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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | CherryRoad Media |
| Publisher | Julie Moreno |
| Editor | Jeff Fox |
| Founded | February 19, 1898 (1898-02-19), asThe Jackson Examiner[1] |
| Headquarters | 410 South Liberty Street,Independence,Missouri, United States |
| Circulation | 6,750[2] |
| OCLC number | 28205230 |
| Website | examiner.net |
The Examiner is thedaily newspaper of easternJackson County, Missouri, includingIndependence,Blue Springs andGrain Valley. It is published five days a week – Tuesday through Saturday – and its webpage is at www.examiner.net.
The Jackson Examiner was first published as aweekly newspaper in 1898 by Col. William Southern. The daily edition began publication asThe Independence Examiner on May 16, 1905.[3] The weekly edition continued to be published alongside the daily edition, until February 1928 when the weekly was discontinued.[4] The officialExaminer website was launched in 1996.
Southern and his business partner, Frank Rucker, sold the paper toStauffer Publications in 1951,[5][6] which itself was acquired byMorris Communications in 1995.[7] Morris sold the paper, along with 13 others, toGateHouse Media in 2007.[8] The paper was again sold in 2021, this time toCherryRoad Media.[9]
Audrey Stubbart, an Americancentenarian, worked forThe Examiner until the age of 104.
Examiner [Independence], 27 June 2006: 4A.