AdVantage News

AdVantage News is a daily (online) and weekly (print) hyper-local American newspaper, published in Alton, Illinois, and serving the Metro East region of Illinois. Established as a pennysaver in 1986, the publication transitioned into a newspaper in February 2014.

AdVantage News

Owner(s)	John Simmons
Founder(s)	Sharon McRoy, Jim Siebold
Publisher	Eric McRoy
Editor-in-chief	Fred Pollard
Sports editor	Bill Roseberry
Launched	1986 (Today's AdVantage) 2013 (AdVantage News)
Headquarters	Alton, Illinois
Country	United States
Circulation	77,700 (as of 2016)
Website	advantagenews.com
Free online archives	yes
Media of the United States List of newspapers

In 1986, Jim Seibold and Sharon McRoy formed Today's AdVantage,^[1] a pennysaver that was mailed to 42,000 households in the Riverbend area.

In 2013, Alton-based lawyer and owner of Alton Steel John Simmons purchased Today's AdVantage^[2][3] from Seibold and McRoy with the intention of turning it into a newspaper.

On Feb. 1, 2014, Today's AdVantage became AdVantage News.