News Journal (Ohio)

{{Short description|American newspaper and multimedia site}}

{{about|a newspaper in southwestern Ohio|the similarly named newspaper in northern Ohio|Mansfield News Journal}}

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

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = News Journal

| image =

| caption =

| type = Daily newspaper

| format = Broadsheet

| foundation = {{start date|1838|10}}, as the {{nowrap|Western Whig}}{{cite web|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035436/ |title=About Western Whig|work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |accessdate=June 12, 2012}}

| ceased publication =

| owners = AIM Media

| publisher = Lane Moon

| editor = Ryan Carter

| sportseditor = Mark Huber

| headquarters = 1547 Rombach Ave. Avenue,
Wilmington, Ohio 45177, {{nowrap|United States}}

| ISSN = 8750-4847

| oclc =

| website = [http://www.wnewsj.com/ wnewsj.com]

}}

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The News Journal is an American newspaper and multimedia site (wnewsj.com) published in print two days per week (Wednesday and Saturday) in Wilmington, Ohio, covering Clinton County.{{cite web | url=https://www.wnewsj.com/2023/02/21/news-journal-is-changing-with-the-times/ | title=News Journal is changing with the times | date=21 February 2023 }} It is owned by AIM Media, based in McAllen, Texas.{{cite web | url=https://www.digitalaimmedia.com/privacy-policy/aim-media-midwest-operating-llc/ | title=AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC » Digital AIM Media }}

The newspaper traces its history back to two weeklies, the Clinton Republican (begun in 1838 as the Western Whig, the name changed the next year), and The Wilmington Journal (founded 1868), that merged into The Journal-Republican in 1912.{{cite web|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035438/ |title=About The Wilmington Journal|work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |accessdate=June 12, 2012}} The Wilmington News Journal was founded by W. J. Galvin on Oct. 15, 1915, originally called the Wilmington Daily News.

In 1916, it merged with the semi-weekly Journal Republican and became known as the Wilmington Daily News Journal. It was owned by the Galvin family until it was sold to the Brown Publishing Company in 1986.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wnewsj.com/section/aboutus|title = About Us}} In 2010, Brown declared bankruptcy and was reconstituted as Ohio Community Media, which later became part of Civitas/Versa.{{cite news|last=Sanctis|first=Matt|title=Court Approves Brown Sale of Assets|url=http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/court-approves-brown-sale-of-assets-897201.html?cxtype=rss_334520|accessdate=June 12, 2012|newspaper=Springfield News-Sun|date=September 3, 2010|location=Springfield, Ohio}} The company, including the News Journal, was purchased for an undisclosed sum in 2011 by Versa Capital Management.{{cite news|title=Local Newspapers Under New Ownership|url=http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-business-news/local-newspapers-under-new-ownership-1165060.html?cxtype=rss_business|accessdate=June 12, 2012|newspaper=Springfield News-Sun|date=May 20, 2011|author=Staff report|location=Springfield, Ohio}}

In 2012, Versa merged Ohio Community Media, former Freedom papers it had acquired, Impressions Media, and Heartland Publications into a new company, Civitas Media.[https://www.versa.com/docs/Civitas%20Formation.pdf Civitas Formation] versa.com Civitas Media sold its Ohio papers to AIM Media in 2017.{{Cite web| title = Quarterly Updates - 2nd Quarter 2017| work = Dirks, Van Essen & Murray| accessdate = 2017-10-28| date = 2017-06-30| url = http://dirksvanessen.com/articles/view/225/2nd-quarter-2017/}}

Shortly after a website redesign in early 2023, the News Journal announced on February 21, 2023 that the printed edition, previously published Tuesday through Saturday, would publish only on Wednesday and Saturday.