The Big Nickel is a shopper publication and digital marketing company headquartered in Joplin, MO serving the 4-State area and beyond. We were founded over 46 years ago in the small community of Lanagan, MO. Big Nickel is published by Phillips Media Group, a regional media company with community newspapers and shoppers in Missouri, Arkansas and Illinois. Since 1975, the Big Nickel has been a Thursday tradition across 28 counties in Northeast Oklahoma, Southwest Missouri, Southeast Kansas and Northwest Arkansas.