| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Harrison County Publishing Co |
| Founded | 1898 |
| Headquarters | 223 Pike St Shinnston, WV |
| Circulation | 2,782 |
| OCLC number | 12877341 |
| Website | shinnstonnews |
The Shinnston News is a newspaper serving Shinnston, West Virginia, and surrounding Harrison County. [1] Published weekly, it has a circulation of 2,782 and is owned by Harrison County Publishing Co. [2]
The News was founded in 1898 as a weekly, and taken over by W. A. Meredith in 1902. [3] In 1909, R.C. Walker came on as editor and manager, with Meredith retaining control. [4] Two other generations of Merediths owned and operated the paper before 1980, when the business was sold to James Jackson and Boyd Dotson. [5]
Since 2014, the publisher is Michael Showell, [2] [6] with Leigh Merrifield as the editor. [7] Merrifield is a fourth generation descendant of W. A. Meredith. [6] Showell is owner of Mountain Media, a Lewisburg newspaper firm which operates a number of papers in West Virginia. [8]
In 1999, then publisher Kim Germondo, was named the West Virginia's Media Advocate of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. [9]
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