Crookston Daily Times

{{Short description|Newspaper in Polk County, Minnesota, US}}

{{See also|List of newspapers in Minnesota}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Crookston Daily Times

| image =

| caption =

| type = Weekly newspaper

| format =

| foundation = {{start date|1891|11|25}}{{cite web|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016510/ |title=About Crookston Daily Times |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=May 23, 2012}}

| ceased publication = February 7, 2025

| language = American English

| owners = CherryRoad Media

| publisher = Jeremy Gulban

| editor = Jess Bengtson

| circulation = 566

| circulation_date = 2024

| circulation_ref = {{Cite web |title=Minnesota Newspaper Directory 2024 |url=https://mna.org/assets/2024/03/MNADirectoryMar2024.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315022205/https://mna.org/assets/2024/03/MNADirectoryMar2024.pdf |archive-date=March 15, 2024 |access-date=March 28, 2024 |website=Minnesota Newspaper Association}}

| headquarters = 124 South Broadway,
Crookston, Minnesota 56716, United States

| publishing_city = Crookston

| publishing_country = United States

| oclc = 1565488

| website = {{URL|crookstontimes.com}}

}}

The Crookston Daily Times was a weekly newspaper published in Crookston, Minnesota. It was owned by CherryRoad Media. The newspaper covered Crookston and Polk County, Minnesota, and was one of two daily newspapers published in the Greater Grand Forks metropolitan area. The Crookston Daily Times in 2009 was the smallest daily newspaper in Minnesota, and one of the smallest daily newspapers in the United States at that time.{{cite news |date=October 17, 2009 |title=Crookston newspaper among Torch and Shield award-winners |url=http://www.grandforksherald.com/content/crookston-newspaper-among-torch-and-shield-award-winners |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919190131/https://www.grandforksherald.com/content/crookston-newspaper-among-torch-and-shield-award-winners |archive-date=September 19, 2016 |access-date=February 7, 2025 |work=Grand Forks Herald |publisher=}}

History

The Crookston Daily Times was founded in 1891. Gannett sold the paper to CherryRoad Media in December 2021.{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2021 |title=Media company to buy area newspapers as of Jan. 1 |url=https://www.nujournal.com/news/local-news/2021/12/10/media-company-to-buy-area-newspapers-as-of-jan-1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219000339/https://www.nujournal.com/news/local-news/2021/12/10/media-company-to-buy-area-newspapers-as-of-jan-1/ |archive-date=December 19, 2023 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=The Journal |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Choiniere |first=Alyssa |last2= |date=2022-08-02 |title=CherryRoad Media expands through rapid growth spurt |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/cherryroad-media-expands-through-rapid-growth-spurt,235760 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802120718/https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/cherryroad-media-expands-through-rapid-growth-spurt,235760 |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=Editor & Publisher |language=en}} The Times published its final issue on February 7, 2025. The closure came after the company struggled to find workers and the City of Crookston chose to move its legal notices to the Thief River Falls shopper.{{Cite web |last=Otto |first=Delaney |date=2025-02-07 |title=Crookston Daily Times puts out its final edition |url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/community/crookston-daily-times-puts-out-its-final-edition |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=Grand Forks Herald |language=en}}

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