Hannibal Courier-Post

Herald-Whig, Courier-Post part of sale by parent company to Carpenter Media Group

August 30, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — Arkansas-based Phillips Media Group (PMG), a media company that owns The Herald-Whig in Quincy and The Courier-Post in Hannibal, announced Friday, Aug. 30, that it has reached an agreement to sell 16 community newspapers in three states to Carpenter Media Group (CMG), which owns more than 125 community news publications throughout the United States. “It has…

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Herald-Whig to reduce printed publication to two days a week in some areas

October 26, 2023 | By J. Robert Gough, Publisher

QUINCY — The Herald-Whig, once a daily newspaper with the largest circulation in a 100-mile radius, recently told its rural subscribers it will reduce its printing schedule to twice a week. Citing rising fuel, postage and delivery costs, the e-mailed notice said the company would eliminate its Tuesday, Thursday and Friday editions in the rural…

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