The Courier-Tribune

The Courier-Tribune

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	Paxton Media Group
Publisher	Paul Mauney
General manager	Todd Benz
Founded	1876
Language	American English
Headquarters	500 Sunset Ave. Asheboro, North Carolina
Circulation	5,789(as of 2018) [1]
OCLC number	13168530
Website	courier-tribune.com

The Courier-Tribune is the daily newspaper of Asheboro, North Carolina and the surrounding county of Randolph County, North Carolina. It has been published daily, except Saturday, since 1978. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

History

The Courier-Tribune is one of the 10 oldest newspapers published in North Carolina, tracing its roots back to 1876 and Marmaduke Swaim Robins Randolph Regulator newspaper. ^[5] It was named the Courier Tribune in 1940 in the merger of Courier (1930–1940) and Randolph Tribune (1924–1940). ^{[6] [7]}

In November 2022 Paxton Media Group acquired The Courier-Tribune and five other North Carolina newspapers from Gannett Co., Inc. ^[8]

See also

• List of newspapers in North Carolina

References

1. "2018 Legacy NEWM Annual Reports" (PDF). investors.gannett.com. 2018.
2. "Courier Tribune". United States Newspaper Listings. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
3. "Annette Jordan". linkedin.com.
4. "Member Directory". North Carolina Press Association. Archived from the original on March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
5. Holt, Ross. "LibGuides: Historic Landmark Preservation Commission: Marmaduke Robins Law Office". randolphlibrary.libguides.com.
6. "Courier Tribune, About Us". courier-tribune.com. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
7. "Courier Tribune". Library of Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
8. Northam, Mitchell (9 December 2022). "Kentucky-based Paxton Media Group buys six North Carolina newspapers from Gannett" . Retrieved 9 December 2022.

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