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|products = ''[[The Daytona Beach News-Journal]]'' <br /> ''[[The Gadsden Times]]'' <br /> ''[[The Gainesville Sun]]'' |
|products = ''[[The Northwest Florida Daily News]]'' <br/v> ''[[The Daytona Beach News-Journal]]'' <br /> ''[[The Gadsden Times]]'' <br /> ''[[The Gainesville Sun]]'' |
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|owner = Stephens Capital Partners <br /> JAARSSS Media <br /> Redding Investments |
|owner = Stephens Capital Partners <br /> JAARSSS Media <br /> Redding Investments |
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|homepage = {{URL|http://www.halifaxmediagroup.com/}} |
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Publishing |
| Genre | Newspapers |
| Founded | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States March 31, 2010 |
| Headquarters | 2339 Beville Road Daytona Beach, Florida 32119 United States |
Area served | United States |
| Products | The Northwest Florida Daily News The Daytona Beach News-Journal The Gadsden Times The Gainesville Sun |
| Owner | Stephens Capital Partners JAARSSS Media Redding Investments |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [1][2][3] | |
Halifax Media Group is a newspaper company in the United States.
History
The company was founded on March 31, 2010 when a group of investors purchased The Daytona Beach News-Journal from the Davidson family, who had owned it for 82 years.[1] On December 27, 2011, The New York Times Company announced it was selling its Regional Media Group to Halifax Media Group.[2] On June 1, 2012, Halifax announced it was acquiring the Florida and North Carolina papers of Freedom Communications.[4]
Assets
The Halifax Media Group owns the following assets[1][5]:
Alabama
California
- The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa, California
- Weekly newspapers
- North Bay Business Journal of Santa Rosa, California[6]
- Petaluma Argus-Courier of Petaluma, California
Florida
- The Daytona Beach News-Journal of Daytona Beach, Florida
- The Gainesville Sun of Gainesville, Florida
- The Ledger of Lakeland, Florida
- News Chief of Winter Haven, Florida
- The News Herald of Panama City
- Northwest Florida Daily News of Fort Walton Beach
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune of Sarasota, Florida
- Star-Banner of Ocala, Florida
- Weekly newspapers:
- Crestview News Bulletin of Crestview
- The Destin Log of Destin
- Eglin Dispatch of Eglin Air Force Base
- Holmes County Times-Advertiser of Bonifay
- Hurlburt Warrior of Hurlburt Field
- Press Gazette of Milton
- The Star of Port St. Joe
- The Times of Apalachicola
- The Walton Sun of Santa Rosa Beach
- Washington County News of Chipley
Louisiana
North Carolina
- The Dispatch of Lexington, North Carolina
- The Daily News of Jacksonville
- The Gaston Gazette of Gastonia
- The Free Press of Kinston
- Times-News of Hendersonville, North Carolina
- The Shelby Star of Shelby
- Star-News of Wilmington, North Carolina
- Sun Journal of New Bern
- Times-News of Burlington
- Weekly newspapers:
South Carolina
References
- ^ a b c "News-Journal Acquisition" (Press release). Halifax Media Group. 2010-03-31. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ^ a b "The New York Times Company Agrees to Sell Its Regional Media Group to Halifax Media Holdings LLC" (Press release). The New York Times Company. 2011-12-27. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ^ "Contact Us - Halifax Media Group". Halifax Media Group. 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
- ^ Halifax Media buys more Florida, North Carolina newspapers
- ^ "Halifax Media Group Closes Purchase of New York Times Company Regional Media Group" (Press release). Halifax Media Group. 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ^ "Contact - North Bay Business Journal - North San Francisco Bay Area, Sonoma, Marin, Napa counties". 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-02-28.