Log Cabin Democrat

Last updated
Log Cabin Democrat
TypeDaily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Paxton Media Group
PublisherDavid Meadows
FoundedJuly 1879
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters1025 Front Street.
Conway, AR 72032
United States
Website thecabin.net

The Log Cabin Democrat is a daily newspaper in Conway, Arkansas, United States, serving Conway and Faulkner County and some surrounding areas. It was founded in July 1879 as The Log Cabin. Its publisher is David Meadows, who also serves as the publisher of The Courier in Russellville. [1]

Contents

History

The founding publisher, Able F. Livingston, was a former Whig Party member, who used the party's symbol — the log cabin — as the name for his new enterprise. Ownership changed a handful of times early in the newspaper's existence, eventually passing to the family of J.W. Robins in 1894. The Robins family continued to be involved with the newspaper directly for five generations. Along the way, J.W. Underhill, a one-time owner of The Log Cabin, purchased assets of a smaller Conway newspaper, The Democrat, which operated from 1881 to 1885 and had been revived in 1899. Underhill married into the Robins family, and the two papers merged as The Log Cabin Democrat in late 1900. The daily edition of the newspaper debuted in 1908 in conjunction with coverage of the opening of the Arkansas Normal School, later renamed the University of Central Arkansas.

The newspaper's main office has been on downtown Conway's Front Street since 1980, after operating from offices on Oak Street for 80 years. In addition to its primary print edition, the newspaper publishes several secondary products. Since its online debut in 1997, TheCabin.net has been augmented with multiple specialty websites through Morris DigitalWorks, covering niches such as dining, wedding planning, and local entertainment.

The newspaper was operated by Morris Publishing Group which assumed full ownership in the mid-1990s. [2] In 2017, Morris sold its newspapers to GateHouse Media. [3] By June 2019, the newspaper changed hands again, to Paducah, Kentucky-based Paxton Media Group, as part of a four-publication acquisition in the state.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Conway, Arkansas</span> City in Arkansas, United States

Conway is a city in the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Faulkner County, located in the state's most populous Metropolitan Statistical Area, Central Arkansas. Although considered a suburb of Little Rock, Conway is unusual in that the majority of its residents do not commute out of the city to work. The city also serves as a regional shopping, educational, work, healthcare, sports, and cultural hub for Faulkner County and surrounding areas. Conway's growth can be attributed to its jobs in technology and higher education; among its largest employers being Acxiom, the University of Central Arkansas, Hendrix College, Insight Enterprises, and many technology start-up companies. Conway is home to three post-secondary educational institutions, earning it the nickname "The City of Colleges".

<i>The Tennessean</i> Daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee

The Tennessean is a daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee. Its circulation area covers 39 counties in Middle Tennessee and eight counties in southern Kentucky. It is owned by Gannett, which also owns several smaller community newspapers in Middle Tennessee, including The Dickson Herald, the Gallatin News-Examiner, the Hendersonville Star-News, the Fairview Observer, and the Ashland City Times. Its circulation area overlaps those of the Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle and The Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, two other independent Gannett papers. The company publishes several specialty publications, including Nashville Lifestyles magazine.

<i>Arkansas Democrat-Gazette</i> Daily newspaper in Little Rock, Arkansas

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is the newspaper of record in the U.S. state of Arkansas, printed in Little Rock with a northwest edition published in Lowell. It is distributed for sale in all 75 of Arkansas' counties.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Morris Communications</span> American media company

Morris Communications, headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, is a privately held media company with diversified holdings that include magazine publishing, outdoor advertising, book publishing and distribution, visitor publications, and online services.

The Augusta Chronicle is the daily newspaper of Augusta, Georgia, and is one of the oldest newspapers in the United States still in publication. The paper is known for its coverage of the Masters Tournament, which is played in Augusta.

<i>Edmonton Journal</i> Daily newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Edmonton Journal is a daily newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Postmedia Network.

The Athens Banner-Herald is a daily newspaper in Athens, Georgia, USA, and owned by Gannett. The paper has a Sunday special and publishes online under the name Online Athens. It has been through a series of restructurings and mergers since 2000, culminating in its sale, along with several other papers, by Morris Communications to Gatehouse Media in August 2017. Since the merger of GateHouse Media and Gannett in November 2019, The Athens Banner-Herald is now owned by Gannett.

The Paducah Sun is a daily newspaper in Paducah, Kentucky, owned by the family-run Paxton Media Group. The paper was formerly known as the Paducah Sun-Democrat. The publisher is Bill Evans. Matt Jones is the general manager.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paxton Media Group</span> American newspaper company

Paxton Media Group of Paducah, Kentucky, is a privately held media company with holdings that include newspapers and a TV station, WPSD-TV in Paducah. David M. Paxton is president and CEO.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">GateHouse Media</span> American media company

GateHouse Media Inc. was an American publisher of locally based print and digital media. It published 144 daily newspapers, 684 community publications, and over 569 local-market websites in 38 states. Its parent company, New Media Investment Group, acquired Gannett in 2019, with the combined company using the Gannett name and maintaining its headquarters in Virginia.

The Daily Citizen is a newspaper which is published every day except Mondays and Saturdays in Searcy, Arkansas. It is owned by Paxton Media Group. The newspaper's circulation is 6,000.

The News Chief is a daily paper located in Winter Haven, Florida that serves east Polk County, Florida. It is owned by Gannett and is located at 455 Sixth St. N.W.

The Lebanon Democrat is a daily newspaper based in Lebanon, a town of more than 32,000 in the central part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is published by Lebanon Publishing Co., which is owned by Paxton Media Group.

The Kentucky New Era is the major daily newspaper in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in the United States.

The Morning Sun is a newspaper published in Pittsburg, Kansas, United States. Though its history dates to the 1880s, it has been known as the Morning Sun since 1973. It was a seven-day daily paper, but decreased to five print editions a week as of April 2017. The paper was purchased by Pittsburg Publishing LLC in September 2021, and is currently published five days a week (Tue-Sat).

The Leader is an American daily newspaper published in Corning, New York. It is owned by Gannett.

Stephen 'Steve' Magie is an American politician, ophthalmologist and businessman from the state of Arkansas. He is a Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives representing District 72, which includes a portion of Faulkner County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frank E. Robins House</span> Historic house in Arkansas, United States

The Frank E. Robins House is a historic house at 567 Locust Street in Conway, Arkansas, United States. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, most of its exterior finished in brick veneer. It has a gabled roof pierced by gabled dormers, and an enclosed two-story porch extending to the left. The front entrance is framed by pilasters and topped by an entablature and deep cornice with supporting brackets. The house was built in 1922 for a prominent local newspaper publisher who also served as Conway's mayor.

The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the 28th edition of the competition. The tournament was played from November 8 until November 11.

The Little Rock–Pine Bluff media market, which encompasses the state capital and two of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. state of Arkansas, maintains a variety of broadcast, print and online media outlets serving the region. The Little Rock–Pine Bluff market includes 38 counties in the central, north-central and west-central portions of the state, serving a total population of 1,172,700 residents ages 12 and over as of 2021. As of September 2021, it is ranked as the 59th largest American television market by Nielsen Media Research and the 92nd largest American radio market by Nielsen Audio.

References

  1. "Paxton Media Group acquires Log Cabin Democrat". Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  2. Morris Communications buys Stauffer Communications
  3. "Morris Announces Sale of Publications to Gatehouse Media". Morris Communications. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2018-02-19.