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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Gannett |
| Founder | William Maxwell |
| Founded | 1793 (as theCentinel of the Northwest Territory) |
| Headquarters | 927 E. Main Street. Chillicothe,OH 45601 United States |
| Circulation | 15,553 Afternoon 15,645 Sunday (as of 2007)[1] |
| Website | chillicothegazette |
TheChillicothe Gazette isOhio's oldestnewspaper.[2] The daily newspaper is based inChillicothe, Ohio, the seat ofRoss County, and is owned byGannett. A complete file is in the library of theOhio Historical Society in Cincinnati.
On November 9, 1793,William Maxwell published the first edition ofThe Centinel of the Northwest Territory, a weekly newspaper inCincinnati. It was the first paper published in theNorthwest Territory.[3]
Subscription was "250 cents" per annum, and 7 cents a single copy. The motto of theCentinel: "Open to all Parties -- but influenced by none," expressed the publisher's aims: to afford an isolated community a medium to make known its varied wants and to record local happenings, as well as those of the outside world.[3]
The newspaper was published weekly until June 1796 when it was sold to Edmund Freeman who merged it withFreeman's Journal. Around 1800, the paper moved toChillicothe, Ohio, when the government of theNorthwest Territory relocated to that city[3]
The paper eventually assumed the nameThe Chillicothe Gazette. Gannett sold the paper in the 1990s toCommunity Newspaper Holdings, who in turn sold toThe Thomson Corporation. When Thomson exited the newspaper business in the late 1990s, Gannett bought it back.
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