The Chatham Record

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The Chatham Record
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)North State Media
PublisherNeal Robbins
Editor-in-chiefMatt Mercer
EditorGriffin Daughtry
FoundedSeptember 19, 1878 [1]
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersSiler City, N.C.
Sister newspapersNorth State Journal, Chatham News
ISSN 1067-1765
Website chathamnewsrecord.com

The Chatham Record is a weekly newspaper based in Siler City, North Carolina and serving Chatham County, North Carolina.

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History

First published on September 19, 1878, [2] The Chatham Record was family-owned for nearly 80 years after E.A. Resch bought the newspaper along with The Chatham News of Siler City in 1939. On October 25, 2018 The Chatham News announced that The Chatham News Publishing Company, Inc. had sold the newspapers to The Chatham Media Group LLC. [3]

The newspaper was sold to North State Journal owner North State Media in May 2023. [4]

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References

  1. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn85042115/
  2. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn85042115/
  3. Johnson, Joe (October 26, 2018). "Chatham County newspapers sold. Look who bought them". Herald Sun .
  4. "Chatham News + Record sold to North State Media". May 8, 2023.