The McDowell News

The McDowell News
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Lee Enterprises
PublisherTerry Coomes[1]
EditorScott Hollifield[2]
Founded1923; 102 years ago (1923)[3]
LanguageAmerican English
Headquarters
[2]
CountryUnited States
Circulation2,214 Daily (as of 2023)[4]
OCLC number31906140
Websitemcdowellnews.com

The McDowell News is an English language newspaper published daily in Marion, North Carolina, United States, covering McDowell County. The newspaper is a member of the North Carolina Press Association.[2]

History

The newspaper was owned by Media General[5] until it was sold to Berkshire Hathaway's subsidiary BH Media Group in 2012.[6][7][3]

Lee Enterprises bought BH Media Group's publications in early 2020.[8][9]

Starting June 6, 2023, the print edition of the newspaper will be reduced to three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Also, the newspaper will transition from being delivered by a traditional newspaper delivery carrier to mail delivery by the U.S. Postal Service.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Terry Coomes, Regional Publisher at Lee Enterprises". LinkedIn. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "The McDowell News". NC Press Association. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "About The McDowell news. [volume] (Marion, N.C.) 1923-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  4. ^ Lee Enterprises. "Form 10-K". investors.lee.net. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  5. ^ "Media General Announces Agreements with Berkshire Hathaway for Purchase of Newspapers and New Financing". PR Newswire. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  6. ^ Berkshire Hathaway Inc., "Daily Newspapers: North Carolina", 2016 Annual Report (PDF), Omaha, Nebraska, archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-26, retrieved 2017-03-27
  7. ^ "McDowell News". mcdowellnews.com. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  8. ^ "Lee Enterprises to buy Berkshire Hathaway newspaper operations; Berkshire Hathaway to finance all debt" (PDF). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Lee Enterprises completes acquisition of Berkshire Hathaway newspaper operations". Bloomberg. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  10. ^ Kendrick-Holmes, Dimon (2023-05-07). "Your expanded The McDowell News coming soon". McDowell News. Retrieved 2023-07-19.


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