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Ogden Newspapers is a leading publisher with more than 40 daily papers serving mostly small markets in about a dozen states. Its portfolio includes The Messenger (Fort Dodge, Iowa), The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana), and the Wheeling News-Register (West Virginia). Ogden Newspapers also publishes several weekly papers and free shoppers; sister company Ogden Publications produces regional and niche interest magazines such as Mother Earth News. Other operations include commercial printing and phone directories. H.C. Ogden founded the Wheeling News in 1890. His descendents, the Nutting family, continue to control the business.

Founded in 1885 by Gilbert M. Hitchcock, the Omaha World-Herald provides news, commentary, information and advertising that encourages readers to become involved in the world around them. The World-Herald is a statewide Nebraska newspaper, and delivers to more readers in southwest Iowa than any other Iowa newspaper.n 1963, Peter Kiewit purchased The World-Herald to ensure the paper would continue to be locally owned. In his will, Kiewit provided for the newspaper to be sold to its employees, and it has been employee-owned since 1979. The World-Herald is the largest employee-owned daily newspaper in the United States. The Omaha World-Herald has had only six publishers in its history: Gilbert M. Hitchcock (1885-1934); Henry Doorly (1934-1955); Walter E. Christenson (1955-1966); Harold W. Andersen (1966-1989); John Gottschalk (1989 - 2007); Terry Kroeger (since 2008).

Paxton Media Group owns about 30 daily newspapers in the Midwest and South, including its flagship The Paducah Sun (Kentucky) and The Herald-Sun (Durham, North Carolina). The company also owns several dozen weekly papers and more than 100 free papers, as well as a television station in Paducah, Kentucky. W.F. Paxton launched The Paducah Sun in 1896; his family, led by CEO David Paxton, continues to run the publishing business.

Philadelphia Media Holdings owns and operates The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News, the two primary newspapers serving the Philadelphia metro area. The Inquirer, one of the top newspapers in the country, boasts a circulation of more than 360,000, while the tabloid-style Daily News has a circulation of about 100,000. Philadelphia Media also operates online portal Philly.com, which aggregates news from both papers. Philadelphia Media and its operating unit Philadelphia Newspapers both filed for bankruptcy in 2009.

RCS MediaGroup is an international multimedia publishing group that operates in daily newspapers, magazines and books, radio broadcasting, new media and digital and satellite TV. It is also one of the leading operators in the advertisement sales & distribution markets. RCS MediaGroup, 40% of whose sales are generated outside Italy, is one of the major European publishers at an international level, with a significant presence in particular in Spain, Portugal, France, the UK, the USA and China. RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. is listed on the Blue Chip segment of the Italian Stock Exchange (ISIN code: ordinary shares IT0003039010, saving shares IT0003039028).

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