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class="tnt-asset-link" aria-label="Jessica Reinert: Why I've dedicated my career to local media"> Jessica Reinert: Why I've dedicated my career to local media</a></h4></div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix hidden-xs"></div> <div class="clearfix hidden-xs"></div> </div> </div></section></div><div id="tncms-block-1811822" class="tncms-block"><section id="block-1811822" class="block emphasis-h4 "> <div class="full-asset-list"> <div class="card full-asset"><article itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article" id="asset-0ee8beb6-49ea-11ea-bdf4-07e6a67d0ac6" class="asset article-default"> <span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/SpeakableSpecification"> <meta itemprop="cssSelector" content=".asset-header .headline"/> <meta itemprop="cssSelector" content=".asset-content p:first-of-type"/> </span> <div class="asset-masthead text-left"> <header class="asset-header"> <h1 class="headline" itemprop="headline">Company history</h1> <div class="meta"> <ul class="list-inline"> </ul> </div> </header> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="main-content col-md-12"> <div data-asset-uuid="0ee8beb6-49ea-11ea-bdf4-07e6a67d0ac6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="asset-body"> <div itemprop="articleBody" class="asset-content"> <p>We were born in 1989 in the back shop of a Montana weekly newspaper. Today, our integrated digital publishing and content management solutions power some of the most distinguished media organizations in the local media industry. More than 2,000 newspaper, broadcast, magazine, and web-native publications rely on us for their web, print, mobile and social media products. Our complete solutions suite includes add-ons for data management, content exchange, business directory and more, helping you boost revenue, improve efficiency, and grow your audience.</p><p>TownNews was founded as the International Newspaper Network (I.N.N.) in 1989 to help community newspapers with developing technology by Marc Wilson, Virginia R. Wilson, and Robert P. Dalton, owners of the weekly Bigfork Eagle in Montana. Brad Ward serves as CEO and general manager of the company. Lee Enterprises (LEE on the New York Stock Exchange) of Davenport, Iowa, became majority partner in 1996. We are headquartered in Moline, Ill.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </section></div></div></div> <div class="main-sidebar col-lg-4 col-md-5"><div id="tncms-region-global-side-primary" class="tncms-region "><div id="tncms-block-1118157" class="tncms-block"><section id="block-1118157" class="block emphasis-h4 "><div class="clearfix"> <div class="block-title title-1118157 "> <div class="block-title-inner"> <h4> Staff directory </h4> </div> </div></div> <div class=""><ul class="card headline-list bullet-disc"><li class=""> <span class="tnt-headline "> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220315133810/http://www.townnews365.com/about/directory/sales/" class="tnt-asset-link" aria-label="Sales team"> Sales team</a></span> </li><li class=""> <span class="tnt-headline "> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220315133810/http://www.townnews365.com/about/directory/management/" class="tnt-asset-link" aria-label="Management team"> Management 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