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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Hearst Communications |
| Publisher | Denise VonderHaar |
| Founded | 1836 (as the Alton Telegraph) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 219 Piasa St. Alton, Illinois 62002, United States |
| Circulation | 19,554 daily[1] |
| ISSN | 0897-456X |
| Website | thetelegraph |
The Telegraph is an American daily newspaper published seven days a week in Alton, Illinois, serving the St. Louis Metro-East region. It was owned by Civitas Media, based in Davidson, North Carolina, a subsidiary of Philadelphia-based Versa Capital Management, which owned about 100 daily and weekly newspapers across 12 states but sold The Telegraph to Hearst Corp. in 2017.