Miami Valley Today (formerly the Troy Daily News) is an American semi-weekly newspaper published Wednesdays and Sundays in Troy, Ohio. It is owned by AIM Media Midwest.
| Type | Semi-weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | AIM Media Midwest |
| Publisher | Ron Clausen |
| Editor | Sheryl Roadcap |
| Founded | 1909[1] |
| Headquarters | 1001 N. County Rd 25A, Troy, Ohio 45373, United States |
| OCLC number | 17420181 |
| Website | miamivalleytoday |
In addition to Troy, Miami Valley Today circulates in several communities of Miami County, Ohio, including Casstown, Conover, Covington, Fletcher, Piqua, Pleasant Hill, Tipp City and West Milton. Miami Valley Today is printed in Miamisburg.
History
editThe newspaper was founded as a daily in 1909.[1]
In 1955, the newspaper was bought by George Kuser. He owned the paper until 1998. Kuser was an eccentric businessman who lived abroad in Africa, Italy and Turkey for much of that time. Upon his returns to Troy, he sometimes lived in an apartment built atop the Daily News' newsroom. In the late 1990s, Daily News employees bought stock in the company through an innovative employee stock ownership program.
Pulitzer, Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri, bought the paper and its commercial printing operations in November 1998, intending to build a regional chain. Instead, the company sold the Daily News for an undisclosed price to Brown Publishing Company, which already owned several properties in the area.[2]
Brown, a Cincinnati-based family business, purchased the Daily News in April 2001,[3] integrating it with the Piqua Daily Call and Sidney Daily News as its "I-75 Group", sharing the printing plant at Tipp City. In February 2009, these three newspapers stopped printing Tuesday editions because of the weak economy, reducing the Troy paper to six publication days per week, including the Miami Valley Sunday News.[4]
Brown Publishing filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 30, 2010;[5] its Ohio assets, including 14 daily newspapers and about 30 weeklies, were transferred to a new business, Ohio Community Media, which was purchased in May 2011 by Philadelphia-based Versa Capital Management.[6]
In 2012 Versa merged Ohio Community Media, former Freedom papers it had acquired, Impressions Media, and Heartland Publications into a new company, Civitas Media.[7] Civitas Media sold its Ohio papers to AIM Media Midwest, a subsidiary of AIM Media Management, in 2017.[8]
On December 5, 2018, AIM Media Midwest merged the Troy Daily News and Piqua Daily Call into a single daily newspaper, Miami Valley Today.[9] The two former rival newspapers moved into a single newsroom in a building across the street from the Miami County Fairgrounds, roughly midway between the two cities.[10] The merger eventually resulted in staffing cuts.[11]
In February 2023, Miami Valley Today reduced its publishing schedule to Wednesdays and Sundays[12] as part of cost-cutting across AIM Media Midwest.[13]
Notable alumni
editThe Troy Daily News has produced several well-known journalists, especially photojournalists. Among the alumni are:
- Tyler Hicks, international photographer for The New York Times and winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography
- Chris Hondros, war photographer for Getty Images
References
edit- ^ a b "About Troy Daily News". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
- ^ Carey, Christopher (April 3, 2001). "St. Louis-Based News Media Firm Warns Earnings Will Be Lower Than Expected". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
- ^ Wicker, Kristen (March 17, 2003). "Regional Publishing Company Gets Bigger". Dayton Business Journal. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
- ^ "Three Ohio Newspapers End Tuesday Editions". The Columbus Dispatch. February 3, 2009. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
- ^ Sutherly, Ben (June 26, 2010). "Brown Publishing, Creditors Clash Over Sale Plans". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
- ^ "Business Headlines: Local Newspapers Have New Owners". Dayton Daily News. May 21, 2011. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
- ^ Business Wire, Versa Capital Announces the Formation of Civitas Media, LLC, retrieved April 10, 2017
{{citation}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ "Quarterly Updates - 2nd Quarter 2017". Dirks, Van Essen & Murray. 2017-06-30. Archived from the original on 2017-10-29. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
- ^ "AIM Media Midwest combines the Piqua Daily Call and the Troy Daily News into a new publication". Miami Valley Today. December 5, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2023 – via Ohio News Media Association.
- ^ Wilkinson, Howard (October 25, 2019). "Another Of My Old Newspaper Homes Is Gone, Gone, Gone". Tales from the Trail. WVXU. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
- ^ Pope, Zurie (June 23, 2021). "When the hometown paper isn't local anymore". Youth Journalism International. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
- ^ Clausen, Ron (February 21, 2023). "Miami Valley Today is changing with the times". Miami Valley Today. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
- ^ "AIM Media Midwest papers announce plans to reduce print frequency". Editor & Publisher. Brentwood, Tennessee. February 21, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
External links
edit- Official website
- Miami Valley Today Archives at NewsBank
- Miami Valley Today Archives at NewsMemory