The Daily Independent (Ashland newspaper) Independent" and "The Sunday Independent" namesake, following a redesign. Colonel B.F. Forgey, an Ohio native who bought half an interest in the paper in 1910, is credited with guiding the paper's growth until his death in 1952. The newspaper continued to be privately owned until Ottaway Community Newspapers bought it in 1979, selling it to CNHI in 2002. The circulation in 1920 was 3,500 but increased to 17,000 by 1954 and peaked at 25,000 in 1980. The Daily Independent (Ashland newspaper) The Daily Independent (also known as The Sunday Independent and formerly known as The Independent from 2003 to 2015)
The Daily Item (Sunbury) News". Community Newspaper Holdings bought "The Daily Item" and "The Danville News" in late 2006 from Ottaway Community Newspapers, a division of Dow Jones & Company. In May 2015, the newspaper published a letter to the editor calling for the execution of US President Barack Obama. The newspaper later apologized. The Daily Item (Sunbury) The Daily Item is a daily newspaper in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, covering the Central Susquehanna Valley Region. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. "The Sunbury Daily" (founded 1872) and "The Evening Item" (1893) merged July 1, 1936. Publishing five afternoons per week, "The Daily Item"