Ogden Newspapers Explained

Ogden Newspapers Inc.
Type:	Private
Foundation:	1890
Location:	Wheeling, West Virginia
Industry:	Newspapers, Magazines, Yellow Pages
Products:	54 daily newspapers 81 weekly newspapers, shoppers, and magazines
Num Employees:	3,500^[1]
Key People:	Robert Nutting, CEO and President Duane D. Wittman, CFO Bill Nutting, VP

Ogden Newspapers Inc. is a Wheeling, West Virginia based publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, telephone directories, and shoppers guides. It has operations in California, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia, serving mostly small markets, such as Cape Coral, Florida, Fort Wayne, Indiana and Lawrence, Kansas.^[2]

History

The company was founded by H.C. Ogden in 1890, and is currently run by the family of his grandson, G. Ogden Nutting. Current CEO Robert Nutting, son of G. Ogden Nutting, is the fourth generation of the Ogden-Nutting family to run the company, and is also principal owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates.^{[3] [4]}

In October 1984, two Ogden newspapers (The Intelligencer and The Evening Journal) dropped the Doonesbury comic strip because they objected to Doonesbury's coverage of Ronald Reagan.^[5]

On January 30, 2018, it emerged that the company was the apparent high bid to purchase the bankrupt Charleston Gazette-Mail.^[6] It withdrew the bid on March 8, 2018.^[7] Also in March 2018, the company purchased all newspapers owned by the Byrd family. The sale included The Winchester Star, Daily News-Record, The Page News and Courier, The Warren Sentinel, The Shenandoah Valley-Herald and The Valley Banner.^[8]

On January 1, 2022, Ogden Newspapers took over Swift Communications, which has publications in Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California.^[9]

In 2024, Ogden purchased The Dominion Post.^[10]

Magazines

Kansas

• Grit (magazine)^[11]
• Mother Earth News
• Motorcycle Classics

Newspapers^[12]

California

• Sierra Sun of Truckee
• Tahoe Daily Tribune of South Lake Tahoe

Colorado

• Summit Daily News of Summit County, Colorado
• Vail Daily of Vail, Colorado
• The Aspen Times and Snowmass Sun of Aspen, Colorado
• Glenwood Springs Post Independent of Glenwood Springs, Colorado
• Steamboat Pilot & Today of Steamboat Springs, Colorado
• Sky-Hi News of Winter Park, Colorado
• Craig Press of Craig, Colorado

Florida

• Cape Coral Daily Breeze of Cape Coral, Florida
• Pine Island Eagle of Bokeelia, Florida^[13]

Hawaii

• Maui News of Wailuku, Hawaii

Indiana

• Fort Wayne News Sentinel of Fort Wayne, Indiana

Iowa

• Estherville Daily News of Estherville, Iowa
• Fort Dodge Messenger of Fort Dodge, Iowa
• Marshalltown Times Republican of Marshalltown, Iowa
• Tama-Toledo News Chronicle of Tama, Iowa
• North Tama Telegraph of Traer, Iowa
• Webster City Daily Freeman Journal of Webster City, Iowa

Kansas

• Lawrence Journal-World of Lawrence, Kansas

Maryland

• The Frederick News-Post of Frederick, Maryland

Michigan

• Alpena News of Alpena, Michigan
• The Daily Mining Gazette of Houghton, Michigan
• Daily Press of Escanaba, Michigan
• The Daily News of Iron Mountain, Michigan
• The Mining Journal of Marquette, Michigan

Minnesota

• Sentinel of Fairmont, Minnesota
• Marshall Independent of Marshall, Minnesota
• The Journal of New Ulm, Minnesota

New Hampshire

• The Telegraph of Nashua, New Hampshire

New York

• Adirondack Daily Enterprise of Saranac Lake, New York
• The Observer of Dunkirk, New York
• Leader Herald of Gloversville, New York (through July 31, 2021)
• Lake Placid News, a weekly of Lake Placid, New York
• The Post-Journal of Jamestown, New York

North Dakota

• Minot Daily News of Minot, North Dakota
• Pierce County Tribune of Rugby, North Dakota

Ohio

• The Courier of Findlay, Ohio
• Review Times of Fostoria, Ohio
• Herald-Star of Steubenville, Ohio
• Marietta Times of Marietta, Ohio
• Martins Ferry Times Leader of Martins Ferry, Ohio
• Morning Journal of Lisbon, Ohio
• Norwalk Reflector of Norwalk, Ohio
• The Review of East Liverpool, Ohio
• Salem News of Salem, Ohio
• Sandusky Register of Sandusky, Ohio
• Tiffin Advertiser Tribune of Tiffin, Ohio
• Warren Tribune Chronicle of Warren, Ohio
• The Vindicator of Youngstown, Ohio

Pennsylvania

• Altoona Mirror of Altoona, Pennsylvania
• Lewistown Sentinel of Lewistown, Pennsylvania
• Lock Haven Express of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
• Observer-Reporter of Washington, Pennsylvania
• Warren Times Observer of Warren, Pennsylvania
• Williamsport Sun-Gazette of Williamsport, Pennsylvania
• The Herald-Standard of Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Utah

• Daily Herald of Provo, Utah
• Standard-Examiner of Ogden, Utah
• Park Record of Park City, Utah

Virginia

• Northern Virginia Daily of Strasburg, Virginia
• Daily News-Record of Harrisonburg, Virginia^[14]
• Winchester Star of Winchester, Virginia
• Loudoun Times-Mirror of Leesburg, Virginia^[15]

West Virginia

• The Dominion Post of Morgantown, West Virginia
• The Inter-Mountain of Elkins, West Virginia
• The Journal of Martinsburg, West Virginia
• The Parkersburg News and Sentinel of Parkersburg, West Virginia
• Weirton Daily Times of Weirton, West Virginia
• Wheeling Intelligencer of Wheeling, West Virginia
• The Shepherdstown Chronicle of Shepherdstown, West Virginia
• The Wetzel Chronicle of New Martinsville, West Virginia
• The Tyler Star News of Sistersville, West Virginia

Notes and References

1. http://www.hoovers.com/company/Ogden_Newspapers_Inc/rjrfjri-1.html Ogden Newspapers, Inc. Hoover's Profile
2. Web site: Ogden Newspapers, Inc.: quotes & news - Google Finance . 13 April 2012 . google.com.
3. Web site: Ogden Newspapers Inc. (ONI). oweb.com. 13 April 2012.
4. News: The Ogden Newspapers, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek. https://archive.today/20120714231506/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=901889. dead. 2020-12-23. 2012-07-14. BusinessWeek.
5. News: . October 19, 1984 . Doonesbury comic strip axed by conservative newspapers . news . Lodi News-Sentinel . 14,193 . . . 5 . August 25, 2021 . Google News Archive .
6. Web site: Gazette-Mail filing for bankruptcy; Ogden Newspapers current high bidder. 29 January 2018.
7. Web site: WV MetroNews – Ogden out as Gazette-Mail bidder, leaving Herald-Dispatch. wvmetronews.com. 8 March 2018. en-US. 2018-03-08.
8. Web site: March 7, 2018 . Ogden to Acquire Byrd Newspapers in Virginia . 2024-09-07 . Dirks, Van Essen & April . en-US.
9. Web site: Parent company of Vail Daily sells to Ogden Newspapers.
10. Web site: McElhinny . Brad . 2024-09-11 . Morgantown's Dominion Post is bought by West Virginia-based Ogden Newspapers . 2024-09-11 . WV MetroNews . en-US.
11. http://www.oweb.com/magazines.html Ogden Newspapers Inc. (ONI) - magazines webpage
12. Web site: Locations The Ogden Newspapers . 2023-02-27.
13. Web site: Terms of Use. PineIsland-Eagle.com. Ogden Newspapers. 9 August 2016.
14. News: April 1, 2018. Ogden Names Bartoldson As DN-R Publisher . Daily News-Record .
15. Web site: The Ogden Newspapers acquires the Loudoun Times-Mirror . Loudoun Times-Mirror . 20 May 2024.