KPC Media Group Inc. is an American privately owned printer and publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, based in Kendallville, Indiana.
Starting in the 1970s, the company extended its reach to other northeastern Indiana locations, and now owns two other daily newspapers and several weeklies and monthlies in the area.
[2] They established offices on North Main Street in Kendallville, in the same building where KPC Media Group remains headquartered today, more than 100 years later.
[3] George O. Witwer, publisher from 1969 to 2001, oversaw the company's expansion outside Kendallville, purchasing in December 1971 The Evening Star of Auburn, Indiana, a newspaper that has served DeKalb County since 1871 (since 1913 as a daily).
[1] Around the turn of the 21st century, the company bought two more properties in adjoining markets, The Garrett Clipper in southern DeKalb County, founded in 1885 and integrated into KPC October 1, 1999, and The Herald Republican of Angola, Indiana in August 2001.
[1] Under current CEO Terry G. Housholder, the company has established a footprint in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, both through acquisitions and startups.
[4] In 2019, KPC transitioned several of its free monthly publications in Allen County to weekly newspapers, expanding its reach further into the Fort Wayne metro area.