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The McDowell News
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Lee Enterprises
PublisherTerry Coomes
EditorScott Hollifield
Founded1923; 101 years ago (1923)
LanguageAmerican English
Headquarters
CountryUnited States
Circulation2,214 Daily (as of 2023)
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.

History

The newspaper was owned by Media General until it was sold to Berkshire Hathaway's subsidiary BH Media Group in 2012.

Lee Enterprises bought BH Media Group's publications in early 2020.

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.

See also

References

  1. "Terry Coomes, Regional Publisher at Lee Enterprises". LinkedIn. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  2. ^ "The McDowell News". NC Press Association. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "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.

External links

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