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- ↑ "Member Directory". Florida Press Association. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ↑ Halifax Media purchases 16 newspapers Archived January 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ New Media Announces Agreement to Acquire Halifax Media Group for $280.0 Million Archived March 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Ceballos, John (January 21, 2014). "New Publisher Named for The Ledger". The Ledger. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
- ↑ Devore, Lenore (October 12, 2016). "Ledger Media Group Publisher Kevin Drake leaving Polk County, returning to his roots". The Ledger.
- ↑ Devore, Lenore (January 25, 2017). "Brian Burns named new publisher of the Ledger Media Group". The Ledger.
- ↑ Bouffard, Kevin (July 15, 2019). "Publisher Brian Burns leaving Ledger Media Group". The Ledger.