Glenville Pathfinder

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Glenville Pathfinder
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)Glenville-Corcoran Newspapers
Founder(s)Wat Warren
Founded1892
Headquarters108 North Court St., Glenville, WV 26351
Circulation 1,194(as of 2016) [1]
Website glenvillewv.com

The Glenville Pathfinder is a newspaper serving Glenville, West Virginia, and surrounding Gilmer County. [2] Published weekly, it has a circulation of 1,194 and is owned by Glenville-Corcoran Newspapers. [3]

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History

It was founded in 1892 as a weekly by Wat Warren, [4] as a Republican weekly. By 1920, it had a circulation of 700 and was published by Hunter W. Brannon. [5]

In 1971, it was bought (along with sister publication the Democrat) by two New York executives—one a banker and one an editor of a sporting magazine—looking to escape city life and settle in small-town West Virginia. [6] Robert Arnold, the banker, was a former resident of the area returning home. [7] Stanley Meseroll, who at the time was the managing editor of the New York-based Sports Afield, was drawn to the area's opportunities for hunting and fishing. [7] The pair were able within a few short years to increase subscriptions from 2,000 to 3,400, and increase staff to five and a half employees, partially due to a streamlined billing and subscription process. [7] The resulting publicity surrounding the move was enough of a point of pride to West Virginians that Senator Robert Byrd had press regarding the move read into the Senate Record. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  2. ↑ "Newspapers Currently Received in the West Virginia Archives and History Library" (PDF). West Virginia Division of Culture and History. State of West Virginia. December 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  3. ↑ 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  4. ↑ "About Glenville Pathfinder". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  5. ↑ Harris, John T. (1920). West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register. Charleston, West Virginia: Tribune Printing Company. p. 679.
  6. ↑ "Getting Away From It All". Beckley Post-Herald. 27 August 1971.
  7. 1 2 3 Tomkinson, Craig (27 May 1972). "Ex-New York Execs In the Hills". Editor & Publisher. Vol. 105.
  8. ↑ Senate - Tuesday, June 6, 1972 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Publishing Office. 1972. pp. 19793–19794.


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