The Public Opinion was founded on March 25, 1887, shortly after the town of Watertown was platted. The P/O began as a weekly newspaper but became a daily in June of 1893.
• The region’s largest daily newspaper (30,000 daily readers; delivered Monday (NOON) through Saturday (AM));
• The region’s largest total market coverage shopper, Coteau Shopper, (24,000 households every week – 99% of the region);
• The region’s best rated sheet-fed commercial printing operation, P/O Printing & Graphics,;
• Watertown NOW – the community’s tourism and relocation magazine, featuring Watertown’s Redlin Art Center;
• The region’s No. 1 website: www.thepublicopinion.com
• An electronic replica (eEdition) of the daily newspaper: www.thepublicopinion.com/eedtion/
• The region’s top rated sports and information live-streaming network: P/O-TV (www.thepublicopinion.com/po-tv/)