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32-682: In March 1971, John and Elizabeth Davidson began publishing a six-page paper called The Key News to the Key . The Davidsons later renamed the paper to the Siesta Key Pelican . The name of the publication changed again to Pelican Press . In 1998 the paper was purchased by Journal Media Group , based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , joining a large publication family with interests in other states. In 2011, Journal Media Group sold Pelican Press to Sarasota-based Observer Media Group (OMG). In 2015, OMG changed

64-510: A male householder with no wife present, and 49.8% were non-families. 42.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.92. The median age in the city was 40.1 years. 22.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.7% were from 25 to 44; 24.6% were from 45 to 64; and 20.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of

96-621: A media monopoly in the Milwaukee area. It created the now-defunct alternative papers MKE and ¡Aqui! Milwaukee to regain advertising dollars lost to local independents like the Shepherd Express and the Milwaukee Spanish Journal . On July 30, 2014, it was announced that Journal would be acquired by the E. W. Scripps Company in an all-stock transaction. Scripps would retain the two firms' broadcasting properties, while both

128-517: A result most Journal stock was eventually held by its employees (under certain restrictions). A small bloc of Journal stock was given to Harvard to fund the Nieman Fellowship program for promising journalists, and another bloc was still held by the original owning families until the IPO . The Milwaukee Sentinel , begun in 1837 as a weekly published by city co-founder Solomon Juneau , passed through

160-541: Is led by Timothy E. Stautberg—the former head of Scripps' newspaper business, joined by previous Journal CEO Stephen J. Smith as a chairman. In 2016, Journal Media Group was acquired by Gannett . The Milwaukee Journal was started in 1882, in competition with four other English-language, four German- and two Polish-language dailies. It launched WTMJ-AM (620) in 1927, and WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) in 1947. The Journal Company , until then primarily owned by local interests, introduced an employee stock trust plan in 1937, and as

192-486: Is located mostly within the Town of Waupaca , and it is politically independent of the town. A portion extends west into the adjacent Town of Farmington , and there is also a noncontiguous area of the city in the Town of Lind to the south. The city is divided into natural areas, city areas, and industrial areas. In the 1700s Waupaca was divided into two different towns. One of the towns was called Blackie, wisconsin. The other side

224-514: The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act . The Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan subsequently announced an investigation into the two companies. Source: Waupaca, Wisconsin Waupaca ( / w ə ˈ p æ k ə / wə- PAK -ə ) is a city in and the county seat of Waupaca County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin . The population was 6,282 at the 2020 census . The city

256-532: The Advantage Press commercial printing business to Gannett Company . It also sold its Louisiana-based publishing business to a Target Media Partners affiliate. In 1999 Journal Communications acquired the Great Empire radio group (13 radio stations in 4 states). The corporation had its initial public offering of Class A shares in 2003. For decades, Journal Communications was criticized with concerns about being

288-519: The Better Business Bureau listed ten (10) separate "significant" complaints from the previous three years, of which two alleged the company made unauthorized debits from customers' checking accounts, four alleged problems obtaining refunds, two alleged the company harassed a customer or former customer, two alleged improper billing, and two alleged delivery continuing after customers tried to cancel. (The total number of allegations does not add to

320-743: The Chain O’Lakes area. The Menominee in the Waupaca area moved between large villages on Taylor and Otter Lakes and camps along the falls on the Waupaca River. In a series of seven treaties, the Menominee ceded their lands to the United States. The final treaty, in 1848, relinquished the last of the Menominee's land, which included Waupaca. The first white settlers, five men from Vermont, came to Waupaca looking for “the falls” in 1849. The settlers made camp near

352-502: The Scripps and Journal print properties would be spun off as Journal Media Group. The FCC approved the deal on December 12, 2014, and it was approved by shareholders on March 11, 2015. The merger and spin-off were finalized on April 1, 2015; Stephen J. Smith was replaced as CEO by Timothy E. Stautberg—the former head of Scripps' newspaper operation. Although Journal Media Group was based at Journal Communications' old headquarters in Milwaukee,

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384-580: The Sentinel name, subscription lists, and goodwill associated with the name. In 1995 the Journal and Sentinel were consolidated. The new Journal Sentinel then became a seven-day morning paper. In 1964, Journal Communications bought a part interest in Perry Printing, a commercial printer specializing in printing magazines, catalogs and free-standing inserts for publications. A decade later, in 1974, it purchased

416-576: The broadcaster from liability from common law copyright claims. The Commercial Appeal posted a controversial database listing Tennessee residents with permits to carry handguns in 2008. The database is a public record in Tennessee , but had not previously been posted online. Scripps owns and operates the Ventura County Star , which has faced many complaints involving its circulation practices rather than its editorial content. As of April 2, 2011,

448-596: The city has a total area of 8.21 square miles (21.3 km ), of which 7.92 square miles (20.5 km ) is land and 0.29 square miles (0.75 km ) is water. From 1899 to 1926, streetcar service was provided by the Waupaca Electric Light and Railway Company . As of the census of 2020 , the population was 6,282. The population density was 793.2 inhabitants per square mile (306.3/km ). There were 3,066 housing units at an average density of 387.1 units per square mile (149.5 units/km ). The racial makeup of

480-562: The city was 47.5% male and 52.5% female. At the 2000 census , there were 5,676 people, 2,364 households and 1,302 families residing in the city. The population density was 947.0 people per square mile (365.6 people/km ). There were 2,543 housing units at an average density of 424.3 units per square mile (163.8 units/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 96.26% White , 0.33% Black or African American , 0.86% Native American , 0.25% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 1.39% from other races , and 0.88% from two or more races. 3.42% of

512-551: The city was 91.3% White , 1.1% Black or African American , 1.0% Asian , 0.6% Native American , 1.4% from other races , and 4.6% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 4.0% Hispanic or Latino of any race. As of the census of 2010, there were 6,069 people, 2,702 households, and 1,356 families residing in the city. The population density was 776.1 inhabitants per square mile (299.7/km ). There were 2,996 housing units at an average density of 383.1 units per square mile (147.9 units/km ). The racial makeup of

544-420: The city was 96.6% White , 0.9% African American , 0.7% Native American , 0.3% Asian , 0.5% from other races , and 1.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.3% of the population. There were 2,702 households, of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.9% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had

576-519: The end of what is now North Main Street with plans to harness the power of the falls and establish a community. By 1852, a post office had been established and the settlement was officially named Waupaca. Waupaca was incorporated as a village on May 4, 1857, by an act of the Wisconsin State Legislature . This act was repealed on April 7, 1862, but revived on June 17 of the same year. Waupaca

608-498: The hands of several owners before being sold to the Hearst Corporation in 1924. Hearst operated the Sentinel until 1962, when, following a long and costly strike, it abruptly announced the closing of the paper. Although Hearst claimed that the paper had lost money for years, The Journal Company, concerned about the loss of an important voice (and facing questions about its own dominance of the Milwaukee media market), agreed to buy

640-506: The latter company was legally defunct, having been absorbed into Scripps and renamed "Desk BC Merger, LLC". On October 7, 2015, it was announced that Gannett would acquire Journal Media Group for $ 280 million. The deal was finalized on April 8, 2016. Florida Wisconsin Stations are arranged alphabetically by city of license . Before its merger with Journal, the papers of E. W. Scripps were known for having several controversies within

672-486: The name to the Siesta Key Observer . In 2016, Emily Walsh was named publisher of Siesta Key Observer . This article about a Florida newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Journal Media Group Journal Media Group (formerly Journal Communications ) was a Milwaukee , Wisconsin -based newspaper publishing company. The company's roots were first established in 1882 as

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704-568: The newspapers it ran. Hugo Zacchini performed a human cannonball act in 1972 at the Geauga County Fair in Burton, Ohio . Scripps television station WEWS-TV recorded and aired the entire act against his wishes and without compensating him, as was required by Ohio law . In Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co. , the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment did not shield

736-458: The owner of its namesake, the Milwaukee Journal , and expanded into broadcasting with the establishment of WTMJ radio and WTMJ-TV , and the acquisition of other television and radio stations. On April 1, 2015, the E. W. Scripps Company acquired Journal Communications, and spun out the publishing operations of both Scripps and Journal into a new company known as Journal Media Group. It

768-432: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 2,364 households, of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.5% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.9% were non-families. 38.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

800-533: The regional telecommunications provider to privately held Q-Comm Corp of Delaware . Upon closing the transaction, Q-Comm terminated Jim Ditter, who had been president of Norlight since 1995, and chief financial officer Phillip Garvey. What is now known as the Journal Community Publishing Group began in Waupaca, Wisconsin in 1972 as a publishing and printing company called Add Inc. A majority interest

832-685: The remaining shares of the company. In 1995, it sold the operation (which by then had about 1000 employees and sales of $ 123 million) to the Milhous Group of California. In 1968, the Midwestern Relay cable transmission division of the Journal Company was developed out of broadcast-related expertise; in 1991, Midwestern Relay acquired Norlight, a fiber-optic private carrier, and adopted the Norlight name. On February 26, 2007, Journal Communications sold

864-429: The total number of complaints because two complaints made multiple allegations.) In May 2013, Scripps News Service discovered and published a security breach on the websites of Oklahoma-based TerraCom Inc. and an affiliate, YourTel America Inc. in which the personal information of tens of thousands of low-income Americans was publicly exposed. In response, the two companies accused Scripps of "hacking" and of violations of

896-414: Was $ 45,128. Males had a median income of $ 32,488 versus $ 21,651 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 18,890. About 7.1% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 12.9% of those under age 18 and 12.0% of those age 65 or over. Waupaca Foundry is the largest employer in the city, employing over 1500 workers in three plants in or around the city. Most of

928-414: Was 2.25 and the average family size was 3.01. Age distribution was 25.4% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 17.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.9 males. The median household income was $ 31,095, and the median family income

960-422: Was called Waupaca. Only white people could live there. Native American mound builders lived in the area prior to European settlement. At one time there were 72 earthwork mounds in the area, some of them ancient prehistoric works. “Waupaca” is an Menominee word, Wāpahkoh, which means Place of Tomorrow Seen Clearly. For more than 10,000 years, the Menominee occupied about 10 million acres, including Waupaca and

992-468: Was incorporated as a city by the legislature on March 5, 1875. Beginning in the 1960s and continuing to the present, the city has expanded its population and area through annexation. Waupaca is located at 44°21′17″N 89°4′54″W  /  44.35472°N 89.08167°W  / 44.35472; -89.08167 (44.354922, -89.081775). According to the United States Census Bureau ,

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1024-558: Was purchased by Journal Communications in 1981, and the remainder in 1986. In June 2007, Journal Communications sold off its JCP interests in Louisiana , Ohio , Connecticut and Vermont . The sales brought in a combined $ 30 million. The company sold 11 community newspapers, five shoppers and two printing plants in Connecticut and Vermont to Hersam Acorn Newspapers . In Ohio, Journal sold eight shoppers, numerous specialty print products and

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