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The News-Gazette company history timeline

1919

In 1919, David W. Stevick, owner and publisher of the Daily News, bought the Champaign Daily Gazette and merged them into the current paper.

1935

He died in 1935 and passed it to his widow, Helen M. Stevick.

1965

Loren Tate, a Champaign sports writer and broadcaster, has been covering the Illinois Fighting Illini for the News-Gazette and WDWS since 1965.

1979

In 1979, the paper's longtime rival, the Champaign-Urbana Courier, ceased publication.

2008

Since 2008, The News-Gazette's advertising department has been awarded the Illinois Press Association's Annual James S. Copley Memorial Sweepstakes Award for Daily Newspaper Advertising Excellence 6 times.

2009

From its founding until June 2009, the News-Gazette published its main edition in the afternoon.

Due to the decreasing revenue from print advertising, the News-Gazette switched to morning publication only on June 1, 2009.

2017

On April 11, 2017, the News-Gazette announced plans to phase out its local printing and packaging operations by mid-summer 2017.

2019

News-Gazette Media filed for bankruptcy on August 30, 2019, and announced the purchase of the company's assets by Community Media Group, Inc., which owns several community newspapers throughout the country.

The sale was finalized on November 10, 2019, at which point the News-Gazette ceased publishing its Monday print edition.

2020

The paper relocated to a smaller office building in Champaign in April 2020.

2021

Led by sports editor Matt Daniels, The News-Gazette's sports section in 2021 captured its first Triple Crown — top 10 in daily, Sunday and special sections — in the Associated Press Sports Editors' annual contest.

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