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| type = [[Privately Held|Private]]
| foundation = {{start date|1984|07|30}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://starpas.cc.state.az.us/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=wsbroker1/history-detail.p?corp-id=01393601 |title=Ariz. Corp. Comm. – Corporations Division |access-date=August 16, 2010}}</ref>
| founder = Milton I. Wick and his James L. Wick
| location = [[Sierra Vista, Arizona]], U.S.
| key_people = Francis Wick, President and CEO<br/> Susan Ellis, CFO<br/>John D'Orlando, COO<br/> Reilly Kneedler, CoS
| key_people = [[Milton I. Wick]], Founder<br /> Francis Wick, President and CEO<br /> Mike Rand, CFO<br />Ron Pranger, Controller<br /> Sean Fitzpatrick, Digital Director<br />Dan Shearer, Editorial Director<ref name="bloomberg2" /><ref name="keywick">{{cite web |url=http://wickcommunications.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=40 |title=Company Management |work=Wick Communications Co. |access-date=February 14, 2013}}</ref>
| num_employees = 400+<ref name="linkedin">{{cite web |url=http://www.linkedin.com/companies/wick-communications |title=Wick Communications Company Profile |work=LinkedIn |access-date=February 14, 2013}}</ref><ref name="wickboard">{{cite web |url=http://wickcommunications.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=41 |title=Board of Directors |work=Wick Communications Co. |access-date=August 16, 2010}}</ref>
| industry = [[Newspaper]]s
| homepage = {{url|http://wickcommunications.com}}
}}
'''Wick Communications''' (formerly known as Wick Newspaper Group)<ref name="bloomberg2">{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1080801|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005192352/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1080801|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 5, 2012|title=Wick Communications Co.:Private Company Information|work=Bloomberg Businessweek|access-date=August 16, 2010}}</ref> is a family-owned media company with 2718 [[newspapers]] andin 1810 states.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web [[Newspaper#Customized|specialtylast=Dudley publications]]|first=Brier in|date=2024-08-09 11|title=Q&A: statesFrancis Wick on saving local news, NW journalism and more |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/qa-francis-wick-on-saving-local-news-nw-journalism-and-more/ |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref> They also publish websites and other specialty publications. The home offices are in [[Sierra Vista, Arizona]], and it has newspapers in [[Arizona]], [[Louisiana]], [[Montana]], [[Colorado]], [[Alaska]], [[California]], [[North Dakota]], [[South Dakota]], [[Idaho]], [[Oregon]] and [[Washington (state)|Washington]].<ref name="wickpapers">{{cite web|url=http://wickcommunications.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=43 |title=Locations |work=Wick Communications Co. |access-date=August 16, 2010}}</ref>
 
== The Wick family ==
While in college, brothers Milton I. Wick and James Lester Wick started a business employing college students to sell books to farmers during the summer months.<ref name=":11">{{Cite news |date=December 1, 1981 |title=Milton I. Wick, Daily News Chairman, dies at age of 82 |work=Daily News |pages=1}}</ref> The two purchased their first newspaper in 1926.<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":2" /> Over the years Milton managed the business and acquired 27 papers across the country.<ref name=":2" /> At the same time his business partner James worked as a foreign correspondent in Europe and focused on politics. After returning stateside he became editor of the newsletter ''What's Happening in Washington.'' In 1952, James published a book titled "How Not to Run for President, A Handbook for Republicans."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barton |first=Bruce |date=June 22, 1952 |title=Bruce Barton Says: Bob or Ike? |work=The San Francisco Examiner |pages=128}}</ref>
 
In 1953, James organized a European tour with a group of 37 newspaper editors,<ref name=":10">{{Cite news |date=November 8, 1964 |title=JAMES WICK DIES; PUBLISHER WAS 67; Editor of Human Events, a Conservative Newsletter |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/08/archives/james-wick-dies-publisher-was-67-editor-of-human-events-a.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027232030/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/08/archives/james-wick-dies-publisher-was-67-editor-of-human-events-a.html |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |access-date=October 10, 2024 |work=The New York Times |pages=89}}</ref> including his brother.<ref name=":2" /> The venture was called Wick Editors Tours. The group were the first Americans to enter and report from Hungry and Romania after the raising of the [[Iron Curtain]].<ref name=":11" /> The Wick brothers were among the first party of U.S. journalists allowed inside the [[Soviet Union]] after the [[death of Joseph Stalin]].<ref name=":2" /> At the time of his death in 1964, James was the editor and publisher of [[Human Events|''Human Events'']], a Conservative newsletter.<ref name=":10" /> Right before passing, he sold his interest in Wick Newspapers to his brother Milton's sons Walter M. Wick and Robert J. Wick.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2016-02-09 |title=Francis Wick named CEO of Wick Communications |url=https://www.willistonherald.com/business/francis-wick-named-ceo-of-wick-communications/article_86297d46-cf53-11e5-8e0c-77a38920f87c.html |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Williston Herald |language=en}}</ref> The two took full ownership of the family business when their father Milton died on November 30, 1981. At that time the Wick Newspaper Group owned and operated 40 newspapers.<ref name=":2" />
==History==
Milton I. Wick and his brother James Wick founded Wick Communications Company in 1926.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wick |url=https://www.nabur.org/wick |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=NABUR |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
Milton I. Wick was inducted posthumously into the Arizona Newspapers Hall of Fame in 1996,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=THE HISTORY OF SERVICE |url=https://www.wickcommunications.com/about |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Wick Communications |language=en-US}}</ref> and Walt M. Wick and Robert J. Wick were also inducted in September 2004.<ref name=":3" />
Milton Wick entered the publishing business in 1926 when he became owner and publisher of the ''[[Niles Daily Times]]'' in [[Niles, Ohio]]. Over a period of years, his corporation acquired some 27 newspapers.
 
In 2016, Robert's son Francis Wick was named CEO of Wick Communications.<ref name=":4" /> That same year Walter M. Wick died of pancreatic cancer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Dylan |last2= |first2= |date=December 28, 2016 |title=Former SV Herald publisher Walter Wick dies at 85 {{!}} Obituary |url=https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122816_wick_obit/former-sv-herald-publisher-walter-wick-dies-85/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Tucson Sentinel |language=en-US}}</ref>Robert J. Wick died in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-18 |title=Robert Wick, champion of art, newspapers and community, dies at 86 |url=https://www.nhonews.com/obituaries/robert-wick-champion-of-art-newspapers-and-community-dies-at-86/article_70245514-8c40-5d54-b536-4f7ea704aebf.html |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Navajo-Hopi Observer |language=en}}</ref> In August 2024, Francis Wick announced he will step down as company CEO.<ref name=":5" />
In 1926, he married Rose Mary Lumas, and they had two sons, Walter M. Wick and [[Robert J. Wicks|Robert J. Wick]], both of whom entered the newspaper business.
 
== Acquisitions and sales ==
In 1926, Milton Wick purchased the ''Niles Daily Times''. His brother, James, was partner in all the newspaper enterprises until his death in 1965 when Milton and sons, Walter and Robert, purchased James' interests.
The company originated in 1926 when the Wick family purchased the ''Niles Daily Times'' in [[Niles, Ohio]].<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Wick |url=https://www.nabur.org/wick |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=NABUR |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=December 1, 1981 |title=Veteran publisher dies in Arizona |work=St. Joseph News-Press |pages=6}}</ref> The company bought ''[[Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids)|The Daily Herald]]'' in 1947<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 13, 1948 |title=Weekly Newspaper Changes To Daily At Roanoke Rapids |work=The Daily Times-News |pages=9}}</ref> and ''[[Williston Herald]]'' in 1961.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 25, 1961 |title=Business Notes: Handles Sales |work=The News and Observer |pages=31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 21, 196 |title=Williston Herald Paper Sold to Niles Editor |work=Lancaster Eagle-Gazette |pages=1}}</ref> Also in 1961, the Wick sold the ''Niles Daily Times'' and three nearby newspapers (the ''Girard News'', the ''Hubbard News'' and the ''Suburban Reporter'') to a newly formed enterprise.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 3, 1961 |title=Niles Daily Times Sold |work=The Evening Independent |pages=4}}</ref> In 1962, Wick purchased a stake in the ''[[Sidney Herald]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 18, 1962 |title=Porton of Sidney Herald Stock Changes Hands |work=The Sidney Herald |pages=1}}</ref>
 
The Wicks acquired the [[Sierra Vista Herald|''Sierra Vista Herald'']] in 1967,<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 8, 1968 |title=Huachuca paper now in 13th year |work=The Arizona Republic |pages=8}}</ref> the [[Argus Observer|''Argus Observer'']] in 1968,<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 20, 1968 |title=Chain Buys Newspaper In Ontario |work=The Idaho Statesman |pages=5}}</ref> ''[[Sierra Vista Herald|Bisbee Review]]'' in 1974<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 9, 1974 |title=Bisbee sale of weekly is announced |work=The Arizona Republic |pages=37}}</ref> and ''Green Valley News'' in 1978,<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 26, 1978 |title=Wick Newspaper Group buys Green Valley News |work=Arizona Daily Star |pages=34}}</ref> [[Eastern Arizona Courier|''Eastern Arizona Courier'']] in 1983,<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 6, 1984 |title=Robert Gentry (Obituary) |work=The Arizona Republic |pages=32}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=November 14, 1983 |title=Wick moving into radio scene |work=Arizona Daily Star |pages=31}}</ref> [[KFMM]] and [[KCUZ]] in 1983,<ref name=":7" /> the ''Parker Pioneer'' in 1985,<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 10, 1985 |title=Wick buys newspaper |work=Tucson Citizen |pages=29}}</ref> the ''L'Observateur'' in 1986,<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 7, 1986 |title=LaPlace Weekly Sold to Chain |work=The Daily Review |pages=5}}</ref> [[Half Moon Bay Review|''Half Moon Bay Review'']] in 1986,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayden |first=Sara |date=22 November 2017 |title=Parent company seeks to sell HMB Review |url=https://www.hmbreview.com/news/parent-company-seeks-to-sell-hmb-review/article_86274dec-cfd7-11e7-8c8d-bf8788d411f7.html |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=Half Moon Bay Review}}</ref> ''Richland County Leader'' in 1988,<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 14, 1988 |title=5-year Sidney press war ends as newspapers merge |work=The Billings Gazette |pages=33}}</ref> ''Douglas Daily Dispatch'' in 1989;<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 21, 1989 |title=Owner of 2 Cochise County dailies to buy Douglas Dispatch on Nov. 1 |work=Arizona Daily Star |pages=22}}</ref> [[The Daily Territorial|''The Daily Territorial'']], ''The Weekly Territorial'' and ''Ore Valley Territorial'' in 1990,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ducote |first=Richard |date=May 9, 1990 |title=3 Territorial papers sold to Wick Co. |work=Arizona Daily Star |pages=40}}</ref> [[Inside Tucson Business|''Inside Tucson Business'']] in 1992,<ref name=":8" /> ''Montrose Daily Press'' in 1997,<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 17, 1997 |title=Wick Communications acquires Colorado paper |work=Arizona Daily Star |pages=52}}</ref> [[Tucson Weekly|''Tucson Weekly'']] in 2000,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fischer |first=Alan D. |date=March 3, 2000 |title=Sierra Vista's Wick chain buys Tucson Weekly |work=Arizona Daily Star |pages=35}}</ref> ''[[Capital Journal]]'' in 2005;<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 29, 2005 |title=Arizona group buys Pierre newspaper |work=Argus-Leader |pages=18}}</ref>''[[Anchorage Press]]'' and ''[[Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman]]'' in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Richtmyer |first=Richard |date=August 3, 2006 |title=Arizona publisher buys Anchorage press owner |work=Anchorage Daily News |pages=47}}</ref>
Milton Wick was born February 20, 1899, in [[Bowdle, South Dakota]] and died on November 30, 1981. He was inducted posthumously into the Arizona Newspapers Hall of Fame.<ref name="ana">{{cite web |url=http://www.ananews.com/awards/hof/index.html |title=ANA Hall of Fame |work=Arizona Newspapers Association |access-date=August 16, 2010}}</ref> In September 2004, Walt and Robert were named to the Arizona Newspaper Hall of Fame.<ref name="ana" /><ref name="wickhistory">{{cite web |url=http://wickcommunications.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=46 |title=History of Wick Communications |work=Wick Communications Co. |access-date=August 16, 2010}}</ref>
 
Wick sold ''L'Observateur'' and ''The'' ''Daily News'' of Bogalusa in April 2014 to Carpenter Media Group.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-04-02 |title=Newspaper bought by Carpenter Newsmedia |url=https://www.lobservateur.com/2014/04/02/newspaper-bought-by-carpenter-newsmedia/ |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=L'Observateur |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-04-01 |title=Purchase of The Daily News completed |url=https://www.bogalusadailynews.com/2014/04/01/purchase-of-the-daily-news-completed/ |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=The Bogalusa Daily News |language=en}}</ref> That same month, Wick sold the [[Tucson Weekly|''Tucson Weekly'']] and [[Inside Tucson Business|''Inside Tucson Business'']] to 10/13 Communications.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Dylan |last2= |first2= |date=April 18, 2014 |title=Sold! Weekly, Inside Tucson Business change hands |url=https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041714_territorial_sale/sold-weekly-inside-tucson-business-change-hands/ |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=Tucson Sentinel |language=en-US}}</ref> In January 2018, Wick sold ''[[Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids)|The Daily Herald]]'' to [[Paxton Media Group]]<ref name=":6">{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-01-31 |title=Paxton Media Group purchases The Daily Herald |url=http://www.rrdailyherald.com/news/local/paxton-media-group-purchases-the-daily-herald/article_4d426d22-06be-11e8-a7db-1766a58c2163.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516043105/http://www.rrdailyherald.com/news/local/paxton-media-group-purchases-the-daily-herald/article_4d426d22-06be-11e8-a7db-1766a58c2163.html |archive-date=2018-05-16 |accessdate=2018-05-10 |work= |publisher=The Daily Herald}}</ref> and also sold the ''[[Half Moon Bay Review]]'' in May 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mascarenhas |first=Natasha |date=June 5, 2018 |title=Half Moon Bay Review bought by community members |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Half-Moon-Bay-Review-bought-by-community-members-12967001.php |access-date=October 2, 2024 |website=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> The company purchased ''[[The Wenatchee World]]'' in March 2018<ref>{{Cite news |last=Romano |first=Benjamin |date=2018-03-29 |title=Woods family sells Wenatchee World to Wick Communications |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/woods-family-sells-wenatchee-world-to-wick-communications/ |access-date=2018-10-03 |work=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Acadiana LifeStyle'' in July 2018,<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Partsch III |first=Raymond |date=July 5, 2018 |title=Wick buys Acadiana LifeStyle |url=https://www.iberianet.com/news/wick-buys-acadiana-lifestyle/article_53ae0f28-8002-11e8-ba71-bf520038998e.html |access-date=2018-10-03 |work=The Daily Iberian |language=en}}</ref> ''Delta County Independent'' in Colorado in May 2019<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 1, 2019 |title=Wick Communications Acquires the Delta County (CO) Independent |url=https://dirksvanessen.com/press_release/wick-communications-acquires-the-delta-county-co-independent/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Dirks, Van Essen & April |language=en-US}}</ref> and ''[[The Daily Journal (Fergus Falls)|The Daily Journal]]'' in June 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-06-19 |title=Wick Communications purchasing Fergus Falls Daily Journal |url=https://www.wahpetondailynews.com/news/wick-communications-purchasing-fergus-falls-daily-journal/article_455eda6c-9215-11e9-a706-4f7f35f30a2e.html |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=Daily News & News Monitor |language=en}}</ref> The company closed the ''Independent-Enterprise'' of [[Payette, Idaho]] in 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Caldwell |first=Pat |date=2024-02-02 |title=Ontario newspaper announces slash in publication days, switch to mail delivery |url=https://www.malheurenterprise.com/2024/02/02/ontario-newspaper-announces-slash-in-publication-days-switch-to-mail-delivery/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=[[Malheur Enterprise]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
In January 2018, Wick sold ''[[Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids)|The Daily Herald]]'' in [[Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina]], a paper it had owned since 1948, to [[Paxton Media Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rrdailyherald.com/news/local/paxton-media-group-purchases-the-daily-herald/article_4d426d22-06be-11e8-a7db-1766a58c2163.html |title=Paxton Media Group purchases The Daily Herald |publisher=The Daily Herald |date=2018-01-31 |access-date=2018-05-10 }}</ref> Wick sold the ''[[Half Moon Bay Review]]'', based in [[Half Moon Bay, California]], in May 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Half-Moon-Bay-Review-bought-by-community-members-12967001.php|title=Half Moon Bay Review bought by community members|first=Natasha|last=Mascarenhas|date=June 5, 2018|website=SFChronicle.com}}</ref>
 
Wick purchased the ''Madison Daily Leader'' in South Dakota in March 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2, 2021 |title=Hunter Publishing of Madison, South Dakota Joins Wick Communications |url=https://dirksvanessen.com/press_release/hunter-publishing-of-madison-south-dakota-joins-wick-communications/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Dirks, Van Essen & April |language=en-US}}</ref> In September 2023, Wick bought the ''[[Arizona Daily Sun]]'' from [[Lee Enterprises]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-09-06 |title=Wick Communications to acquire Flagstaff's Arizona Daily Sun |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/wick-communications-to-acquire-flagstaffs-arizona-daily-sun,245570 |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Editor and Publisher |language=en}}</ref> In April 2024, [[Wick Communications]] sold ''[[The Daily Iberian]]'' and ''Acadian LifeStyle'' to Carpenter Media Group.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |last3= |date=2024-04-18 |title=Carpenter Media Group to acquire The Daily Iberian |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/carpenter-media-group-to-acquire-the-daily-iberian,249270 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=Editor & Publisher |language=en}}</ref> In October 2024, the company purchased the television station, NCWLife channel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bernstein |first=Dave |date=2024-10-01 |title=Wenatchee World Buys NCWLife Channel |url=https://kpq.com/wenatchee-world-buys-ncw-life/ |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=KPQ (AM) |language=en}}</ref>▼
In March 2018, Wick bought ''[[The Wenatchee World]]'', which was formerly a family-owned newspaper in [[Washington (state)|Washington]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/woods-family-sells-wenatchee-world-to-wick-communications/|title=Woods family sells Wenatchee World to Wick Communications|date=2018-03-29|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=2018-10-03|language=en-US}}</ref> Wick Communications also acquired Acadiana LifeStyle in July 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Partsch III |first=Raymond |date=July 5, 2018 |title=Wick buys Acadiana LifeStyle |language=en |work=The Daily Iberian |url=https://www.iberianet.com/news/wick-buys-acadiana-lifestyle/article_53ae0f28-8002-11e8-ba71-bf520038998e.html |access-date=2018-10-03}}</ref>
 
== River City Newspapers ==
▲In September 2023, Wick bought the ''[[Arizona Daily Sun]]'' from [[Lee Enterprises]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-09-06 |title=Wick Communications to acquire Flagstaff's Arizona Daily Sun |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/wick-communications-to-acquire-flagstaffs-arizona-daily-sun,245570 |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Editor and Publisher |language=en}}</ref> In April 2024, [[Wick Communications]] sold ''[[The Daily Iberian]]'' and ''Acadian LifeStyle'' to Carpenter Media Group.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |last3= |date=2024-04-18 |title=Carpenter Media Group to acquire The Daily Iberian |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/carpenter-media-group-to-acquire-the-daily-iberian,249270 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=Editor & Publisher |language=en}}</ref>
River City Newspapers, LLC is a [[joint venture]] between Wick Communications and [[Western News & Info]]. It was established in August 1995 to manage the ''Today's News-Herald,'' a newspaper based in [[Lake Havasu City, Arizona]] formed from the merger of Wick's ''Daily Herald'' and Western's ''Today's Daily News.''<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 24, 1995 |title=Lake Havasu papers merging |work=The Arizona Republic |pages=65}}</ref> Wick also transferred ownership of the ''Parker Pioneer'' over to River City.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Travis |first=Joan M. |date=2013-08-14 |title=Facing East: Pioneer to Celebrate 60 Years |url=https://www.parkerpioneer.net/news/article_d03063ea-9e2c-5130-bbc4-0c4def12cc84.html |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=Parker Pioneer |language=en}}</ref>
 
In 2022, River City purchased the [[Mohave Valley Daily News|''Mohave Valley Daily News'']]'', Wickenburg Sun, Laughlin Times'' and ''Needles Desert Star'' from Brehm Communications. Also, River City acquired the ''Kingman Miner'' and the Central Printing Facility in [[Golden Valley, Arizona]] from Western News&Info.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-21 |title=WNI, Wick expand newspaper locations; acquire Brehm holdings |url=https://www.nhonews.com/news/wni-wick-expand-newspaper-locations-acquire-brehm-holdings/article_3036bd26-b78d-5362-8210-8a6c99e04252.html |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=Navajo-Hopi Observer |language=en}}</ref>
== Newspapers ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! State !! City !! Newspaper
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Alaska]] || [[Wasilla]] || ''[[Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman]]''
|-
| [[Anchorage]] || ''[[Anchorage Press]]''
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| [[Lake Havasu City, Arizona|Lake Havasu City]] || ''[[Today's News Herald]]'' (50%)
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Colorado]] || [[Delta, Colorado|Delta]] || ''[[Delta County Independent]]''
|-
| [[Montrose, Colorado|Montrose]] || ''[[Montrose Daily Press]]''
Line 85 ⟶ 87:
| [[Minnesota]] || [[Fergus Falls, Minnesota|Fergus Falls]] || ''[[The Daily Journal (Fergus Falls)|The Daily Journal]]''
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[North Dakota]] || [[Hankinson, North Dakota|Hankinson]] || ''[[Richland County News-Monitor]]''
|-
| [[Wahpeton, North Dakota|Wahpeton]] || ''[[Wahpeton Daily News]]''
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|-
|[[Madison, South Dakota|Madison]]
|''Madison Daily Leader''
|''Madison Daily Leader''<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://wickcommunications.com/our-markets/madison-daily-leader/ | title=The Madison Daily Leader | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617234855/https://wickcommunications.com/our-markets/madison-daily-leader/ | archive-date=2021-06-17 | website=wickcommunications.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[Washington (state)|Washington]] || [[Wenatchee, Washington|Wenatchee]] || ''[[The Wenatchee World]]''
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