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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel company history timeline

1987

The marker's text was meant to convey that in 1987 the Sentinel had been publishing longer than any other paper then available in the state, not that it was the first one started.

1990

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1995

The Journal Sentinel was first printed on Sunday, April 2, 1995, following the consolidation of operations between the afternoon The Milwaukee Journal and the morning Milwaukee Sentinel, which had been owned by the same company, Journal Communications, for more than 30 years.

2003

In early 2003, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel began printing operations at its new printing facility in West Milwaukee.

2006

In September 2006, the Journal Sentinel announced it had "signed a five-year agreement to print the national edition of USA Today for distribution in the northern and western suburbs of Chicago and the eastern half of Wisconsin".

2012

As of mid-2012, the Journal Sentinel had the 31st-largest circulation among all major United States newspapers, with circulation of 207,000 for the daily edition and just under 338,000 for the Sunday edition.

2016

On April 8, 2016, decades of local ownership for both papers ended when Journal Media Group was acquired by the Gannett Company.

2018

In the spring of 2018, the Journal Sentinel press facility began to print all of Gannett's state papers (it already printed The Sheboygan Press and USA Today) replacing the company's Appleton facility.

2021

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