General Info

The Lima News is the daily newspaper in Lima, Ohio, and is a part of the Freedom Communications family. The parent company is a privately-held family enterprise that now ranks as the 14th-largest newspaper company in the United States. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Freedom publishes 27 daily newspapers and nearly 40 weekly publications. The newspapers combined daily circulation is slightly more than 1.2 million. Its flagship newspaper is the Orange County Register, with a circulation of 360,000 in Southern California. The Register has a reputation as one of the finest newspapers in the world with its three Pulitzer Prizes and innovative design, graphics and color. Freedom also owns eight television stations: five CBS affiliates and three ABC affiliates.