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The Metropolis Bulletin [is/was] a newspaper published in Metropolis in the U.S. state of North Nebraska. Launched in 1914, it was the city's second newspaper, and is the oldest one still published. It was also the first paper in western North Nebraska to adopt a daily publication schedule. In 1951 it won the North Nebraska Publisher Association's award for investigative journalism, for its series on corruption in the local dog catcher's office.

"Note: The lead section needs to (a) give sufficient context for an international audience (hence the reference to "U.S. state"), and (b) mention the points that most strongly establish the paper's notability (hence the reference to it being the area's second paper, and the first daily, and the statewide prize)."

History
"Note: The "history" section is usually the easiest to add. If your article will have more than 3-4 paragraphs, it's best to create at least one section, and "history" is often the best choice. This section should include information about owners and publishers. Ideally, it will mention all owners, but your source materials might have gaps. That's OK, as long as you can establish several of the owners."

Current status
"Note: There's probably a better section heading for this. Often, for the kind of shorter article we're working on in NOW, it's information that will just go in the lead section, or at the end of "history." This is a good place to put:"


 * Current editor or news director
 * Current publisher
 * Current owner
 * Current location of headquarters
 * Circulation (paid circulation if appropriate)
 * Publication schedule (daily, weekly, twice weekly etc)
 * Recent annual revenue (and, perhaps, information about its sources of revenue: print/online advertising, subscriptions...)

Awards and recognition
"Note: If the paper has won three or more awards at the statewide or national level, a separate section might be appropriate. Be sure the awards you include are actually significant; a strong indicator is that they are mentioned in sources independent of both the paper itself and the awarding entity."

Significant achievements
"Note: If the paper has been recognized by other papers, academic journals, book authors, or other newspapers for its coverage of certain topics or scoops, these should be included. This should only be a separate section if there are 3 or more such items. It will often make sense to combine these items into the "Awards and recognition" section, rather than creating a separate section."

Anecdotes
"Note: In this case, "anecdotes" is not a good section title -- but they can be good to include, either in the lead section or in "history." Did the paper's editor get killed in a duel with the editor of a competing paper? Was a reporter fired for an undisclosed conflict of interest? Was the newspaper's office building burned to a ground, destroying the only known archives of its first decade? Stuff like this is great to include. Generally, it should not be the entire basis of notability; but it can add nice color to an article that is otherwise a bit dry. See WP:UNDUE for a sense of how much detail is approporiate to add to Wikipedia."