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.
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History
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 Bob 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.
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.
On January 30, 2018, it emerged that the company was the apparent high bid to purchase the bankrupt Charleston Gazette-Mail. It withdrew the bid on March 8, 2018. 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.
On January 1, 2022, Ogden Newspapers took over Swift Communications, which has publications in Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California. In 2024, Ogden purchased The Dominion Post of Morgantown, West Virginia. In 2025, Ogden agreed to license the content management system LocalRoad from CherryRoad Media. In 2026, Ogden sold The Maui News to a local nonprofit.
Magazines
Kansas
Grit (magazine)
Mother Earth News
Motorcycle Classics
Newspapers
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California
Sierra Sun of Truckee
Tahoe Daily Tribune of South Lake Tahoe
Colorado
Craig Press of Craig, Colorado
Glenwood Springs Post Independent of Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Snowmass Sun of Snowmass Village, Colorado
Sky-Hi News of Granby, Colorado
Steamboat Pilot & Today in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Summit Daily News of Frisco, Colorado
The Aspen Times of Aspen, Colorado
The Citizen Telegram of Rifle, Colorado
Vail Daily of Vail, Colorado
Florida
Cape Coral Daily Breeze of Cape Coral, Florida
Pine Island Eagle of Bokeelia, Florida
The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Iowa
Estherville Daily News of Estherville, Iowa
Fort Dodge Messenger of Fort Dodge, Iowa
Marshalltown Times Republican of Marshalltown, Iowa
Tama-Toledo News Chronicle of Tama, Iowa
North Tama Telegraph of Traer, Iowa
Webster City Daily Freeman Journal of Webster City, Iowa
Kansas
Lawrence Journal-World of Lawrence, Kansas
Maryland
The Frederick News-Post of Frederick, Maryland
Michigan
Alpena News of Alpena, Michigan
The Daily Mining Gazette of Houghton, Michigan
Daily Press of Escanaba, Michigan
The Daily News of Iron Mountain, Michigan
The Mining Journal of Marquette, Michigan
Minnesota
Sentinel of Fairmont, Minnesota
Marshall Independent of Marshall, Minnesota
The Journal of New Ulm, Minnesota
New Hampshire
The Telegraph of Nashua, New Hampshire
New York
Adirondack Daily Enterprise of Saranac Lake, New York
The Observer of Dunkirk, New York
Leader Herald of Gloversville, New York (through July 31, 2021)
Lake Placid News, a weekly of Lake Placid, New York
The Post-Journal of Jamestown, New York
Westfield Republican, a weekly of Westfield, New York
North Dakota
Minot Daily News of Minot, North Dakota
Pierce County Tribune of Rugby, North Dakota
Ohio
The Courier of Findlay, Ohio
Review Times of Fostoria, Ohio
Herald-Star of Steubenville, Ohio
Marietta Times of Marietta, Ohio
Martins Ferry Times Leader of Martins Ferry, Ohio
Morning Journal of Lisbon, Ohio
Norwalk Reflector of Norwalk, Ohio
The Review of East Liverpool, Ohio
Salem News of Salem, Ohio
Sandusky Register of Sandusky, Ohio
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune of Tiffin, Ohio
Warren Tribune Chronicle of Warren, Ohio
The Vindicator of Youngstown, Ohio
Pennsylvania
Altoona Mirror of Altoona, Pennsylvania
Lewistown Sentinel of Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Lock Haven Express of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Observer-Reporter of Washington, Pennsylvania
Warren Times Observer of Warren, Pennsylvania
Williamsport Sun-Gazette of Williamsport, Pennsylvania
The Herald-Standard of Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Utah
Daily Herald of Provo, Utah
Standard-Examiner of Ogden, Utah
Pyramid-Daily Herald of Mount Pleasant, Utah
Virginia
Northern Virginia Daily of Strasburg, Virginia
Daily News-Record of Harrisonburg, Virginia
The Winchester Star of Winchester, Virginia
Loudoun Times-Mirror of Leesburg, Virginia
West Virginia
The Dominion Post of Morgantown, West Virginia
The Inter-Mountain of Elkins, West Virginia
The Journal of Martinsburg, West Virginia
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel of Parkersburg, West Virginia
Weirton Daily Times of Weirton, West Virginia
Wheeling Intelligencer of Wheeling, West Virginia
The Shepherdstown Chronicle of Shepherdstown, West Virginia
The Wetzel Chronicle of New Martinsville, West Virginia
The Tyler Star News of Sistersville, West Virginia