The Dickson Herald is a biweekly newspaper

Newspaper

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 published in Dickson, Tennessee

Dickson, Tennessee

Dickson is a city in Dickson County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 12,244 at the 2000 census.-Demographics:...

, appearing each Wednesday and Friday. It was founded in 1907 as The Dickson County Herald as a weekly, and has periodically been published since as both a biweekly and triweekly. Since Gannett's buyout of Multimedia, Inc.

Multimedia (media company)

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 it has published many articles in cooperation with the Middle Tennessee

Middle Tennessee

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 area's dominant daily newspaper, The Tennessean

The Tennessean

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. The Herald serves as the newspaper "of record" for Dickson County, Tennessee; a considerable portion of its classified advertising

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 revenue come from publishing legally required notices of court and other governmental actions. The Herald is actually printed in nearby Clarksville, Tennessee

Clarksville, Tennessee

Clarksville is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States, and the fifth largest city in the state. The population was 132,929 in 2010 United States Census...

 at the plant of another Gannett-owned newspaper, The Leaf-Chronicle

The Leaf-Chronicle

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