Ogden Newspapers

Ogden Newspapers Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryNewspapers, Magazines, Yellow Pages
Founded1890
HeadquartersWheeling, West Virginia
Key people
Robert Nutting, CEO and President
Duane D. Wittman, CFO
Bill Nutting, VP
Products54 daily newspapers
81 weekly newspapers, shoppers, and magazines
Number of employees
3,500[1]
Websiteogdennews.com

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]

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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

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Kansas

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Newspapers[12]

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California

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Colorado

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Florida

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Hawaii

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Indiana

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Iowa

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Kansas

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Maryland

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Michigan

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Minnesota

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New Hampshire

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New York

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North Dakota

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Ohio

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Pennsylvania

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Utah

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Virginia

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West Virginia

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References

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  1. ^ Ogden Newspapers, Inc. Hoover's Profile, accessed April 25, 2010.
  2. ^ "Ogden Newspapers, Inc.: quotes & news - Google Finance". google.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Ogden Newspapers Inc. (ONI)". oweb.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  4. ^ "The Ogden Newspapers, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  5. ^ "Doonesbury comic strip axed by conservative newspapers". news. Lodi News-Sentinel. No. 14, 193. Lodi, California. United Press International. October 19, 1984. p. 5. Retrieved August 25, 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  6. ^ "Gazette-Mail filing for bankruptcy; Ogden Newspapers current high bidder". 29 January 2018.
  7. ^ "WV MetroNews – Ogden out as Gazette-Mail bidder, leaving Herald-Dispatch". wvmetronews.com. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  8. ^ "Ogden to Acquire Byrd Newspapers in Virginia". Dirks, Van Essen & April. March 7, 2018. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  9. ^ "Parent company of Vail Daily sells to Ogden Newspapers".
  10. ^ McElhinny, Brad (2024-09-11). "Morgantown's Dominion Post is bought by West Virginia-based Ogden Newspapers". WV MetroNews. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  11. ^ a b c Ogden Newspapers Inc. (ONI) - magazines webpage. Retrieved 2021-July-20.
  12. ^ "Locations | The Ogden Newspapers". Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  13. ^ "Terms of Use". PineIsland-Eagle.com. Ogden Newspapers. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  14. ^ "Ogden Names Bartoldson As DN-R Publisher". Daily News-Record. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  15. ^ The Winchester Star, Regional native Gochenour named publisher of The Star, retrieved April 5, 2018
  16. ^ "The Ogden Newspapers acquires the Loudoun Times-Mirror". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Retrieved 20 May 2024.