Kalamazoo Gazette
The Kalamazoo Gazette is the daily newspaper in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Gazette is part of MLive Media Group, which is Michigan's largest local media organization. The Gazette publishes seven days a week. Papers are available for home delivery on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday.
In 2009, the Gazette was named "Newspaper of the Year" by the Michigan Press Association.
On the Internet, the Gazette is part of MLive.com, the most-read news website in Michigan. The homepage for the Kalamazoo Gazette is www.mlive.com/kalamazoo.
Printing facilities for the Gazette were moved from Kalamazoo to MLive Media Group's printing facility in Walker, Michigan in 2012 and are shared with The Grand Rapids Press and Muskegon Chronicle.
In April 2010, the Gazette announced it would pay $1,525,000 to the City of Kalamazoo to avoid lawsuits seeking $4 million in previously awarded tax breaks related to the 2002 expansion of their downtown Kalamazoo printing facility. The 2002 expansion cost the Gazette $33 million, including $20 million in new equipment. The breaks were awarded on the condition that the Gazette maintain 175 jobs related to the expansion until 2014.