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HD Media
HD Media Co., LLC is a Huntington, West Virginia, based publisher of daily and weekly newspapers and magazines. It was established by Doug Reynolds in 2013 to purchase the Herald-Dispatch from Champion Industries. Newspapers ''The Herald-Dispatch'' In 2013, HD Media purchased ''The Herald-Dispatch'' from Champion Industries. ''The Herald-Dispatch'' was founded in 1909 when two Huntington newspapers, the ''Herald'' and the ''Dispatch'', merged. In 1927, the newspaper became a part of the Huntington Publishing Company, operated by Joseph Harvey Long, the owner of the ''Huntington Advertiser''. The company was operated by the Long family until 1971, when it was sold to the ''Honolulu Star Bulletin'' and then to the Gannett Company ten months later. Its companion afternoon paper, the ''Huntington Advertiser'', ceased as a separate publication in 1979. Prior to the ''Huntington Advertiser''’s demise, the combined Sunday newspaper was referred to as the ''Herald-Advertiser'', corr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is the county seat of Cabell County, and the largest city in the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as the Tri-State Area. A historic and bustling city of commerce and heavy industry, Huntington has benefited from its location on the Ohio River at the mouth of the Guyandotte River. It is home to the Port of Huntington Tri-State, the second-busiest inland port in the United States. As of the 2020 census, its metro area is the largest in West Virginia, spanning seven counties across three states and having a population of 359,862. Huntington is the second-largest city in West Virginia, with a population of 46,842 at the 2020 census. Both the city and metropolitan area declined in population from the 2010 census, a trend that has been ongoing for six decades as Huntington has lost over 40,000 residents in that time frame. Surrounded by extensive natural resources, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logan Banner
''The Logan Banner'', originally named the Logan County Banner, is a newspaper in Logan, West Virginia owned by HD Media, LLC, parent company of '' The Herald-Dispatch'' in Huntington. Circulation is limited to Logan County and surrounding areas. The newspaper was founded in 1889, by Henry Clay Ragland, a veteran of the Confederate army, as a weekly paper. Over the years, it has had different publication schedules. In 1935, it became a Monday-Friday afternoon paper. In 1981 it adopted an unusual schedule of publishing Tuesday-Friday afternoons and Sunday mornings. In September 2018, under the ownership of HD Media, the paper was reduced to a tri-weekly schedule of publishing Sunday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. In July 2019, the publication schedule was once again reduced to a weekly. HD Media also adopted the same weekly schedule for the Banner's sister paper, the Williamson Daily News. It was previously owned by Heartland Publications. In 2012 Versa Capital Management ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne County News
''The Herald-Dispatch'' is a daily newspaper that serves Huntington, West Virginia, and neighboring communities in southern Ohio and eastern Kentucky. It is currently owned by HD Media Co. LLC. History ''The Herald-Dispatch'' was founded in 1909 when two Huntington newspapers, the ''Herald'' and the ''Dispatch'', merged. In 1927, the newspaper became a part of the Huntington Publishing Company, operated by Joseph Harvey Long, the owner of the ''Huntington Advertiser''. The company was operated by the Long family until 1971, when it was sold to the '' Honolulu Star Bulletin'' and then to Gannett ten months later. Its companion afternoon paper, the ''Huntington Advertiser'', ceased as a separate publication in 1979. Prior to the ''Huntington Advertiser's'' demise, the combined Sunday newspaper was referred to as the ''Herald-Advertiser'', correctly depicted in the movie '' We Are Marshall''. Today, it also publishes the ''Putnam Herald'' and the ''Lawrence Herald'', more localiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herald-Dispatch
''The Herald-Dispatch'' is a daily newspaper that serves Huntington, West Virginia, and neighboring communities in southern Ohio and eastern Kentucky. It is currently owned by HD Media Co. LLC. History ''The Herald-Dispatch'' was founded in 1909 when two Huntington newspapers, the ''Herald'' and the ''Dispatch'', merged. In 1927, the newspaper became a part of the Huntington Publishing Company, operated by Joseph Harvey Long, the owner of the ''Huntington Advertiser''. The company was operated by the Long family until 1971, when it was sold to the '' Honolulu Star Bulletin'' and then to Gannett ten months later. Its companion afternoon paper, the ''Huntington Advertiser'', ceased as a separate publication in 1979. Prior to the ''Huntington Advertiser's'' demise, the combined Sunday newspaper was referred to as the ''Herald-Advertiser'', correctly depicted in the movie '' We Are Marshall''. Today, it also publishes the ''Putnam Herald'' and the ''Lawrence Herald'', more localiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company, Inc., was an American oil production, transportation, refining, and marketing company that operated from 1870 to 1911. At its height, Standard Oil was the largest petroleum company in the world, and its success made its co-founder and chairman, John D. Rockefeller, who is among the wealthiest Americans of all time and among the richest people in modern history. Its history as one of the world's first and largest multinational corporations ended in 1911, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it was an illegal monopoly. The company was founded in 1863 by Rockefeller and Henry Flagler, and was incorporated in 1870. Standard Oil dominated the oil products market initially through horizontal integration in the refining sector, then, in later years vertical integration; the company was an innovator in the development of the business trust. The Standard Oil trust streamlined production and logistics, lowered costs, and undercut competitors. "Trust-busting" cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News Media Alliance
The News Media Alliance (formerly known as the Newspaper Association of America until 2016At the News Media Alliance, more than the name is changing by Rick Edmonds, Poynter, September 7, 2016.) is a trade association representing approximately 2000 s in the and . Member newspapers represented by the Alliance include large daily papers, non-daily and small-market publication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Manipulation
Media manipulation is a series of related techniques in which partisans create an image or argument that favors their particular interests. Such tactics may include the use of logical fallacies, manipulation, outright deception (disinformation), rhetorical and propaganda techniques, and often involve the suppression of information or points of view by crowding them out, by inducing other people or groups of people to stop listening to certain arguments, or by simply diverting attention elsewhere. In '' Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes'', Jacques Ellul writes that public opinion can only express itself through channels which are provided by the mass media of communication – without which there could be no propaganda. It is used within public relations, propaganda, marketing, etc. While the objective for each context is quite different, the broad techniques are often similar. As illustrated below, many of the more modern mass media manipulation methods are types of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States District Court For The Southern District Of West Virginia
The United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (in case citations, S.D. W. Va.) is a federal court in the Fourth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The District was established on June 22, 1901. , the United States Attorney for the District is William S. Thompson. Organization of the court The United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia is one of two federal judicial districts in West Virginia. Court for the Southern District is held at Beckley, Bluefield, Charleston, and Huntington. Beckley Division comprises the following counties: Greenbrier, Raleigh, Summers, and Wyoming. Bluefield Division comprises the following counties: Mercer, McDowell, and Monroe. Charleston Division comprises the following counties: Boone, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Nicholas, Roane, Wirt, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facebook
Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name comes from the face book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities and, since 2006, anyone over 13 years old. As of July 2022, Facebook claimed 2.93 billion monthly active users, and ranked third worldwide among the most visited websites as of July 2022. It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s. Facebook can be accessed from devices with Internet connectivity, such as personal computers, tablets and smartphones. After registering, users can create a profile revealing information about themselves. They can post text, photos and multimedia which are shared with any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphabet Inc
Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015, and became the parent company of Google and several former Google subsidiaries. Alphabet is the world's third-largest technology company by revenue and one of the world's most valuable companies. It is one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft. The establishment of Alphabet Inc. was prompted by a desire to make the core Google business "cleaner and more accountable" while allowing greater autonomy to group companies that operate in businesses other than Internet services. Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced their resignation from their executive posts in December 2019, with the CEO role to be filled by Sundar Pichai, also the CEO of Google. Page and Brin remain employees, board members, and controlling sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civitas Media
Civitas Media, LLC was a Davidson, North Carolina-based publisher of community newspapers covering 11 Midwestern, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern states. The company was formed in 2012 via the merger of Heartland Publications, Impressions Media, Ohio Community Media, and Freedom Communications's central division. In 2017, Civitas sold its newspapers in Ohio, Missouri, West Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Oklahoma. It kept the ''Times Leader'' in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Wilkes-Barre ( or ) is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in th ... until it sold that newspaper in 2019. References Newspaper companies of the United States Companies based in North Carolina Publishing companies established in 2012 {{US-publish-company-stub Publishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pineville, West Virginia
Pineville is a town in and the county seat of Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Guyandotte River. The population was 648 at the 2020 census. History Pineville was settled by William Short in 1853. In 1863, Hiram Clay first settled near the site of present Pineville. The community was once called Castlerock, and the post office there was once named Rock Castle. The town was renamed Pineville for the local pine forest and incorporated as a town under that name in 1907. It was named because it was built on the site of a black or pitch pine forest. Pineville became the county seat in 1907, replacing Oceana after a series of disputed elections. Castle Rock, the towering sandstone formation for which Rockcastle Creek is named, is located at Pineville and is the major local landmark. The Wyoming County Courthouse (1916) is on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography Pineville is located at (37.582925, −81.535302). The Guyandotte Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
