Winston-Salem Chronicle

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Winston-Salem Chronicle
Looking Back Winston-Salem Mural.jpg
A mural on the side of the building representing the history of black press in the United States
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)The Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co.
Founded1974
LanguageEnglish
Circulation 7,000(as of 2017) [1]
OCLC number 12156348
Website wschronicle.com

The Winston-Salem Chronicle is a weekly newspaper that targets the African-American community in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. [2]

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History

Ernie Pitt & Joseph N. C. Egemonye founded the Chronicle in 1974. Its office was on North Liberty Street. Derwin Montgomery and James Taylor, the managing directors of Chronicle Media Group LLC, said March 27, 2017 that their company is buying The Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co. by May 2017. Taylor will become publisher at that time. [3] [4] The Chronicle moved to a former Bank of America branch on East Fifth Street on October 1, 2017. [5]

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References

  1. "Historic Winston-Salem publication to be sold". WGHP . March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  2. Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Mark Graham. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. p. 217. ISBN   978-0-674-00788-8.
  3. Young, Andrew (March 27, 2017). "Two on Winston-Salem City Council part of group buying Chronicle newspaper". Winston-Salem Journal . Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  4. "Winston-Salem chronicle". 5 September 1974. p. 4. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  5. Craver, Richard (September 30, 2017). "Chronicle moving to east Winston-Salem". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved September 30, 2017.