| AdVantage News | |
| Owner: | John Simmons |
| Founder: | Sharon McRoy, Jim Siebold |
| Publisher: | Eric McRoy |
| Chiefeditor: | Fred Pollard |
| Sportseditor: | Bill Roseberry |
| Launched: | 1986 (Today's AdVantage) 2013 (AdVantage News) |
| Headquarters: | Alton, Illinois |
| Publishing Country: | United States |
| Circulation: | 77,700 |
| Circulation Date: | 2016 |
| Website: | advantagenews.com |
| Free: | yes |
AdVantage News is a daily (online) and weekly (print) hyper-local American newspaper, published in Alton, Illinois, and serving the Metro East region of Illinois. Established as a pennysaver in 1986, the publication transitioned into a newspaper in February 2014.
In 1986, Jim Seibold and Sharon McRoy formed Today's AdVantage,[1] a pennysaver that was mailed to 42,000 households in the Riverbend area.
In 2013, Alton-based lawyer and owner of Alton Steel John Simmons purchased Today's AdVantage[2] [3] from Seibold and McRoy with the intention of turning it into a newspaper.
On Feb. 1, 2014, Today's AdVantage became AdVantage News.