''The Daily Reflector'' is a daily

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

that serves Pitt County and

eastern North Carolina Eastern North Carolina (sometimes abbreviated as ENC) is the region encompassing the eastern tier of North Carolina. It is known geographically as the state's Coastal Plain region. Primary subregions of Eastern North Carolina include the Sandhil ...

. It is headquartered in

Greenville, North Carolina Greenville is the county seat of and the most populous city in Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County, North Carolina, United States; the principal city of the Greenville, North Carolina metropolitan area, Greenville metropolitan area; and th ...

History

The paper was originally titled "The Eastern Reflector", and was founded in 1882 by David Jordan and Julian Whichard. They founded the paper in a part of their mothers' school house with equipment they bought from another paper they had worked for, ''The Greenville Express''. It became known and published daily as ''The Reflector'' on Dec. 10, 1894. The ''Daily Reflector'' was purchased by

Cox Newspapers CMG Media Corporation (doing business as Cox Media Group) is an American media conglomerate principally owned by Apollo Global Management in conjunction with Cox Enterprises, which maintains a 29% minority stake in the company. The company pri ...

in 1996. ''Her'' and ''mixer'' are free monthly magazines produced by ''The Daily Reflector''. ''Her''—as the name implies—is a magazine for women. ''mixer''—written with a lowercase "m"—18- to 35-year-old population (which includes the large student bodies of East Carolina University and Pitt Community College) with local music, night spots and events for the same area.

began struggling financially in 2008 and put several of its properties up for sale, including The Daily Reflector. In addition to the paper being offered for sale, long-time publisher Jordan ("Jordy") Whichard III announced his resignation on January 5, 2009. In 2009, Cox sold its 13 North Carolina newspapers, including the ''

Rocky Mount Telegram The ''Rocky Mount Telegram'' is an American, English language daily newspaper based in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. History Adams Publishing Group, a family-owned company led by CEO, Mark Adams, bought the ''Telegram'' in 2018 from Cooke Communica ...

'', ''

Elizabeth City Daily Advance ''The Daily Advance'' is an American, English-language daily newspaper based in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The newspaper is owned by Cooke Communications. Cooke Communications, a private company led by the son of Jack Kent Cooke, bought ''T ...

'' and the ''Reflector'', to Cooke Communications, a privately held family company headed by John Kent Cooke, son of

Jack Kent Cooke Jack Kent Cooke (October 25, 1912 – April 6, 1997) was a Canadian-American businessman in broadcasting and professional sports. Starting in sales, Cooke was very successful, eventually becoming a partner in a network of radio stations and news ...

. John Kent Cooke moved to the Greenville area to become president of Cooke Communications North Carolina and publisher of the ''Reflector''. In September 2018, Adams Publishing Group, based in Greeneville, Tennessee, announced it had purchased the assets of Cooke Communications LLC, including the ''Reflector'', the ''Rocky Mount Telegram'' and the ''Elizabeth City Daily Advance''.

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External links

''The Daily Reflector'' website

''Daily Reflector'' Negative Collection (#741), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University
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History

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