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The McDowell News
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Lee Enterprises
PublisherTerry Coomes[1]
EditorScott Hollifield[2]
Founded1923
LanguageAmerican English
Headquarters136 Logan Street, Marion, North Carolina  United States[2]
Circulation5,662[3][dead link]
OCLC number31906140
WebsiteOfficial website

The McDowell News is an American, English language newspaper published daily in Marion, North Carolina covering McDowell County. The newspaper is currently owned by Lee Enterprises, it was previously owned by Berkshire Hathaway's subsidiary BH Media Group since 2012[4][5][6] and by Media General before that.[7] Lee Enterprises bought BH Media Group's publications in early 2020.[8][9] The McDowell News is a member of the North Carolina Press Association.[2] The McDowell News has a Facebook page for sharing news and interacting with readers.[10]

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References

  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. ^ "Rate Card" (PDF). The McDowell News.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ "McDowell News". mcdowellnews.com. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  6. ^ "McDowell News". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on January 12, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "Media General Announces Agreements with Berkshire Hathaway for Purchase of Newspapers and New Financing". PR Newswire. Retrieved 18 June 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. ^ "McDowell News". Retrieved January 21, 2020.


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