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Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (ISSN 1060-4332) is a daily newspaper in Fayetteville, Arkansas owned by Northwest Arkansas Newspapers and has circulation of 17,807 copies. History [ edit ]
Union list of Arkansas newspapers, 1819-1942. Little Rock – via HathiTrust. {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ; John A. Hudson and Robert L. Peterson (1955). "Arkansas Newspapers in the University of Texas Newspaper Collection". Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 14 (3): 207– 224. doi:10.2307/40037988. JSTOR 40037988.
Obituary of artist Thomas W. Bankes in the Gazette on 29 March 1906. During Reconstruction, a competitor arose by various names, under various editors, and with several different owners. In 1878, J.N. Smithee bought the newspaper, changed its name to the Arkansas Democrat, and went after lucrative state printing contracts held by the Gazette.
The name of the newspaper was changed in 1920 when editors decided to publish the paper more than once a week. The editors sponsored a contest to select a new name, and The Arkansas Traveler, well known as the name of a story by Sandford C. Faulkner that was later put to music in the song also titled "The Arkansas Traveler", was chosen. [5]
In August 2021, Gannett sold the newspaper to Phillips Media Group. [3] In January 2024, the newspaper announced it will reduce its print frequency from five days a week to two (Wednesdays and Saturdays). [4] In August 2024, Phillips Media Group sold the paper to Carpenter Media Group. [5]
The University of Arkansas was founded in Fayetteville in 1871 as Arkansas Industrial University. [108] The land-grant/space-grant, high-activity research institution is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System. [109] Enrollment for the 2010 fall semester was 21,406 total students. [110]