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            • Advocate

              22 N 1st St Newark, OH 43055-5608

            Business ProfileAdvocate

            Newspaper

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            Additional Info:
            The Advocate is published by Gannett Midwest Publishing Inc.
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            22 N 1st St

            Newark, OH 43055-5608

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            (740) 345-4053

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            1/5

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            5 complaints closed in last 3 years

            1 complaints closed in last 12 months

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            Overview

            This company offers Media Newspapers Online

            Business Details

            Location of This Business
            22 N 1st St, Newark, OH 43055-5608
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            BBB File Opened:
            4/1/1986
            Years in Business:
            222
            Business Started:
            1/1/1802
            Type of Entity:
            Corporation
            Business Management
            • Mr. Mike Shearer, Executive Editor
            • Mrs. Gerri Loughman, Director
            • Mrs. Stacia King, Advertising Director
            • Mrs. Linda Griewe, President
            • Ms. Denise Newman, District Manager
            • Mr. Mike McCloud, Manager of Customer Service
            • Mr. Benjamin Lanka, Editor
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            Principal

            • Mr. Benjamin Lanka, Editor

            Customer Contact

            • Mr. Benjamin Lanka, Editor
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            • (740) 328-8580
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            Customer Complaints

            5 Customer Complaints

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            Most Recent Customer Complaint

            12/08/2023

            Complaint Type:
            Customer Service Issues
            Status:
            Unanswered
            This has been an ongoing issue i have tried to get resolved myself. now however i need some help. this is a local news paper that has no regards to others in the slightest. the photo i have tagged is a google search of my name. as to why this is important to me is because i work in mortgage and had several background checks done on my name. there has never been an issue with my character or my ability to handle money. i had my identity stolen and used to forge blank checks. I had a police report in and everything. i did everything i could to clear my name. that being said the information is not true on this post which is considered slander. this is not fair treatment on their part to not even hear me out and try to clear my name locally. as you might be aware its hard to work in finance when people think you have a felony in fraud. this is absolutely not true. so as a plea for help. i have tried every other angle here. but they are going against their own code of conduct keeping others information safe and accurate. and have said the info was true when it was released. again it was never true. i was never arrested. and there was a police report made about my identity. so I'm lost and don't know what to do.
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            Most Recent Customer Review

            Michael B

            05/13/2022

            Nothing but a scam. Signed up for a subscription for my mother who still lives in ****. Delivery was spotty at best and when I canceled the subscription, I kept receiving bills for less than $5 month after month. Contacted customer service each time and paid the balance while requesting a letter from the company stating the account was closed with a zero balance. Never received the letter. Received a **** this week, contacted customer service. This time they credited my account the amount due, but will still not send me a letter saying the account is canceled with a zero balance. This is nothing but a scam. I could see my 80 year old parents continue to be taken advantage of by this company. Most of their customers are older due to the fact that the younger generations do not read newspapers anymore. They are preying on older people who can get confused by their tactics. I hope this company goes out of business sooner rather than later to ensure that their predatory practices are stopped. Would never purchase a subscription to this paper again and highly discourage anyone else from doing so. Save yourself the grief.

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