The Daily Ledger
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Owner(s) | Gannett |
Publisher | David Adams |
Editor | Alyse Thompson |
Founded | September 20, 1850; 173 years ago (1850-09-20), as The Illinois Public Ledger[1] |
Headquarters | 53 West Elm Street, Canton, Illinois 61520, United States |
OCLC number | 28365215 |
Website | cantondailyledger.com |
The Daily Ledger is an American daily newspaper published Monday through Friday mornings, and Saturday mornings, in Canton, Illinois. It is owned by Gannett.
The Ledger also publishes a free shopper publication, The Fulton County Shopper. Both the shopper and the daily circulate throughout Fulton County, Illinois.[citation needed]
The Ledger name dates to 1850, when The Illinois Public Ledger, a weekly newspaper, was founded in Lewistown, Illinois, the Fulton County seat; it moved to Canton in 1854, under the name Fulton Ledger.[1] It adopted a daily publication schedule, as the Canton Daily Ledger, October 3, 1912, and absorbed the Canton Daily Register in 1926; the combined paper was known as the Canton Daily Ledger and Daily Register until 1961.[2]
In 1987, the paper was acquired by Hollinger.[3] Former owner GateHouse Media purchased roughly 160 daily and weekly newspapers from Hollinger in 1997.[4]
References
External links
- Official website
- List of institutions that own print and microfilm of this newspaper found at the Illinois Newspaper Project
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