The Examiner (Missouri)
Newspaper in Jackson County, Missouri, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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[1] |
Headquarters | 410 South Liberty Street, Independence, Missouri, United States |
Circulation | 6,750[2] |
OCLC number | 28205230 |
Website | examiner.net |
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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.[3] The official Examiner website was launched in 1996.
The paper was formerly owned by Stauffer Communications, which was acquired by Morris Communications in 1995.[4] Morris sold the paper, along with 13 others, to GateHouse Media in 2007.[5]
Audrey Stubbart, an American centenarian, worked for The Examiner until the age of 104.