The Monitor

The Monitor was a free monthly newspaper serving the Kansas City metropolitan area and surrounding counties in Missouri and Kansas. It began publication in February 2011 under the name The Citizen and was renamed The Monitor in May of the same year. The publication was owned by Citizen Publications, LLC. The newspaper combined news reporting with opinion journalism. Its stated editorial orientation was center-right, and its coverage focused on regional and state-policy matters rather than a narrowly local community beat. Topics included politics in Missouri and Kansas, particularly activity in Jefferson City and Topeka, together with issues affecting Cass, Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. The Monitor's contributor network included the Show-Me Institute, a St. Louis-based free-market think tank, and the Kansas Policy Institute, a Wichita-based free-market policy organization. Their involvement reflected the publication's interest in state government, public policy, economics, and market-oriented commentary. The newspaper therefore occupied a niche combining regional distribution with a clearly declared ideological perspective. The brand had a brief operating life. After launching in February 2011 and adopting The Monitor name in May, it ceased publication in September 2011. Available reference material identifies Greg Brooks as publisher and Greg Lipford as managing editor. No reliable information in the supplied sources establishes a founder, circulation figure, revenue, financial performance, or a successor publication. The newspaper is consequently best understood as a defunct Kansas City-area media brand rather than as an ongoing national news organization.

The Monitor was a free monthly newspaper associated with the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its immediate predecessor was The Citizen, the original name of the publication. The paper began in February 2011 and was distributed across the metropolitan region rather than being confined to one municipal neighborhood or a single county. In May 2011, it was renamed The Monitor. Under its new name, the publication covered regional concerns in both Missouri and Kansas. Its geographic scope included Cass, Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties in Missouri, as well as Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. It also reported on state politics in Jefferson City, Missouri, and Topeka, Kansas. This combination gave the newspaper a cross-state regional identity tied to the Kansas City area and its surrounding political jurisdictions. The Monitor published both news and opinion. It openly characterized its editorial perspective as center-right. The paper's policy orientation was reinforced by regular contributions from the Show-Me Institute, headquartered in St. Louis, and the Kansas Policy Institute, headquartered in Wichita. Both organizations are free-market think tanks, and their participation connected the newspaper to debates about state policy, public spending, government, and market-oriented reform. Citizen Publications, LLC owned the newspaper. The listed publisher was Greg Brooks, while Greg Lipford served as managing editor. The available reference material does not identify the founders, provide detailed information about the publication's financing, or document circulation and staffing beyond these two editorial and managerial roles. The Monitor's history was brief. Although it launched in February 2011 and underwent a name change in May, it ceased publication in September 2011. The short interval between launch and closure means that the brand did not develop into a long-running regional newspaper or a widely established national media property. It remains notable primarily as a short-lived Kansas City-area publication with a cross-border Missouri-Kansas coverage area and an explicitly center-right editorial position.

• 2011

  Publication begins as The Citizen

  [1]The Monitor (Kansas City)en.wikipedia.org

  The free monthly newspaper begins publication in February under the name The Citizen.

• 2011

  The Citizen becomes The Monitor

  [1]The Monitor (Kansas City)en.wikipedia.org

  The publication adopts the name The Monitor in May while continuing its Kansas City-area and regional policy coverage.

• 2011

  Publication ends

  [1]The Monitor (Kansas City)en.wikipedia.org

  The Monitor ceases publication in September, ending its short operating period.

A free Kansas City-area monthly newspaper combining regional reporting with center-right news analysis and opinion, including coverage of Missouri and Kansas state politics.

• Newspaper · 2011

  The Monitor

  A free monthly newspaper distributed in the Kansas City metropolitan area and nearby Missouri and Kansas counties. Its editorial mix included reported news, state and regional political coverage, and opinion content. The newspaper addressed politics in Jefferson City and Topeka alongside issues affecting the wider Kansas City region. It was published under this name from May 2011 until its closure in September 2011.

• 2011

  Rebranding from The Citizen to The MonitorStrategy

  Background

  The publication launched as a free monthly newspaper called The Citizen and operated across the Kansas City metropolitan area and adjacent counties in two states.

  Action taken

  In May 2011, the owner changed the newspaper's name to The Monitor while retaining its regional news and opinion focus.

  Aftermath

  The Monitor continued for several months but ceased publication in September 2011.

  Source

1. 1The Monitor (Kansas City)en.wikipedia.org