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54-467: The origins of The Columbus Citizen-Journal date back to 1809 when the first printing press in central Ohio was introduced in the town of Worthington by two men from New England . This led to the establishment of the Worthington Intelligencer newspaper two years later. The paper's operations were moved to nearby Columbus in 1814 after that city became the state's new capital. The newspaper

108-865: A Southern flair. On September 27, 2018, GateHouse Media announced the acquisition of The Oklahoman Media Company , parent company of The Oklahoman , which is the state's largest daily newspaper, for an undisclosed amount from The Anschutz Corp. The sale closed on Oct. 1, 2018, for $ 12.5 million. On January 28, 2019, it was announced that GateHouse Media had acquired the publishing division of Schurz Communications including The Herald-Times in Bloomington, Indiana , South Bend Tribune in South Bend, Indiana , and other papers in Clay, Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan, Orange, Owen, and Putnam counties in Indiana. That same year, it acquired

162-425: A political party. In 1959, it was merged by its owner, the E. W. Scripps Company , with The Ohio State Journal to form The Columbus Citizen-Journal . The Citizen-Journal , which was published by Scripps in the morning Monday through Saturday, operated under a "joint operating agreement" with its rival, the afternoon Columbus Dispatch . The C-J was editorially separate, but shared the physical printing plant and

216-417: Is a Norfolk Southern Railway line parallel to I-71. The Ohio State University Airport is the nearest general aviation airport to the city, and passengers are served by Columbus 's two airports: John Glenn Columbus International Airport and Rickenbacker International Airport . Worthington Schools operates public schools. Thomas Worthington High School and Worthington Kilbourne High School are

270-600: Is a city in Franklin County, Ohio , United States, and is a northern suburb of Columbus . The population in the 2020 Census was 14,786. The city was founded in 1803 by the Scioto Company led by James Kilbourne , who was later elected to the United States House of Representatives , and named in honor of Thomas Worthington , who later became governor of Ohio. On May 5, 1802, a group of prospective settlers founded

324-707: Is located in the area, holding classes at Worthington Kilbourne. It serves the Chinese American community. St. Michael's, a private Roman Catholic school, was founded in Worthington in 1954. GateHouse Media Kirk Davis, operating company CEO; Paul Ameden, CIO; Bill Church, Senior VP News; GateHouse Media Inc. was an American publisher of locally based print and digital media. It published 144 daily newspapers, 684 community publications, and over 569 local-market websites in 38 states. Its parent company, New Media Investment Group, acquired Gannett in 2019, with

378-609: Is the largest newspaper in Central Texas. In the same month, GateHouse announced its $ 49.25 million purchase of The Palm Beach Post and Palm Beach Daily News from Cox Media Group, LLC. On April 10, 2018, GateHouse announced that it had agreed to acquire the Akron Beacon Journal of Akron , Ohio for $ 16 million from Black Press Group . The Beacon Journal is a daily newspaper tracing its storied, Pulitzer Prize -winning history to 1839's Summit Beacon , which early in

432-684: The New Jersey Herald in Newton, New Jersey , from Quincy Media . In August 2019, it was announced that New Media Investment Group had reached an agreement to merge Gannett into GateHouse Media. GateHouse would be the nominal survivor, with New Media Investment Group's CEO, Mike Reed, becoming CEO of the merged company. However, the merged newspaper chain would take the better-known Gannett name and be based at Gannett's headquarters in McLean, Virginia . The acquisition of Gannett by New Media Investment Group

486-723: The Pittsburgh Press in 1992 following the expiration of its own JOA with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Scripps subsequently sold the rights to the Press to Post-Gazette parent Block Communications ) and the Rocky Mountain News of Denver in 2009. In Columbus, after Dispatch executives cut off talks in 1982, Scripps-Howard chose to not purchase or build its own presses or to develop its own business operations, and instead sought more talks in an attempt to renew or replace

540-625: The Scioto River on the Pickaway Plains for their new settlement (McCormick 1998:17). On October 5, 1802, the Scioto Company met in Granby, Connecticut and decided not to purchase the lands along the Scioto River on the Pickaway Plains , but rather to buy land 30 miles (48 km) farther north from Dr. Jonas Stanbery and his partner, an American Revolutionary War general, Jonathan Dayton . Sixteen thousand acres (65 km ) were purchased along

594-563: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 5.63 square miles (14.58 km ), of which 5.55 square miles (14.37 km ) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km ) is water. The cities of Worthington and Riverlea form an enclave of Columbus . Highways that pass through or adjacent to Worthington include Interstate 270 , United States Route 23 , Ohio State Route 161 , and Ohio State Route 315 . Interstate 71 and Ohio State Route 710 pass just to

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648-623: The 20th century came under the editorship and ownership of publisher Charles Landon Knight , serving as the flagship newspaper of the Knight Newspaper Company, later known as Knight Ridder . On July 2, 2018, GateHouse acquired SouthernKitchen.com, the Atlanta-based Southern food and lifestyle brand. Southern Kitchen, launched by Cox Media Group (CMG) in 2017, is a blend of e-commerce and content. It delivers content and products related to eating, drinking, and entertaining with

702-886: The 36 newspapers of the Halifax Media Group for $ 280 million. In February 2015, GateHouse purchased Stephens Media , which published newspapers mainly in Arkansas and Nevada, for $ 102.8 million. In December 2015, GateHouse sold the Las Vegas Review-Journal , the Stephens group's largest paper, to casino magnate Sheldon Adelson for $ 140 million. In November 2016, GateHouse announced the purchase of Harris Enterprises, based in Hutchinson, Kan., which operated six daily newspapers in Kansas and Iowa. In February 2017, GateHouse purchased

756-594: The Dispatch Printing Co. by GateHouse Media in mid-2015, it announced that the newspaper's newsroom would relocate from the paper's former headquarters at 34 S. Third Street in Columbus to a building also purchased by GateHouse at 62 E. Broad Street – a building originally constructed in 1929 as the new home of The Ohio State Journal . The move was completed in February 2016. Worthington, Ohio Worthington

810-480: The Dix Communications newspaper chain for $ 21.2 million. Dix Communications operates in northeastern and east-central Ohio, including more than 30 daily and weekly newspapers. In June 2017, GateHouse announced it was purchasing Calkins Media Group's four six-day-a-week newspapers and Calkins Digital Group, a press facility and related websites and other digital operations. In August 2017, GateHouse announced it

864-933: The Fortress News Corp deal. Fortress owned 52% of GateHouse debt. Gatehouse re-emerged from the planned bankruptcy in November 2013. In the restructured plan, Gatehouse stock was cancelled and a new holding company for the parent, New Media Investment Group, Inc., was formed. The terms involved the cancellation of shares of Gatehouse, but those owners receiving warrants to buy shares in New Media Investment Group Inc. Subsequently, Gatehouse Media acquired several newspaper groups between 2014 and 2017, including Halifax, Stephens Media, Calkins Media and Morris Publications. They also acquired Dolan Media Group and Journal Multimedia, adding business publications to their portfolio. The combined group of business publications

918-517: The NYSE's continued listing standards for average global market capitalization over a consecutive 30-trading-day period of not less than $ 75 million and $ 1.00 average closing price, and had submitted a business plan to the NYSE Regulation for coming back into compliance for continued listing. The company has been in communication with the NYSE regarding its noncompliance with continued listing standards, but

972-616: The Scioto Company at the home of Rev. Eber B. Clark in Granby, Connecticut for the purpose of forming a settlement between the Muskingum River and Great Miami River in the Ohio Country . James Kilbourne was elected president and Josiah Topping secretary (McCormick 1998:7). On August 30, 1802, James Kilbourne and Nathaniel Little arrived at Colonel Thomas Worthington 's home in Chillicothe, Ohio . They tentatively reserved land along

1026-735: The United States. Comly left the paper in 1872 when he was named to a diplomatic post in Hawaii , but his guidance had firmly established its importance in Ohio politics and news reporting. Shortly after the start of the 20th century, the paper was purchased by the Wolfe family . In 1950, they merged The Ohio State Journal with the Dispatch Printing Company. The rival Columbus Citizen had been founded in 1899 as an independent newspaper not affiliated with

1080-641: The Whetstone River (now known as the Olentangy River ) at $ 1.50 per acre (McCormick 1998:19-27). This land was part of the United States Military District surveyed by Israel Ludlow in 1797 and divided into townships 5 miles (8.0 km) square. On May 7, 1803, James Kilbourne arrived at what is now Worthington to inspect the Scioto Company's purchase. A work party of seven hired laborers, paid $ 12 per month each, soon began work clearing

1134-644: The Worthington School located at Evening Street and State Route 161 was completed. The first Worthington High School class graduated in 1880 (including 2 girls). In 1931, the only Roman Catholic pontifical college outside of Italy, the Pontifical College Josephinum relocated just north of Worthington where it exists today. Worthington is located at 40°5′29″N 83°1′15″W  /  40.09139°N 83.02083°W  / 40.09139; -83.02083 (40.091513, -83.020905). According to

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1188-549: The acquisition of Kirk Davis's independently owned Holden Landmark Corporation for an undisclosed sum. The sale includes the central Massachusetts media properties, Worcester Magazine , The Landmark, baystateparent Magazine, Leominster Champion, Millbury-Sutton Chronicle , and the Grafton News . In March 2018, GateHouse announced its $ 47.5 million purchase of the Austin American-Statesman of Austin , Texas . It

1242-427: The age of 18 living with them, 57.6% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 31.9% were non-families. 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.88. The median age in

1296-419: The age of 18 living with them, 62.0% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.92. In the city the population was spread out, with 23.9% under

1350-460: The age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 68,568, and the median income for a family was $ 83,074. Males had a median income of $ 59,258 versus $ 39,424 for females. The per capita income for

1404-503: The church, school and library, the Scioto Company was dissolved (McCormick 1998:76). On February 20, 1808, the Worthington Academy was incorporated by the Ohio legislature and a brick building was constructed facing the northeast quadrant of the public square. Its bell now adorns Kilbourne Middle School. That same year James Kilbourne erected a commercial building for a newspaper. This building still stands at 679-681 High Street as

1458-556: The city was $ 34,495. About 1.4% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over. The Worthington Public Library serves the community with three branches. In 2015, the library loaned more than 3.2 million items to its 79,500 cardholders, making it one of the busiest libraries in Ohio . Total printed materials held are over 473,000 volumes with 20,000 print subscriptions. Worthington's downtown centers around

1512-403: The city was 44.9 years. 23.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.6% were from 25 to 44; 30.7% were from 45 to 64; and 19.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.2% male and 52.8% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 14,125 people, 5,692 households, and 4,052 families living in the city. The population density

1566-804: The combined company using the Gannett name and maintaining its headquarters in Virginia. Liberty Group Publishing was formed in 1998 when Kenneth L. Serota, a former Hollinger International attorney with backing from Leonard Green & Partners , bought 160 community newspapers from Hollinger. Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois , Liberty then expanded the network increasing the total newspapers to 330 by 2000. Faced with problems, it downsized to 270 by June 2005. In June 2005, Fortress Investment Group bought Liberty for $ 527 million. Fortress expanded it to 75 dailies, 231 weeklies, 117 shoppers, and 230 websites. It

1620-467: The commander, like his supply wagons, was using the road north from the capital. On September 7, 1814, Zophar Topping died while serving with Indian scouts. He was one of two Worthington casualties during the war along with Luther Palmer. On May 24, 1813, James Kilbourne took a seat in the United States House of Representatives . On August 25, 1817, President James Monroe visited Worthington. Also in 1817, Philander Chase moved to Worthington to become

1674-572: The distribution and advertising staffs of the Dispatch . After the Dispatch decided not to renew the joint operating agreement when it expired, Scripps sold the Citizen-Journal to a Bath Township (eastern Ohio) businessman, who stated he intended to publish it past January 1, 1986. However, on December 30, 1985, he gave the Journal back to Scripps, which closed the newspaper on December 31, 1985, when

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1728-489: The east of the city. Except for a small border with Perry Township (Brookside Estates) on the west, Worthington is completely surrounded by Columbus. Western Worthington now includes part of what used to be Linworth , and is home to the Linworth Alternative Program school . As of the census of 2010, there were 13,575 people, 5,691 households, and 3,874 families living in the city. The population density

1782-540: The emerging portfolio" of the company, which had been formed as a spin-off of News Corporation . By 2013, GateHouse Media grew, operating in 330 markets across 21 states, but they found themselves in a debt situation that would prohibit future growth. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware on September 27, 2013. It listed assets of $ 433.7 million and debt of $ 1.3 billion. The planned bankruptcy centered on restructuring

1836-506: The expiring contract. The Dispatch Printing Co. declined, and even publicly announced, in June 1983, its intentions to sever all ties with Scripps. A late-1985 Scripps strategy to sell the newspaper to independent businessman Nyles V. Reinfeld changed nothing, and The Columbus Citizen-Journal was published for the last time on December 31, 1985. In an ironic twist, after The Columbus Dispatch newspaper and other print properties were purchased from

1890-451: The first rector of St. John's Episcopal Church. He concurrently served as rector of Episcopal churches in Columbus and Delaware and as principal of the Worthington Academy. In June 1818, Rev. Chase was elected Bishop of the newly organized Episcopal Diocese of Ohio. Chase initially founded Kenyon College in Worthington. The period from the 1820s to the Civil War was a time of slow growth for

1944-479: The first settler of Worthington, beating his fellow Company men to the site. By December 1803, Worthington was divided into 160, three quarter acre city lots with a 5-acre (20,000 m ) public green in the center of the village. Thirty seven persons bid between $ 53 and $ 0.25 to select a lot. Those who bid nothing were given a choice of the remaining lots. Farm lots, ranging from 20 to 130 acres (0.53 km ) and averaging 93 acres (380,000 m ), were sold off in

1998-399: The forest (McCormick 1998: 29). On August 10, 1803, the Scioto Company voted to name the village for Thomas Worthington , one of Ohio's first two senators, and for each member to contribute $ 2 (about four days wages) to support a library. In September 1803 the first settlers departed Connecticut by horse. Ezra Griswold was the lone settler who traveled by ox-cart. With this he is officially

2052-636: The high schools of the city. The Linworth Alternative Program also operates within the city. The office of the Columbus Japanese Language School , a weekend supplementary Japanese school , is located in Worthington. The classes are held in Marysville . Previously classes were held at Worthington school district facilities. The Ohio Contemporary Chinese School (OCCS, simplified Chinese : 俄州现代中文学校 ; traditional Chinese : 俄州現代中文學校 ; pinyin : Ézhōu Xiàndài Zhōngwén Xuéxiào )

2106-559: The intersection of Ohio State Route 161 and U.S. Route 23 . In addition, the 315 expressway and Interstate 71 flank Worthington's west and east ends respectively, and Worthington is accessible by Interstate 270 , a ring road surrounding Columbus which itself cuts through the northern end of Worthington. Public transport is minimal in Worthington, though the Central Ohio Transit Authority operates bus line 102 along High Street. The only rail transport near Worthington

2160-449: The joint operating agreement with Dispatch Printing Company expired. The Dispatch Printing Company moved the Dispatch from afternoon publication to morning publication on January 1, 1986. The Dispatch Printing Co. and Scripps-Howard, as the Scripps company was known in the mid-1980s, blamed each other for the demise of the Citizen-Journal . Under the 26-year joint operating agreement that

2214-517: The joint operating agreement, Dispatch executives informed Scripps that they did not wish to renew the contract. Scripps-Howard, a publicly traded company, was at the time one of the largest media conglomerates in the country, and owned 14 newspapers, seven TV stations, nine cable-TV companies, seven radio stations and other media. Circulation at the Columbus Citizen-Journal had been on the rise in recent years, and Scripps reported that it

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2268-723: The old Worthington Manufacturing Co. site southwest of the village. This unit suffered forty percent casualties at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862. On April 29, 1865, at Appx 6:50 AM, President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train passed through Worthington en route to the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. In 1866 the Bishop House was converted to the Union Hotel (Worthington Inn) by the Lewis family. In 1873

2322-726: The oldest commercial building in continuous use in the state. In 1811, Ezra Griswold built a large south-facing brick tavern on the lot north of the northeast quadrant of the public square. That same year, the Orange Johnson house was constructed north of the Village Green. During the War of 1812 , several Worthington militia marched north with General William Hull 's army and were surrendered at Detroit on August 12, 1812. Orders issued by General William Henry Harrison from "Northwest Army Headquarters, Worthington, Ohio" on October 28, 1812, indicate

2376-541: The same way. Both the Episcopal Church and Worthington Academy were given an 80-acre (320,000 m ) farm lot and 20-acre (81,000 m ) wood lot to provide financial support. By August 11, 1804, the plat maps were completed, payments or notes promising payments collected and deeds prepared for all sixteen thousand acres (65 km ) of the Scioto Company's purchase (McCormick 1998:71). On January 28, 1805, having completed its work of apportioning land and establishing

2430-505: The sleepy village. In 1820, Aurora Buttles erected a Masonic hall. In 1826 the Columbus and Sandusky Turnpike was incorporated (now U.S. Route 23 ) to connect the center of the state to Lake Erie, further cementing the importance of High Street. In September, 1861 Captain William Pinney and 14 members of the "Olentangy Reserves" mustered into Company E of Thomas Worthington Jr.'s 46th Ohio Volunteer Infantry , which trained at Camp Lyon on

2484-475: The two companies had signed in 1959, both papers were printed on the Dispatch Printing Co. printing presses. The Dispatch Printing Co. collected advertising and circulation revenue, and paid most operating expenses for both papers, while Scripps owned The Citizen-Journal' s circulation lists and independently operated that paper's editorial department. More than three years prior to the December 31, 1985 termination of

2538-420: Was 2,445.9 inhabitants per square mile (944.4/km ). There were 5,940 housing units at an average density of 1,070.3 per square mile (413.2/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 93.0% White , 2.2% African American , 2.3% Asian , 0.5% from other races , and 2.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.7% of the population. There were 5,691 households, of which 30.8% had children under

2592-481: Was 2,494.6 inhabitants per square mile (963.2/km ). There were 5,845 housing units at an average density of 1,032.3 per square mile (398.6/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 93.97% White , 1.71% African American , 0.12% Native American , 2.77% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 0.22% from other races , and 1.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.98% of the population. There were 5,692 households, out of which 31.4% had children under

2646-458: Was a profitable property for Scripps for most of the 26-year arrangement. Scripps, however, demonstrated a pattern of closing or selling off newspapers that were in difficult competitive positions, rather than invest in them; in the previous three years, Scripps had closed such daily newspapers in Memphis and Cleveland, and subsequently the company has done the same at several other newspapers, including

2700-409: Was purchasing 11 daily newspapers, 30 weeklies, and other assets from Morris Publishing Group, a division of Morris Communications. In October 2017, GateHouse acquired Edward A. Sherman Publishing Company, parent of The Newport Daily News . In January 2018, GateHouse announced its purchase of Oregon's second-largest daily newspaper, The Register-Guard . In February 2018, GateHouse announced

2754-425: Was rebranded as BridgeTower Media. The GateHouse Media corporate strategy continues to focus on acquiring and operating traditional local media businesses and transforming them from print-centric operations to multimedia operations. As of April 2018, GateHouse Media was publishing 144 daily newspapers, 684 community publications, and over 569 local market websites in 38 states. In January 2015, GateHouse purchased

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2808-582: Was renamed The Ohio State Journal , and it became the official mouthpiece of the then-new Republican Party in the late 1850s, guided by its editor and proprietor, James M. Comly . Following Comly's military service during the American Civil War , he returned to Columbus and rapidly established the Journal as one of the leading newspapers in Ohio. Through his editorials, Comly is considered by many to have been instrumental in helping Rutherford B. Hayes be elected Governor of Ohio and later President of

2862-500: Was renamed GateHouse and its headquarters moved to suburban Rochester, New York , in April 2006. In October 2006, GateHouse had its IPO with Fortress maintaining 60% ownership. On October 23, 2007, GateHouse announced the purchase of 14 daily newspapers and other publications from Morris Communications . The company received notification from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 21, 2008, that it had fallen below

2916-510: Was unsuccessful in its efforts to avoid suspension and delisting. On September 4, 2013, News Corp announced that it would sell the Dow Jones Local Media Group , a group of 33 local newspapers, to Newcastle Investment Corp, an affiliate of Fortress, for $ 87 million. The newspapers were operated by GateHouse Media following the purchase. CEO Robert James Thomson indicated that the newspapers "were not strategically consistent with

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