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The Examiner (Independence)
Encyclopedia
The Examiner is the daily newspaper of eastern Jackson County, Missouri
, including Independence
and Blue Springs
.
The Examiner was first published in 1898 by Col. William Southern. The official Examiner website was launched in 1998 and is updated on a daily basis.
The paper's current publisher is Steve Curd, the executive editor is Sheila Davis and the managing editor is Karl Zinke.http://media.examiner.net/contact/news/ The newspaper significantly expanded its audience in 2001 when it launched two monthly publications, SportsMonthly and The X/Entertainment Magazine. The monthly publications were run by Brendel and John Beaudoin, the newspaper's Specialty Publications Director. Beaudoin left in July 2006 after 10 years at the newspaper to become the Publisher of the Logan Herald-Observer and Woodbine Twiner in Harrison County, Iowa. Under Curd, The Examiner launched Welcome Home - a real estate guide - in 2007 and is also rolling out a redesign of the newspaper that year.
On October 23, 2007, Morris Communications
announced it was selling the Examiner and several other publications to GateHouse Media
.http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003662037
Audrey Stubbart
, an American centenarian
, worked for the Examiner until the age of 105, becoming the oldest verified full-time employee ever in the United States
.
Jackson County, Missouri
Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. With a population of 674,158 in the 2010 census, Jackson County is the second most populous of Missouri's counties, after St. Louis County. Kansas City, the state's most populous city and focus city of the Kansas City Metropolitan...
, including Independence
Independence, Missouri
Independence is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri, and is contained within the counties of Jackson and Clay. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area...
and Blue Springs
Blue Springs, Missouri
Blue Springs is a city in Jackson County, Missouri and is a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri. As of the 2010 census the population at 52,575.- Geography :...
.
The Examiner was first published in 1898 by Col. William Southern. The official Examiner website was launched in 1998 and is updated on a daily basis.
The paper's current publisher is Steve Curd, the executive editor is Sheila Davis and the managing editor is Karl Zinke.http://media.examiner.net/contact/news/ The newspaper significantly expanded its audience in 2001 when it launched two monthly publications, SportsMonthly and The X/Entertainment Magazine. The monthly publications were run by Brendel and John Beaudoin, the newspaper's Specialty Publications Director. Beaudoin left in July 2006 after 10 years at the newspaper to become the Publisher of the Logan Herald-Observer and Woodbine Twiner in Harrison County, Iowa. Under Curd, The Examiner launched Welcome Home - a real estate guide - in 2007 and is also rolling out a redesign of the newspaper that year.
On October 23, 2007, Morris Communications
Morris Communications
Morris Communications of Augusta, Georgia is a privately held media company with diversified holdings that include newspaper and magazine publishing, outdoor advertising, radio broadcasting, book publishing and distribution, visitor publications and online services. Newspapers are the foundation...
announced it was selling the Examiner and several other publications to GateHouse Media
GateHouse Media
GateHouse Media Inc. is a U.S. newspaper publisher, headquartered in Perinton, New York, that publishes 97 dailies in 20 states and 198 paid weeklies, in addition to free papers, shoppers and specialty and niche publications.- History :Liberty Group Publishing was formed in 1998 when Kenneth L...
.http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003662037
Audrey Stubbart
Audrey Stubbart
Audrey Stubbart was an American centenarian who worked as a proofreader and newspaper columnist for The Independence Examiner until the age of 105...
, an American centenarian
Centenarian
A centenarian is a person who is or lives beyond the age of 100 years. Because current average life expectancies across the world are less than 100, the term is invariably associated with longevity. Much rarer, a supercentenarian is a person who has lived to the age of 110 or more, something only...
, worked for the Examiner until the age of 105, becoming the oldest verified full-time employee ever in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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