Journal Gazette & Times-Courier

Company: Journal Gazette & Times-Courier

Description: Together The Journal Gazette TimesCourier and JGTCcom reach 87 of local adults within a 7day period We offer custom packages for any business from print advertising to the very latest in digital technology The JGTC focuses on coverage of the cities of Mattoon and Charleston which are located 8 miles apart in Coles County in East Central Illinois We circulate in seven counties and have a daily circulation of over 12000What sets us apartWe are unique for having a downstate Illinois zoned newsroom operation for almost 20 years and for providing hometown coverage for 15 communities in eastcentral Illinois Our historyCharlestons first newspaper The Courier began publishing in 1840 A former Courier employee Betty Boyer began the Daily Times in 1966 The two papers merged under her leadership in 1968 to become the TimesCourierThe Weekly Independent Gazette was started in Mattoon in 1856 while the Mattoon Journal started in 1865 The two papers merged in 1905Both the Journal Gazette and the TimesCourier were purchased by Howard Publications in 1971 In April 2002 Lee Enterprises bought all 16 Howard newspapers Lee now has a daily circulation of more than 11 million in 45 newspapers in 18 statesThe Journal Gazette and TimesCourier combined to publish under one name the JGTC in September 2011

Industry: Newspaper Publishing

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/journal-gazette-&-times-courier

Domain: http://www.jg-tc.com/

Founded: 1840

Location: Mattoon, IL

Address: 700 E Broadway Ave, Mattoon, IL 61938, US

Size: 11-50 employees