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The ''Amarillo Globe-News'' is a daily newspaper in Amarillo, Texas, owned by
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, but is printed at a facility in Lubbock.


History

The current-day ''Globe-News'' is a combination of several newspapers previously published in Amarillo. One began on November 4, 1909, as a prohibition publication by the Baptist deacon Dr. Joseph Elbert Nunn (1851 – 1938). In 1916, Nunn turned the ''Amarillo Daily News'' into a general newspaper. Nunn also owned an electric company, and heavily invested in the telephone company. He served on the boards of the Wayland Baptist College (now Wayland Baptist University) in
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, then at Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University). He went on to
Lubbock, Texas Lubbock ( ) is the 10th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of government of Lubbock County. With a population of 260,993 in 2021, the city is also the 85th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the northw ...
, with the Goodnight Baptist College in the now ghost town of Goodnight in Armstrong County. The college and town were named for the legendary Texas Panhandle rancher
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. In 1926, Eugene A. Howe and Wilbur Clayton Hawk bought the ''Amarillo Daily News'' and merged it with their ''Globe'' newspaper to form the ''Amarillo Globe-News'' Publishing Company. The ''Amarillo Times'' started on December 15, 1937, as an afternoon tabloid newspaper. On December 2, 1951, the ''Globe-News'' and ''Times'' were merged into one company with the majority of the stock owned by the ''Times
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family, being published by Samuel Benjamin Whittenburg (1914 – 1992). ''The Daily News'' continued as the morning newspaper, while the ''Globe-News'' and ''Times'' were merged into the afternoon ''Globe-Times''. The ''Amarillo Globe-Times'' won the
1961 Pulitzer Prize The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1961. Journalism awards *Public Service: ** The '' Amarillo Globe-Times'', for "exposing a breakdown in local law enforcement with resultant punitive action that swept lax officials from their posts and br ...
for Public Service for exposing government corruption in
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counties. The organization noted the paper "expos da breakdown in local law enforcement with resultant punitive action that swept lax officials from their posts and brought about the election of a reform slate." The company also purchased radio stations WDAG and KGRS (merging them to form KGNC in 1935), and NBC television station KGNC-TV (now KAMR) in 1953. On September 1, 1972, Morris Communications bought the ''Globe-News'' from the Whittenburg family. In 2001, the ''Daily News'' and ''Globe-Times'' merged into one morning edition, the ''Globe-News''. In 2017, Morris Communications sold its newspapers to GateHouse Media. The ''Globe-News'' moved in September 2018 from the building it occupied since 1949 on South Harrison Street on the west side of downtown. The newspaper chose to move to the FirstBank Southwest Tower on Tyler Street a few blocks away.Tim Howsare, "", ''Amarillo Globe-News'', September 16, 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-10.


Journalists

Journalists who got their start at the Amarillo Globe-News include ''
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'' correspondent Major Garrett, Dow Jones Newswires and columnist Al Lewis.


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* *. Accessed January 20, 2006 {{PulitzerPrize PublicService 1951–1975 Mass media in Amarillo, Texas Daily newspapers published in Texas Gannett publications Pulitzer Prize-winning newspapers 1909 establishments in Texas Pulitzer Prize for Public Service winners Newspapers established in 1909