Sun Newspapers
Sun Newspapers is a chain of 25 weekly newspapers serving 82 different communities in the Greater Cleveland and Akron, Ohio areas. While some cover portions of the city of Cleveland, most of its papers are focused on suburbs and exurbs in Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Medina and Summit counties. Its main offices are in Valley View, with branches in Beachwood, Berea, Medina and North Olmsted.
While some of the papers in the chain date back, under previous ownership, to the early 20th century, the company was founded in its current form in 1969, as part of SunMedia, which also publishes weeklies in the Milwaukee suburbs. In 1998 it was sold to Advance Publications, part of the S.I. Newhouse media empire, which also publishes the Plain Dealer, the region's major daily. It is now the largest chain of paid weekly newspapers in the United States.
Newspapers
The staff at each office is responsible for three to four different papers, all of which have strictly defined coverage areas.
Valley View (headquarters)
- The Sun Courier: Brecksville, Broadview Heights, Cuyahoga Heights, Independence, and Valley View.
- Nordonia Hills Sun: Macedonia, Northfield, Northfield Center and Sagamore Hills.
- Garfield-Maple Sun: Garfield Heights and Maple Heights.
- Bedford Sun Banner: Bedford, Bedford Heights, Oakwood and Walton Hills.
Beachwood
This office was the only one in the chain to boast two separate staffs until recently. Today there is a single editor for all eight papers but the news and sports/features have separate staffs.
- The Sun Messenger: Gates Mills, Highland Heights, Lyndhurst, Mayfield, Mayfield Heights, Richmond Heights and South Euclid.
- Euclid Sun Journal: Euclid.
- The Sun Press (formerly the Heights Press, one of the older papers in the chain) Beachwood, Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, and University Heights.
- Chagrin Herald Sun: Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Chagrin Falls Township, Hunting Valley, Moreland Hills and Pepper Pike.
- Solon Herald Sun: Solon.
- West Geauga Sun: Auburn Township, Bainbridge Township, Chester Township, Russell Township and South Russell.
- The Twinsburg Sun: Twinsburg and Twinsburg Township.
Berea
- The News Sun: Berea, Brook Park, Middleburg Heights, Olmsted Falls and Olmsted Township.
- Parma Sun Post: Parma, Parma Heights and Seven Hills.
- The Sun Star: Strongsville and North Royalton.
- The Medina Sun: Granger Township, Medina, Medina Township and Montville.
- Brunswick Sun Times: Brunswick, Brunswick Hills and Hinckley.
North Olmsted
- The Sun Herald: Fairview Park and North Olmsted.
- The Sun: Avon, Avon Lake, North Ridgeville and Sheffield Lake.
- Brooklyn Sun Journal: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights and the Old Brooklyn section of Cleveland.
- Lakewood Sun Post: Lakewood.
- West Side Sun News: West side of Cleveland.
- West Shore Sun: Bay Village, Rocky River and Westlake
Medina
The Medina office closed in early 2007 amid the closing of three newspapers and a downsizing where buyouts were offered to several long-time employees.
The employees at the Medina office were consolidated to other offices within the chain.
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