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Billings Gazette

Newspaper in Billings, Montana

Summary

Newspaper in Billings, Montana

Field	Value
name	Billings Gazette
logo	Logo of Billings Gazette.png
image	The Billings Gazette Apr 18 1927 page 10.jpg
type	Daily newspaper
format	Broadsheet
owners	Lee Enterprises
founder
publisher	Bill Merrill
editor	Rob Rogers
founded	(as Billings Daily Gazette)
language	English
headquarters	401 North Broadway Avenue
Billings, Montana 59101
United States
circulation	26,418 Daily
28,541 Sunday
circulation_date	2023
circulation_ref
ISSN	2372-868X
eISSN	2372-8698
oclc	10317615
website

Billings, Montana 59101 United States 28,541 Sunday The Billings Gazette is a daily newspaper based in Billings, Montana, that primarily covers issues in southeast Montana and parts of northern Wyoming. Historically it has been known as the largest newspaper in Montana and is geographically one of the most widely distributed newspapers in the nation.

The paper frequently exchanges content with its four sister papers in the state – the Missoulian, the Helena Independent Record, The Montana Standard and the Ravalli Republic — all of which, along with the Gazette, are owned by Lee Enterprises. Lee announced a Montana State News Bureau near the end of 2020 that serves the Gazette and its sister papers.

History

The first edition of the Gazette was published May 2, 1885, on a single sheet of paper. In 1959, the Anaconda Copper Mining Company sold the paper to Lee Enterprises.

In May 2020, non-managerial employees at the paper, including reporters, copy-editors and photographers, announced the formation of the Montana News Guild, and in July of that year they unanimously voted to unionize. Their first contract was ratified in November, making the Gazette the only unionized newspaper in the state of Montana.

Headquarters

The Gazette moved to a 94,000 sqft facility at 401 N. Broadway in Billings on July 20, 1968. On September 15, 2021, it was announced that the Gazettes downtown headquarters would be listed for sale, as most of the building was by then vacant as a result of a rapidly shrinking staff. In 2025, the Gazette announced that its headquarters had been sold to Stockman Bank, and the newspaper would be printed in Bozeman. Though Stockman Bank opted out of the deal soon after, the Gazette moved forward with dismantling its local printing operations.

Circulation

In 2013, circulation of the print edition was around 39,405 copies, and that number increased to more than 44,000 on Sundays. The Gazette's website, billingsgazette.com, receives over 10 million page views per month.

Press

The press runs from around 10:30p.m. to 3:00a.m. daily and prints approximately 45,000copies of the Billings Gazette; , non‑Sunday circulation was 39,405, the highest in Montana; on Sunday, the press runs from around 9:30p.m. to 3:30a.m. and 44,937copies are printed.

References

david.mccumber@lee.net, DAVID McCUMBER. "Lee announces investment in state government reporting bureau".
"The Billings Gazette (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919". Library of Congress.
(June 2, 1959). "Eight Montana Newspapers Bought by Lee Organization". Livingston Enterprise.
Guild, Montana News. (2020-07-02). "Billings Gazette news staff unanimously votes to unionize".
Rogers, Rob. (15 September 2021). "Billings Gazette puts its downtown building up for sale at $7.8M".
(13 May 2025). "Billings Gazette building sells to Stockman Bank, paper will print in Bozeman". Lee Enterprises.
(3 June 2025). "Stockman Bank pulls out of Gazette building purchase". Lee Enterprises.
"Wayback Machine".
"About Us".
"2013 Media Directory". Montana Newspaper Association.

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