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Country Media, Inc.

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I've listed this article for peer review because... I worked hard on it, exhausted all online resources I could find and would like to know what other people think. Any advice on what else can be done and where else to look for sources would be appreciated. I'd also like to hear feedback on what class it falls under.

Thanks, Eric Schucht (talk) 06:38, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

@Eric Schucht: From a quick skim, I can see a few things that you might want to improve:

• "Steve Hungerford is a Nebraska-native". (from the Origins section) Does that mean that he was born in Nebraska? Or has he lived in Nebraska his whole life, etc.?
• The beginning of the Origins section might be better worded as "Country Media, Inc. was founded by Steve Hungerford, a Nebraska-native, who earned his bachelor's degree..."
• In the sentence "soon after the newly-formed company based in Scottsbluff, Nebraska purchased 18 weekly newspapers" there should be a comma after the "soon after". It would also be nice to know how soon after.
• "Included in the sale were South Dakota newspapers based in Sturgis, Deadwood, Newell, Lemmon and Belle Fourche; North Dakota newspapers based in Hettinger, Langdon, Killdeer[.]" It should be worded to "Included in the sale were South Dakota newspapers based in Sturgis, Deadwood, Newell, Lemmon and Belle Fourche; and North Dakota newspapers based in Hettinger, Langdon, Killdeer..."
• I was a bit confused by the sentence that read "A little over a year later the company acquired The Headlight Herald in Tillamook and The News Guard in Lincoln City in April 2007." Were both newspapers purchased in April 2007? Because if so, then saying "a little over a year later" from October 2006 would be incorrect, as April 2007 isn't even a year later. If only The News Guard was purchased in April 2007, then it probably should be placed as a separate sentence.
• "That same year in October, Country Media purchased the Seaside Signal." This probably should be changed to something specifying specifically what year.
• Would it be possible to add an image?
• "left is job" Should be "his job"
• I looked at the WP:LIBRARY and could not find any sources for this article. I also checked Google Books and the only thing that I could find was this [1], which I doubt has any significance since it refers to the company as Mosley v. Low Country Media, Inc.
• Consider running User:InternetArchiveBot on the article.
• "Its closure marked the end of County Media's business operations in the midwest." There's no citation connecting to this statement. Does that mean that Country Media is no longer going to ever operate in the midwest? Or is it just closed for now?

Again, this was after a very quick skim and it would be helpful if anyone else would add anything. Cheers~ ‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ ‍ 22:12, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Oh, and I'd say it's a B-class article. ‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ ‍ 22:14, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

One more thing; I'm seeing duplicate links for EO Media Group, Seaside Signal, The Umpqua Post, and Lee Enterprises in the Oregon/California business operations section. You only need to link these once each. ‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ ‍ 22:25, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback. I have re-written the article as you suggested for the most part. I left in the phrase Nebraska-native as that's how it's written in the original source. The term is used to describe someone who grew up in Nebraska or who spent much of their youth there, but not necessarily born there. So I think it's fine as is. I don't know what to do about images and don't know how to use User:InternetArchiveBot, but I have gone ahead and archived as much of the sources as I can on the Internet Archive. Eric Schucht (talk) 23:38, 18 December 2023 (UTC)