Watertown Public Opinion Explained

Watertown Public Opinion
Type:	Daily newspaper
Format:	Broadsheet
Foundation:	March 27, 1887
Owners:	Gannett
Language:	English
Circulation:	9,336
Circulation Date:	2015
Circulation Ref:	^[1]
Headquarters:	120 Third Avenue NW, Watertown, South Dakota 57201 United States
Website:	thepublicopinion.com

The Watertown Public Opinion is published in Watertown, South Dakota, United States, serving eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota. The fourth largest newspaper in South Dakota publishes in the afternoon, Tuesday through Friday.

History

Founded two years before South Dakota statehood, the Public Opinion in its first 110 years had a succession of local owners, including Stitzel X. Way, whose family ran it for 94 years before selling to Kenosha WI based United Communications Corporation (UCC) March 1, 2002.

In 2016, it was sold by United Communications to Schurz Communications out of South Bend, IN.^[2] It was sold again in 2019 to GateHouse Media.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2014-12-16 . 2015 South Dakota Newspaper Directory . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230303134330/https://issuu.com/sdnewspapers/docs/2015_directory_all . 2023-03-03 . 2023-05-20 . South Dakota Newspaper Association.
2. Web site: Watertown newspaper subject to purchase by Schurz Communications - Schurz Communications Inc.. 2016-09-01. en-US. 2016-09-01.
3. Web site: GateHouse buys Schurz publishing division, including Public Opinion. Staff reports. Watertown Public Opinion. en. 2019-02-02.