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}}'''''The Yadkin Ripple''''' is a weekly [[newspaper]] based in [[Yadkinville, North Carolina]]. It was first published in [[East Bend, North Carolina]], on October 18, [[1892]].
}}'''''The Yadkin Ripple''''' is a weekly [[newspaper]] based in [[Yadkinville, North Carolina]]. It was first published in [[East Bend, North Carolina]], on October 18, [[1892]].


''The Ripple'', published on Thursdays, was purchased in [[June]] [[2007]] by [[Heartland Publications]]. It has a circulation of 6,000, according to the Mid-South. It shares a publisher and its production staff with [[The Tribune (Elkin, North Carolina) | ''The Tribune'']] in [[Elkin, North Carolina | Elkin]] and is printed at the ''[[Mount Airy News]].''
''The Ripple'', published on Thursdays, was purchased in [[June]] [[2007]] by [[Heartland Publications]]. It has a circulation of 6,000, according to [[Mid-South Management Inc.]]. It shares a publisher and its production staff with [[The Tribune (Elkin, North Carolina) | ''The Tribune'']] in [[Elkin, North Carolina | Elkin]] and is printed at the ''[[Mount Airy News]].''


==Overview==
==Overview==
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In [[1909]], it was sold to [[W.E. Rutledge Sr.]] Rutledge was owner, [[editor]] and [[publisher]] of the paper until his death in [[1966]]. The paper remained in the Rutledge family until [[2002]] when it was sold to [[Mid-South Management Company Inc.]] of [[Spartanburg, South Carolina]]. ''The Yadkin Enterprise'', another weekly Yadkinville newspaper, then merged into ''The Ripple''.
In [[1909]], it was sold to [[W.E. Rutledge Sr.]] Rutledge was owner, [[editor]] and [[publisher]] of the paper until his death in [[1966]]. The paper remained in the Rutledge family until [[2002]] when it was sold to [[Mid-South Management Company Inc.]] of [[Spartanburg, South Carolina]]. ''The Yadkin Enterprise'', another weekly Yadkinville newspaper, then merged into ''The Ripple''.


In [[June]] [[2007]], both ''The Ripple'' and its sister publications were part of a sale from Mid-South Management to Heartland Publications, LLC of Connecticut. <ref>[http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173351450517&path=!localnews&s=1037645509099 Yadkin, Surry, Stokes newspapers are bought [[Winston-Salem Journal]] (accessed 3 June 2007)]</ref>
In [[June]] [[2007]], ''The Ripple'' and its sister publications were sold to Heartland Publications LLC of Connecticut. <ref>[http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173351450517&path=!localnews&s=1037645509099 Yadkin, Surry, Stokes newspapers are bought [[Winston-Salem Journal]] (accessed 3 June 2007)]</ref>


Andy Matthews, an East Bend native, was editor of ''The Ripple'' from [[2002]] until January [[2007]]. Lonnie Adamson is the current editor.
Andy Matthews, an East Bend native, was editor of ''The Ripple'' from [[2002]] until January [[2007]]. Lonnie Adamson is the current editor.

Revision as of 21:39, 5 June 2007

The Yadkin Ripple
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Heartland Publications, LLC
PublisherRebel Good
EditorLonnie Adamson
Founded1892
Headquarters115 Jackson Street
Yadkinville, NC 27055
United States
Websiteyadkinripple.com

The Yadkin Ripple is a weekly newspaper based in Yadkinville, North Carolina. It was first published in East Bend, North Carolina, on October 18, 1892.

The Ripple, published on Thursdays, was purchased in June 2007 by Heartland Publications. It has a circulation of 6,000, according to Mid-South Management Inc.. It shares a publisher and its production staff with The Tribune in Elkin and is printed at the Mount Airy News.

Overview

Mattie Johnson Hall, who wrote under the name of "Meddlesome Mattie," started The Ripple in East Bend in 1892. She named it after watching a ripple over a dam on the Yadkin River.[1] In 1896, the paper was sold to attorney Elisha Stanford who moved the offices to Yadkinville.

In 1909, it was sold to W.E. Rutledge Sr. Rutledge was owner, editor and publisher of the paper until his death in 1966. The paper remained in the Rutledge family until 2002 when it was sold to Mid-South Management Company Inc. of Spartanburg, South Carolina. The Yadkin Enterprise, another weekly Yadkinville newspaper, then merged into The Ripple.

In June 2007, The Ripple and its sister publications were sold to Heartland Publications LLC of Connecticut. [2]

Andy Matthews, an East Bend native, was editor of The Ripple from 2002 until January 2007. Lonnie Adamson is the current editor.

References

  1. ^ An Illustrated History of Yadkin County, 1850-1980, by W.E. Rutledge Jr., Page 90
  2. ^ Yadkin, Surry, Stokes newspapers are bought Winston-Salem Journal (accessed 3 June 2007)