications buys Stauffer Communications
- Morris Publishing Completes Sale of Publications to GateHouse Media Archived 2017-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
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