Rust Communications is an American privately owned media company based in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
The new business would manage all the papers Rust owned, including four dallies, three weeklies and four free publications.
At the time Rust Communications owned 13 dallies, 33 weeklies, 10 shoppers and 12 separate printing operations across seven states.
[16] In August 2010, Rust COO Walter "Wally" Lage slipped off a pier and drowned to death in Maine.
At that time Rust Communications owned 40 newspapers in eight states, numerous magazines and websites, and had minority ownership of 17 radio stations.
The sale included four newspapers in Missouri: Marshall Democrat-News, Monett Times, Cassville Democrat and South Missourian News in Thayer.
[23] In June 2024, Rust Communications sold its Indiana newspapers to Paxton Media Group.
The sale included The Brazil Times, Greencastle Banner-Graphic and Greene County Daily World.