The ''Williamson Daily News'' is a newspaper in
Williamson, West Virginia. It was founded in 1912 and is the successor to a previous weekly effort, ''The Southern West Virginian'', founded in 1900.
As of July 3, 2019, the paper publishes as a weekly on Wednesdays. Generally it covers local events only, and ''
The Herald-Dispatch'' circulates widely in the area with more broad coverage.
It was previously owned by
Heartland Publications
Heartland Publications was a Connecticut-based owner of small to medium market newspapers, and started out by acquiring 24 publications from Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. located in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennesse ...
. In 2012 Versa Capital Management merged Heartland Publications,
Ohio Community Media, the former
Freedom
Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or to possess the power and resources to fulfill one's purposes unhindered. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving on ...
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. In 2017, Civitas sold its West Virginia properties to HD Media, parent of ''
The Herald-Dispatch''.
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Newspapers published in West Virginia
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