We are a family-owned media company with multiple newspapers, radio stations and digital assets in Wisconsin.

The Janesville Gazette is a family-owned newspaper that was started in 1845 and purchased by Howard F. Bliss in 1883.  Four generations passed and the current owner, president and publisher of the is Sidney H. “Skip” Bliss.  The Janesville Gazette is Wisconsin’s oldest newspaper published by its original name.

Southern Wisconsin Broadcasting, LLC is the licensee of WCLO-AM and WJVL-FM, Janesville, Wisconsin.  1230 WCLO-AM, established August 30, 1930.  99.9 WJVL-FM, established October 10, 1947.

Bliss acquired the Marinette (WI) Eagle-Star in 1980 and the Menominee (MI) Herald-Leader in 1982. The two merged in 1995 to create the EagleHerald.

Community Shoppers Inc. was purchased by Bliss Communications Inc. in June 2008.  There are three community-based newspapers as part of the CSI Media, LLC, The Walworth County Advertiser-Shopper, Stateline News and Janesville Messenger.

Bliss also operates southern Wisconsin web properties GazetteXtra.com and WalworthCountyToday.com. In 2014, Local Matters Digital was created- www.LocalMattersDigital.com. It provides solutions to fill the growing demand from local business for custom web, mobile, search engine optimization and management, social media strategy, e-mail marketing, and all forms of targeted digital and mobile advertising.


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