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When it comes to nationally syndicated columnists, Ohio’s daily newspapers aredominated by conservatives, leaving progressive voices behind.
________________________________OHIO MEDIA: Daily Newspapers at a Glance
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In Ohio, there are 84 daily newspapers with a total circulation of 2,257,887.
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Conservative syndicated columnists appear a total of 200 times per week in Ohio newspapers. Centrist columnists appear atotal of 40 times, while progressive columnists appear a total of 95 times.
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Taking newspaper circulation into account, these columnists have the potential to reach Ohio readers a total of 13,664,919times each week.
OHIO VOICE: Who Is Being Heard?
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Nationally syndicated conservative columnists account for 45 percent of the column impressions in Ohio, while nationallysyndicated progressive columnists account for only 39 percent of the column impressions.
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Those conservative columnists reach Ohio readers 833,207 more times than their progressive counterparts.
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The top nationally syndicated columnists published regularly in Ohio consist of seven conservatives, one centrist, and threeprogressives.
Top Ten Columnists in Ohio
6788911101321192232221131155051015202530Michael ReaganDick Morris/Eileen McGannJonah GoldbergMorton KondrackeClarence PageEllen GoodmanNat Hentoff David S. BroderGeorge F. WillCal ThomasKathleen Parker
Note: The first bar is the total number of papers each columnists appears in regularly; the second represents occasionally.
Conserv ativ eProgressiv eCentrist
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These figures account for columnists appearing in multiple papers; if a particular columnist is in five separate papers, he or she is counted in these figures five times.
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Similar to the advertising term “ad impressions,” “column impressions” counts the number of copies of each column that appears in print.
Ohio Columnist Voice
45%15%39%
Conservative VoiceProgressive VoiceCentrist Voice
Ohio Columnists by Ideology
28%12%60%
Conserv ativ esProgressiv esCentrists
Newspaper State CirculationConservatives Progressives
Akron Beacon Journal OH 140,975
42%
33%
Alliance Review, The OH 10,088
0% 0%
Ashland Times-Gazette OH 10,298
75%
25%
Ashtabula Star Beacon OH 18,458
45%
18%
Athens Messenger, The OH 10,452
0% 0%
Beavercreek News-Current OH 3,261
0% 0%
Bellefontaine Examiner, The OH 7,655
50% 50%
Bellevue Gazette OH 2,428
40% 40%
Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune, The OH 9,851
0% 0%
Bryan Times, The OH 8,910
25% 25%
Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum OH 5,574
0% 0%
Canton Repository, The OH 68,487
38%
50%
Celina Daily Standard, The OH 8,747
40% 40%
Chillicothe Gazette OH 14,347
67%
33%
Cincinnati Enquirer OH 202,895
60%
40%
Cincinnati Post, The OH 29,431
19%
44%
Circleville Herald, The OH 5,559
0% 0%
Cleveland Plain Dealer, The OH 356,958
25%
50%
Columbus Dispatch, The OH 253,410
33%
50%
Coshocton Tribune OH 6,439
0% 0%
Dayton Daily News OH 137,035
0%
50%
Defiance Crescent-News, The OH 15,299
100%
0%
Delaware Gazette, The OH 7,237
67%
33%
Delphos Daily Herald OH 3,069
100%
0%
Dover/New Philadelphia Times-Reporter, The OH 23,105
60%
20%
East Liverpool Review, The OH 9,519
91%
9%
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram OH 23,020
33%
44%
Fairborn Daily Herald OH 3,428
0% 0%
Findlay Courier, The OH 18,523
67%
33%
Fostoria Review Times, The OH 3,500
0% 0%
Fremont News-Messenger, The OH 10,804
100%
0%
Galion Inquirer, The OH 3,298
75%
25%
Gallipolis Daily Tribune/Sunday Times-Sentinel OH 4,673
80%
20%
Greenville Daily Advocate OH 5,544
50% 50%
Guernsey County/Cambridge Daily Jeffersonian/Sunday Jeffersonian
OH 10,998
67%
33%
Hamilton JournalNews OH 22,475
60%
20%
Highland County/Hillsboro Times Gazette OH 4,232
0% 0%
Ironton Tribune, The OH 4,481
67%
33%
Kent/Ravenna Record-Courier OH 17,949
50%
0%
Kenton Times, The OH 6,171
100%
0%
Lake County/Willoughby News-Herald, The OH 47,261
83%
17%
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette OH 13,160
70%
20%
Lima News, The OH 34,408
70%
20%
Lisbon Morning Journal OH 12,040
0% 0%
Logan Daily News, The OH 3,585
100%
0%
London Madison Press, The OH 4,341
100%
0%
Lorain Morning Journal, The OH 29,151
67%
0%
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