The Public Opinion Employee Directory
Newspaper PublishingSouth Dakota, United States2-10 Employees
The Public Opinion is a newspaper publishing company serving the Watertown region in South Dakota. Founded on March 25, 1887, it began as a weekly publication and shifted to a daily edition in June 1893. The publication reaches about 30,000 readers each day, with delivery Monday at noon through Saturday morning. It is a small organization operating within the newspaper industry, providing news and related content across print and digital formats. Beyond the daily newspaper, the company runs the Coteau Shopper, a weekly shopper distributed to about 24,000 households and reaching 99% of the region; it also operates P/O Printing & Graphics and Watertown NOW, a tourism and relocation magazine. The company maintains a presence online through its website and an electronic replica of the daily paper, and it offers P/O-TV, a live-streaming network for sports and information.