Jamestown Sun Explained

Jamestown Sun
Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Foundation:1878
Owners:Forum Communications
Publisher:Robert Keller
Editor:Kathy Steiner
Headquarters:Jamestown, North Dakota, United States
Publishing City:Jamestown
Publishing Country:United States
Circulation:7,134 (daily)
Oclc:1586324

See also: List of newspapers in North Dakota. The Jamestown Sun is a daily newspaper printed in Jamestown, North Dakota. The Sun is the official newspaper of Stutsman County, North Dakota and has a modest circulation in southeast North Dakota.[1]

History

Percy Hansen and Bryon Hansen bought the Jamestown Alert in 1925 from William Kellogg. The Alerts history dated back to July 1878, and Kellogg had been the owner since 1886.[2] The Hansens renamed it the Jamestown Sun, and Byron served as publisher. In 1988, Byron's son Gordon (who had taken over as publisher) sold the paper to the American Publishing Company (later Hollinger International); they sold it in 2000 to the current owner, Forum Communications.[3] The paper moved from evening publication to a morning edition in 1992.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About The Jamestown sun. [volume] (Jamestown, N.D.) 1926-current]. Library of Congress. February 10, 2020.
  2. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042404/ About Jamestown Alert
  3. (6 April 2012). Gordon Hansen, former Sun owner, dies Thursday, Jamestown Sun
  4. (3 July 2008). Sun will turn 130 Friday, Jamestown Sun