- Canton Repository
"The Repository" is a daily newspaper serving the greater
Canton, Ohio , area. FoundedMarch 30 ,1815 , by John Saxton, it started as a weekly, and began publishing seven-days-a-week in 1892.cite web |title=The Repository |work=Canton Repository |url=http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?external=static/about_us.php |accessdate=2008-09-25] Historically, it had strong Republican connections, most notably with PresidentWilliam McKinley , who was married to the granddaughter of the paper's founder.Formerly owned by the
Copley Press , it was acquired in April 2007 byGateHouse Media . [cite web |url=http://investors.gatehousemedia.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=237618 |title=GateHouse Media Completes Acquisition of 9 Publications in Northeastern Ohio and Central Illinois |publisher=GateHouse Media, Inc. |date=2007-04-11 |accessdate=2008-09-25]"The Repository" is related to other
Ohio newspapers, the daily New Philadelphia Times Reporter and Massillon Independent, and for southern Summit County, the weekly The Suburbanite.The publisher is Kevin Kampman. Jeff Gauger was hired as Executive Editor in 2007; [cite news |last=Kelley |first=Pat |title=Gauger named Rep's new executive editor
work=Canton Repository |date=2007-07-17 |url=http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=365462 |accessdate=2008-09-25] managing editor M. L. Schultze left "The Repository" that same year to begin a career in public radio. [cite news |last=Young |first=Kelli |title=Rep's managing editor leaves after quarter century |work=Canton Repository |date=2007-07-13 |url=http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=364714 |accessdate=2008-09-25]The paper has a staff of about sixty. [cite news |last=Strupp |first=Joe |title=Missing Pregnant Woman Story Draws Record Interest for Ohio Paper |work=
Editor and Publisher |url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003602066 |date=2007-06-21]References
External links
* [http://www.cantonrep.com/ "The Repository"]
* [http://www.timesreporter.com/ New Philadelphia "Times-Reporter"]
* [http://www.indeonline.com/ Massilon "Independent"]
* [http://www.thesuburbanite.com "The Suburbanite"]
* [http://www.gatehousemedia.com "GateHouse Media"]
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