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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Gannett |
| Founded | March 27, 1887 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 120 Third Avenue NW,Watertown, South Dakota 57201 United States |
| Circulation | 9,336 (as of 2015)[1] |
| Website | thepublicopinion.com |
TheWatertown Public Opinion is anewspaper published inWatertown, South Dakota, United States, serving easternSouth Dakota and westernMinnesota. It is fourth largest newspaper in South Dakota and publishes Tuesday through Saturday.[2]
TheWatertown Public Opinion was founded in 1887, two years beforeSouth Dakota statehood.[3] ThePublic Opinion in its first 110 years had a succession of local owners, including Stitzel X. Way,[4] whose family ran it for 94 years before selling to Kenosha, Wisconsin-basedUnited Communications Corporation (UCC) on March 1, 2002.[5]
In 2016, it was sold by United Communications toSchurz Communications out ofSouth Bend, IN.[6] It was sold again in 2019 toGateHouse Media.[7]
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