Sun Journal (New Bern, North Carolina)

The Sun Journal is the daily newspaper in New Bern, North Carolina, United States.

The newspaper began publishing in 1916 as the Sun Journal following the merger of two older newspapers, the Sun and the Journal, in 1914. It was acquired by the New Bernian newspaper in 1923. In 1974 it was acquired by Freedom Communications, Inc. It was owned by Freedom Communications until 2012, when Freedom sold its Florida and North Carolina papers to Halifax Media Group, which itself was acquired by GateHouse Media in 2015.[1] In 2015, Halifax was acquired by New Media Investment Group.[2]

The Sun Journal has a daily circulation of 9,000 and a Sunday circulation of 10,500. It is a broadsheet-format daily (seven days, mornings) with website.

The current publisher is Mike Distelhorst, editor Chris Segal and advertising director is Ken Warren.

References

  1. ↑ Freedom announces sale of Florida, N.C. properties to Halifax Media Group Archived 2012-06-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ New Media Announces Agreement to Acquire Halifax Media Group for $280.0 Million Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.