The Reidsville Review

Reidsville Review

Type	Twice-Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)	Lee Enterprises
Editor	Joe Dexter and Susan Spears
Sports editor	Jim Sands
Language	English
Ceased publication	2017
Headquarters	1921 Vance Street. Reidsville, NC
Country	United States
Sister newspapers	Eden Daily News News & Record Winston-Salem Journal Danville Register & Bee
ISSN	1541-3349
Website	rockinghamnow.com
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The Review was a bi-weekly newspaper based in Reidsville North Carolina, based in Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was published under that name between 1899 - 2017.[1] In 2017, it merged with two other newspapers in Rockingham County (the Eden Daily News and the Madison Messenger); all three papers publish under the name Rockingham Now.[2]

History

Started in 1888 by Edward Gilliam and J.C. Womack. The Review merged with a two-page newspaper called The Democrat in later 1888. It was called the Weekly Review from 1888 to 1898.[3] The Review was published as a semiweekly paper from 1899 to 1922 and then triweekly from 1922 to 1934, when it became a daily newspaper in 1934 (except Saturday and Sunday).[4] In 1998, it became a morning paper, publishing Tuesday through Friday and Sunday.[5] In 2009, the paper began publishing only two days per week, Wednesday and Sunday. [6][7]

The newspaper has been under three different owners between 1997 and 2020:

• The Review was owned by Media General. Media General bought the Review, Eden News and Madison Messenger in 1997.[8]
• The newspaper was purchased by Berkshire Hathaway in 2012.[9]
• In 2020, Warren Buffett sold the paper to Lee Enterprises.[10]

In 2017 the paper was merged with two other Rockingham County papers, Eden Daily News and the Madison Messenger, forming RockinghamNow.[11]

References

1. Hunt, Gerri (2017-05-16). "Introducing RockinghamNow: Your new countywide newspaper". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
2. "RockinghamNow will replace three community newspapers in county north of Greensboro". North Carolina Press Association. 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
3. "The Reidsville review". Chronicling of America / Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
4. "Reidsville Review". UNC Library Catalog. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
5. Campbell, Doug (1998-07-01). "Reidsville Review Switches to Mornings". Greensboro News & Record.
6. Robinson, John (2009-03-02). "Sign of the Times". News & Record Blog: The Editor’s Log – via Newsbank.
7. "Two Media General N.C. Dailies Going Twice-Weekly. - Free Online Library". Editor & Publisher / www.thefreelibrary.com. 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
8. Pendergast, Bob (April 1997). "Media General completes purchase of Reidsville (N.C.) Review". PR Newswire.
9. Braun, Amy Dominello (2012-05-17). "Warren Buffett buying Media General newspapers, including Winston-Salem Journal". Triad Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
10. "Warren Buffett gets out of the newspaper business". The Courier-Tribune (Asheboro, N.C.). 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
11. "Reidsville Review Newspaper" (PDF). Rockingham Community College. Retrieved January 3, 2023.