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| owners = [[Berkshire Hathaway]]
| owners = [[Lee Enterprises]]
| publisher = Terry Coomes<ref>{{cite web |title=Terry Coomes, Regional Publisher at Lee Enterprises |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-coomes-74462ba1/ |website=LinkedIn |accessdate=18 June 2020}}</ref>
| publisher = Lamar Smitherman
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| foundation = 1923
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| language = [[American English]]
| language = [[American English]]
| headquarters = 136 Logan Street, [[Marion, North Carolina]] {{USA}}<ref name=NCPA>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncpress.com/stories/mcdowell-news-the,112|title=The McDowell News|website=NC Press Association|accessdate=January 21, 2020}}</ref>
| headquarters = {{ubl|136 Logan Street|[[Marion, North Carolina]]}}<ref name=NCPA>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncpress.com/stories/mcdowell-news-the,112|title=The McDowell News|website=NC Press Association|accessdate=January 21, 2020}}</ref>
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| circulation = 5,662
| circulation = 2,214 Daily
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| circulation_date = 2023
|circulation_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.gatewaync.com/mmn/pdfs/08-09_McDowell_Automotive.pdf|title=Rate Card|publisher=The McDowell News}}</ref>{{dead link|date=January 2020}}
| circulation_ref = <ref name="Lee Enterprises' 10-K annual filing">{{cite web|url=https://investors.lee.net/static-files/d97194ec-e9c5-4e1c-8c74-a05e37542331 |title=Form 10-K|author=Lee Enterprises |website=investors.lee.net |access-date=February 29, 2024}}</ref>
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'''''The McDowell News''''' is an American, English language newspaper published daily in [[Marion, North Carolina]] covering [[McDowell County, North Carolina|McDowell County]]. The newspaper is owned by [[Berkshire Hathaway]].<ref name=Hathaway2016>{{citation |title=2016 Annual Report |url=http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/2016ar/2016ar.pdf |author=Berkshire Hathaway Inc. |location=Omaha, Nebraska |chapter=Daily Newspapers: North Carolina |access-date=2017-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226051432/http://berkshirehathaway.com/2016ar/2016ar.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-26 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcdowellnews.com/|title=''McDowell News''|website=mcdowellnews.com|accessdate=January 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216080700/https://www.mcdowellnews.com/|archive-date=December 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95072284/|title=''McDowell News''|website=Library of Congress|accessdate=January 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112164742/https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95072284/|archive-date=January 12, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The McDowell News'' is a member of the North Carolina Press Association.<ref name=NCPA>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncpress.com/stories/mcdowell-news-the,112|title=The McDowell News|website=NC Press Association|accessdate=January 21, 2020}}</ref> ''The McDowell News'' has a Facebook page for sharing news and interacting with readers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/McDowell.News/about/?ref=page_internal|title=McDowell News|accessdate=January 21, 2020}}</ref>
'''''The McDowell News''''' is an English language newspaper published daily in [[Marion, North Carolina]], United States, covering [[McDowell County, North Carolina|McDowell County]]. The newspaper is a member of the North Carolina Press Association.<ref name="NCPA">{{cite web|url=http://www.ncpress.com/stories/mcdowell-news-the,112|title=The McDowell News|website=NC Press Association|accessdate=January 21, 2020}}</ref>

== History ==
The newspaper was owned by [[Media General]]<ref>{{cite web |date=12 May 2012 |title=Media General Announces Agreements with Berkshire Hathaway for Purchase of Newspapers and New Financing |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/media-general-announces-agreements-with-berkshire-hathaway-for-purchase-of-newspapers-and-new-financing-151856055.html |accessdate=18 June 2020 |website=PR Newswire}}</ref> until it was sold to [[Berkshire Hathaway]]'s subsidiary BH Media Group in 2012.<ref name="Hathaway2016">{{citation |title=2016 Annual Report |url=http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/2016ar/2016ar.pdf |author=Berkshire Hathaway Inc. |location=Omaha, Nebraska |chapter=Daily Newspapers: North Carolina |access-date=2017-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226051432/http://berkshirehathaway.com/2016ar/2016ar.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-26 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcdowellnews.com/|title=''McDowell News''|website=mcdowellnews.com|accessdate=January 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216080700/https://www.mcdowellnews.com/|archive-date=December 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="chron">{{cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95072284/ |title=About The McDowell news. [volume] (Marion, N.C.) 1923-current |website=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress|accessdate=26 October 2020}}</ref>

[[Lee Enterprises]] bought BH Media Group's publications in early 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lee Enterprises to buy Berkshire Hathaway newspaper operations; Berkshire Hathaway to finance all debt |url=https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/dailyprogress.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/4b/04b1e8f6-47bf-5038-a657-5f1936601711/5e3192fcdf85d.pdf.pdf |accessdate=18 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lee Enterprises completes acquisition of Berkshire Hathaway newspaper operations |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2020-03-16/lee-enterprises-completes-acquisition-of-berkshire-hathaway-newspaper-operations |website=Bloomberg |accessdate=18 June 2020}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kendrick-Holmes |first=Dimon |date=2023-05-07 |title=Your expanded The McDowell News coming soon |url=https://mcdowellnews.com/news/local/your-expanded-the-mcdowell-news-coming-soon/article_2de9c396-eb4f-11ed-aec7-03f33b3517b8.html |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=McDowell News |language=en}}</ref>


==See also==
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==External links==
{{Berkshire Hathaway}}
* {{official website}}

{{Lee Enterprises}}


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Latest revision as of 01:38, 1 March 2024

The McDowell News
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Lee Enterprises
PublisherTerry Coomes[1]
EditorScott Hollifield[2]
Founded1923; 101 years ago (1923)[3]
LanguageAmerican English
Headquarters
[2]
CountryUnited States
Circulation2,214 Daily (as of 2023)[4]
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.[2]

History

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The newspaper was owned by Media General[5] until it was sold to Berkshire Hathaway's subsidiary BH Media Group in 2012.[6][7][3]

Lee Enterprises bought BH Media Group's publications in early 2020.[8][9]

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.[10]

See also

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References

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