Boone Newspapers, Incorporated (BNI) is the parent company of a publishing business that includes dozens newspapers as well as magazines, other published materials, and internet properties in the United States. It is a private company and owns papers in smaller cities in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas, Michigan, Mississippi, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia.
[ The company is based in ]Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. Alabama's fifth-largest city, it had an estimated population of 1 ...
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Todd H. Carpenter is chief executive officer and James B. Boone, Jr. is chairman of the board. Boone and his family own all of the company's stock according to its website.
After owning Tuscaloosa Newspapers Inc., Boone's father eventually took over the company and purchased additional papers. In 2014, Boone Newspapers bought several newspapers from Evening Post Industries.
Newspapers
Boone Newspapers include:
* '' The'' (Danville) ''Advocate-Messenger''
* ''Albert Lea Tribune
The ''Albert Lea Tribune'' is an American, English language newspaper published in Albert Lea, Minnesota. It was founded in 1897. It is published Tuesday thru Saturday and has a circulation of 3,366. It was owned by Boone Newspapers
Boone N ...
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* ''Alexander City Outlook''
* (Lake Charles) ''American Press''
* ''The Andalusia Star-News''
* ''Atmore Advance''
* '' Austin Daily Herald''
* ''Bogalusa Daily News''
* ''The Brewton Standard''
* ''Cassopolis Vigilant''
* ''Claiborne Progress''
* ''The Clanton Advertiser''
* ''Clemmons Courier''
* ''The Davie County Enterprise-Record
The ''Davie County Enterprise-Record'' is a weekly newspaper based in Mocksville, North Carolina that serves Davie County, North Carolina. The editor of the paper is Mike Barnhardt. The Evening Post Publishing Company
Evening Post Industries is ...
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* ''The ''(Fergus Falls)'' Daily Journal''
* '' The ''(Brookhaven)'' Daily Leader''
* ''The Demopolis Times''
* ''The Dowagiac Daily News''
* ''Edwardsburg Argus''
* ''Elizabethton Star''
* ''Franklin County Times''
* ''The Greenville Advocate''
* ''The Harlan Daily Enterprise
The Harlan Enterprise, a weekly newspaper serving Harlan County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky, with a circulation of 6,000, was first published in 1901 as ''The Harlan Enterprise'' and began publishing in 1928 as ''The Harlan Daily Enterprise''. ...
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* ''Hartselle Enquirer''
* ''The Interior Journal''
* ''Ironton Tribune
''The Ironton Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Ironton, Ohio. The newspaper is owned by Boone Newspapers.
The ''Tribune'' originated in 1928 as a merger of existing publications ''The Irontonian'' and ''The Ironton Register''. ''The Regis ...
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* ''The Jessamine Journal''
* ''LaGrange Daily News
The LaGrange Daily News has been serving LaGrange and the residents of Troup County, Georgia and surrounding areas since 1843 when it was launched as a weekly newspaper called the LaGrange Herald. The name was changed later to the Chattahoochee ...
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* (LaPlace) ''L'Observateur''
* ''The Lowndes Signal''
* ''Luverne Journal''
* '' The ''(Troy)'' Messenger''
* ''Middlesboro Daily News
''The Middlesboro Daily News'' is an US, American newspaper in Middlesboro, Kentucky and the newspaper's corresponding website. It circulates throughout Bell County, Kentucky. The newspaper is published two times a week, Wednesday and Saturday, exc ...
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* ''The Natchez Democrat''
* ''Niles Daily Star''
* '' The Orange Leader''
* ''The Oxford Eagle''
* ''The Pelham Reporter''
* ''Picayune Item
The ''Picayune Item'' is a five-day daily newspaper published in Picayune, Mississippi, United States, covering Pearl River County and parts of Hancock County, Mississippi. It publishes in the evening, Tuesday through Friday, and on Sunday mornin ...
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* ''The Port Arthur News
''The Port Arthur News'' is six-day morning newspaper published every day except Mondays in Port Arthur, Texas, covering Jefferson County. It is owned by Boone Newspapers.
The newspaper has not missed an issue since March 17, 1897, when the St ...
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* ''Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald
The ''Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald'' was founded as a newspaper in 1914 as the Ahoskie Patriot and now serves the rural North Carolina communities of Bertie, Hertford, Northampton and Gates counties, including the towns of Ahoskie, Murfreesboro a ...
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* '' Salisbury Post''
* '' Selma Times-Journal''
* ''The Shelby County Reporter''
* '' Southwest Daily News''
* '' The (Frankfort) State Journal''
* ''Suffolk News-Herald''
* ''The Tallassee Tribune''
* '' Tidewater News''
* ''Tryon Daily Bulletin
''Tryon Daily Bulletin'' is an American, English language daily newspaper based in Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina; it also serves parts of Spartanburg and Greenville counties in South Carolina.
History
Known as "The World’s Smallest Dai ...
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* ''Valley Times-News'' in Lanett, Alabama
Lanett is a city in Chambers County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 6,468, down from 7,897 in 2000. Lanett, originally called Bluffton, is located in eastern Alabama, on the Chattahoochee River, southwest of Atlanta ...
, purchased in 2017Washington Daily News
The ''Washington Daily News'' is an American, English language daily newspaper headquartered in and serving Washington, North Carolina and Beaufort County, North Carolina. It was established in 1909. The paper also uses Facebook for sharing new ...
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* ''The Wetumpka Herald''
* ''The Winchester Sun''
References
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Companies based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Newspaper companies of the United States