''The Yadkin Ripple'' is a weekly
newspaper based in
Yadkinville, North Carolina. It was first published in
East Bend, North Carolina, on October 18, 1892.
''The Ripple'', published on Thursdays, was purchased in June 2007 by
Heartland Publications. It shares a publisher and its production staff with
''The Tribune'' in
Elkin and is printed at ''
The Mount Airy News
''The Mount Airy News'' is a six-day-a-week newspaper published in Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States. It was established in 1880. The ''News'' has a circulation of 9,263 according to The Park Library's list of North Carolina newspapers. ...
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History
Mattie Johnson Hall, who used the
pseudonym "Meddlesome Mattie," started ''The Ripple'' in
East Bend in 1892. She named it after watching a ripple over a dam on the
Yadkin River. In 1896, the paper was sold to
attorney
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** Attorney at law, in some jurisdictions
* Attorney, one who has power of attorney
* ''The Attorney'', a 2013 South Korean film
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Elisha Stanford who moved the offices to Yadkinville. She in-turn sold The Ripple to Samuel Carter (S. Carter) Williams who in 1909 sold the publication to Mr Rutledge.
In 1909, it was sold to
W.E. Rutledge Sr. (November 13, 1887 – April 2, 1966). Rutledge was owner,
editor
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and
publisher of the paper until his death in 1966. The paper remained in the Rutledge family until 2002 when it was sold to
Mid-South Management Company Inc. of
Spartanburg, South Carolina. ''The Yadkin Enterprise'', another weekly Yadkinville newspaper, then merged into ''The Ripple''.
In June 2007, ''The Ripple'' and its sister publications were sold to
Heartland Publications LLC of Connecticut. A week after the sale, Rebel Good, publisher of ''The Ripple'' and ''The Tribune'', left his position along with a number of senior staffers. Good and former Mount Airy News publisher Michael Milligan plan to launch a newspaper to compete with ''The Mount Airy News''.
In 2012 Versa Capital Management merged Heartland Publications,
Ohio Community Media, the former
Freedom
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papers it had acquired, and
Impressions Media
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, name = Impressions Media
, logo =
, type = Private
, foundation = {{start date, 1939, as Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company
, location = 15 North Main Street,Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18 ...
into a new company,
Civitas Media. Civitas Media sold its properties in the Carolinas to Champion Media in 2017. Later in 2017, Champion Media sold its Mount Airy area newspapers to
Adams Publishing Group.
Adams Publishing Group acquires Mount Airy Group from Champion Media
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References
External links
The Yadkin Ripple
Weekly newspapers published in North Carolina
Yadkin County, North Carolina
1892 establishments in North Carolina
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