| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gannett |
| Publisher | David Adams |
| Editor | Alyse Thompson |
| Founded | September 20, 1850; 175 years ago (1850-09-20), asThe Illinois Public Ledger[1] |
| Headquarters | 53 West Elm Street, Canton,Illinois 61520, United States |
| OCLC number | 28365215 |
| Website | cantondailyledger.com |
The Daily Ledger is an Americandaily newspaper published Monday through Friday mornings, and Saturday mornings, inCanton, Illinois. It is owned byGannett.
TheLedger also publishes a freeshopper publication,The Fulton County Shopper. Both the shopper and the daily circulate throughoutFulton County, Illinois.[citation needed]
TheLedger name dates to 1850, whenThe Illinois Public Ledger, aweekly newspaper, was founded inLewistown, Illinois, the Fulton County seat; it moved to Canton in 1854, under the nameFulton Ledger.[1] It adopted a daily publication schedule, as theCanton Daily Ledger, October 3, 1912, and absorbed theCanton Daily Register in 1926; the combined paper was known as theCanton Daily Ledger and Daily Register until 1961.[2]
In 1987, the paper was acquired byHollinger.[3] Former ownerGateHouse Media purchased roughly 160 daily and weekly newspapers from Hollinger in 1997.[4]
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