By Pam Queen, The Dominion Post
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Ogden Newspapers will purchase The Dominion Post from the Raese family of Morgantown and its West Virginia Newspaper Publishing Co., the two companies announced Wednesday.
Ogden CEO Robert Nutting said his family has long valued the work done by The Dominion Post and its staff to serve Morgantown and the surrounding region. He commended the Raese family for its century-long stewardship of the newspaper and said his family looks forward to continuing their legacy of community-focused journalism in the greater Morgantown region and throughout north-central West Virginia.
“We are extremely proud to be given the opportunity to carry on the work done by the Greer and Raese families for the past 101 years at The Dominion Post,” Nutting said. “The newspaper has served the residents of Morgantown well since its founding, and we plan to honor and build on their legacy of strong community journalism well into the future by continuing to publish — both in print and on digital media platforms — community-focused content that covers the issues most important to readers.”
The Raese family’s roots in the newspaper business began in 1923 when Morgantown businessman Col. H.C. Greer became the owner and publisher of the Morgantown Post. The Morgantown Post in 1973 merged with The Dominion News to create The Dominion Post.
“This transaction will give us the opportunity to focus on our other media activities, which have substantially grown over the last decade. We look forward to the continued growth, diversification and growth of our WVRC Media Group, West Virginia’s largest media group,” said David Raese, joint owner of The Dominion Post.
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