Woodward Communications, Inc. operates as a media company. It provides mass and niche media products, as well as niche marketing and communication services to readers and advertisers in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, and other parts of the United States; Canada; Mexico; South America; Europe; and Asia. The company publishes daily and weekly newspapers, free community papers, business trade magazines and Websites, and events, as well as provides printing services, including Web and sheet-fed printing, bindery, mailing, and delivery services. It also operates radio stations, as well as an advertising agency that provides various services, such as marketing strategy and planning, media planning and placement, identity and branding, promotion and marketing collateral, Website design and development, custom intranet applications and programming, and account services. In addition, Woodward Communications provides online services. The company was founded in 1901 as Telegraph Herald and changed its name to Woodward Communications, Inc. in 1981. Woodward Communications, Inc. is based in Dubuque, Iowa.