 The Record @-@ Courier , a daily newspaper which mainly covers Portage County , is the main source of printed news media for Kent . The Record @-@ Courier was formed by the merger of the Ravenna Evening Record and the Kent Courier @-@ Tribune and is published by the Record Publishing Company . The Record @-@ Courier maintained an office in Kent until 2008 before all offices were moved to Kent from Ravenna in 2012 . In addition to the Record @-@ Courier , the Kent offices house the various departments of Record Publishing and its other weekly newspapers that serve several Summit and Portage County communities . The building also includes some of the corporate offices of parent company Dix Communications , a regional media company in printed and radio media that also has offices in Wooster , Ohio . Kent Patch , a local division of Patch Media , mainly serves as an online bulletin board for local events . It was established in 2010 and functioned as a news source specific to Kent before Patch Media downsized hundreds of local Patch sites across the United States in October 2013 . The city is also served by Kent State University 's Daily Kent Stater , which is available in print at select locations on and off campus and online via KentWired.com , a collaborative site with TV @-@ 2 and Black Squirrel Radio . The Akron Beacon Journal and The Plain Dealer also serve Kent through regional coverage and delivery . Magazines published at Kent State include Fusion , a magazine devoted to sexual minority issues ; Kent State Magazine , an official publication of the university ; and The Burr , a student @-@ run magazine about events going on in and around Kent . 
