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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | MLive Media Group (Advance Publications) |
| Publisher | Tim Gruber |
| Editor | Mark Tower |
| Founded | 1837 |
| Headquarters | 306 S. Kalamazoo Mall Kalamazoo,Michigan 49001 United States |
| Circulation | 9,290 daily 20,716 Sunday (as of 2022)[1] |
| Website | mlive |
TheKalamazoo Gazette is the dailynewspaper inKalamazoo, Michigan, and is part ofMLive Media Group, Michigan's largest local media organization. TheGazette publishes seven days a week. Papers are available for home delivery on Thursday and Sunday.
Originally founded in 1833 byJohn D. Defrees as theMichigan Statesman and St. Joseph Chronicle, the paper's name was shortened to theMichigan Statesman after it was purchased byHenry Gilbert. The paper became theKalamazoo Gazette in 1837.
In April 2010, theGazette announced it would pay $1,525,000 to the City of Kalamazoo to avoid lawsuits seeking $4 million in previously awarded tax breaks related to the 2002 expansion of their downtown Kalamazoo printing facility. The 2002 expansion cost theGazette $33 million, including $20 million in new equipment. The breaks were awarded on the condition that theGazette maintain 175 jobs related to the expansion until 2014.
On November 2, 2011, theGazette's owners announced that the newspaper would limit home delivery to Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays beginning February 2, 2012 as it made the transition to a digital-first news organization as part of the newly created MLive Media Group. In November, theGazette also confirmed 77 employees were issued layoff notices related to the reorganization while an unspecified number of employees were hired back by MLive.
On February 2, 2012, theGazette moved into its new hub at 306 S. Kalamazoo Mall.[2] The hub is an open-office environment and is also designed to accommodate community events.[3] Printing facilities for theGazette were moved from Kalamazoo to MLive Media Group's printing facility inWalker, Michigan in 2012 and are shared withThe Grand Rapids Press andMuskegon Chronicle.
In the early days of the paper, the publisher (owner) and editor were generally the same person. In the 1900s, those roles were commonly separate. A list of people who ran the paper from 1833 to 2011 flows (with year they began):[4]
| Publisher | Editor | ||
| 1923 | Charles M. Greenway Jr. (Manager) | 1912 | John K. Walsh |
| 1953 | Ralph H. Bastien Jr. (Manager) | 1959 | Daniel M. Ryan |
| 1983 | Daniel M. Ryan | 1983 | James R. Mosby |
| 1988 | George E. Arwady | 2000–11 | Rebecca Pierce |
| 2004 | James Stephanak |
In 2009, theGazette was named "Newspaper of the Year" by the Michigan Press Association.[7] The Michigan Press Association also named theGazette Newspaper of the Year in its circulation category on October 6, 2013.[8]
In the MPA's annual Better Newspaper Contest for 2013, theGazette won 23 awards, including first place in all four photo categories (three won by Mark Bugnaski, the fourth by intern Matt Gade), as well as first place for general excellence, editorial writing, local columnist (Julie Mack), feature story (Yvonne Zipp) and sports columnist (David Drew).
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