The Robesonian
| Owner(s) | Champion Media |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | W.S. McDiamid[1] |
| Publisher | M. Joseph Craig |
| Editor | Donnie Douglas |
| Founded | 1870[1] |
| Headquarters | 2175 N. Roberts Ave., Lumberton, North Carolina, US |
| Circulation | 14,000[1] |
| OCLC number | 10467669 |
The Robesonian is a newspaper published in Lumberton, North Carolina, Tuesday through Friday afternoon and Saturday and Sunday morning.
The Robesonian was previously owned by Heartland Publications. In 2012 Versa Capital Management merged Heartland Publications, Ohio Community Media, the former Freedom papers it had acquired, and Impressions Media into a new company, Civitas Media.[2] Civitas Media sold its properties in the Carolinas to Champion Media in 2017.[3]
Notable events
The newspaper attracted national attention when on February 1, 1988, two Native Americans entered the newspaper's offices and armed[4] took twenty hostages.[5] The stand-off lasted ten hours; Timothy Jacobs and Eddie Hatcher[6] hoped to attract attention to the plight of American Indians, and later, after their arrest, had a local civil rights attorney deliver a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev in anticipation of a summit between Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 "About Us". Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ Business Wire, Versa Capital Announces the Formation of Civitas Media, LLC, retrieved April 10, 2017
- ↑ "Quarterly Updates - 2nd Quarter 2017". Dirks, Van Essen & Murray. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
- ↑ "Indians Hope Hostage-Taking Delivers More Than Attention". The Miami Herald. 8 February 1988. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ "Guilty Plea in Kidnap". Newsday. 5 May 1989. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ "Lumberton, Robesonian Back To Normal". The Fayetteville Observer. 3 February 1988. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ "Robeson Indians Send Protest to Gorbachev". The Fayetteville Observer. 3 April 1988. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
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