A significant background aspect of this story is the creation of cleveland.com as the "sister company" of "The Plain Dealer", and its growth at the expense of "The Plain Dealer". Though under the same ownership as "The Plain Dealer", cleveland.com is a separate organization with separate staff and offices, and with responsibilities carved out from "The Plain Dealer"'s; cleveland.com has responsibility for all online presence, while "The Plain Dealer" provides only a print product, and not an online one. Cleveland.com is described by its owners as "the premier news and information website in the state of Ohio", and as the digital outlet for "The Plain Dealer"s past and present content.