''The Charlotte News'' was the afternoon

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 ...

Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...

. It was first published on December 8, 1888. The newspaper was eventually purchased on April 5, 1959 by Knight Newspapers, owner of its larger rival ''

The Charlotte Observer ''The Charlotte Observer'' is an American English-language newspaper serving Charlotte, North Carolina, and its metro area. The Observer was founded in 1886. As of 2020, it has the second-largest circulation of any newspaper in the Carolinas. I ...

''. All operations of the ''News'' and the ''Observer'' were merged except news and editorial content, which was merged in 1983. The ''News'' ceased publication on November 1, 1985.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Charlotte News, The Newspapers published in North Carolina Mass media in Charlotte, North Carolina Defunct newspapers published in North Carolina

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