The ''Sun Journal'' is an American, English language daily newspaper published in New Bern, North Carolina.
History
The newspaper began publishing in 1916 as the ''Sun Journal'' following the merger of two older newspapers, the Sun and the Journal, in 1914. It was acquired by the New Bernian newspaper in 1923. In 1974 it was acquired by Freedom Communications, Inc. It was owned by
Freedom Communications
Freedom Communications, Inc., was an American media conglomerate that operated daily and weekly newspapers, websites and mobile applications, as well as ''Coast Magazine'' and other specialty publications. Headquartered at 625 N. Grand Avenue in ...
until 2012, when Freedom sold its Florida and North Carolina papers to
Halifax Media Group
Halifax Media Group was an American newspaper company owning more than 30 newspapers in five Southeastern U.S. States. It was founded on March 31, 2010 when a group of investors purchased ''The Daytona Beach News-Journal'' from the Davidson fami ...
, which itself was acquired by GateHouse Media in 2015. In 2015, Halifax was acquired by
New Media Investment Group
Gannett Co., Inc. () is an American mass media holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
* ''Sun Journal'' (1930present)
* ''The New Bern Sun journal'' (1915-1930)
* ''The New Bernian'' (1921-1932)
* ''The New Bern Sun'' (1912-1915)
* ''The Daily Journal'' (1913-1915)
* ''The Sun'' (1907-1912)
* ''The Morning New Bernian'' (1916-1921)
* ''New Berne Times, and Republic-courier (1876-18??)
The ''Sun Journal'' has a daily circulation of 9,000 and a Sunday circulation of 10,500. It is a broadsheet-format daily (seven days, mornings) with website and Facebook page.
The ''Sun Journal'' is a member of the North Carolina Press Association. The current editor is Trevor Dunnell and advertising director is Ken Warren.
In November of 2022 Paxton Media Group acquired the New Bern Sun Journal and five other North Carolina newspapers from Gannett Co., Inc.
See also
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List of newspapers in North Carolina
There have been newspapers in North Carolina since the ''North-Carolina Gazette'' began publication in the Province of North Carolina in 1751. As of January 2020, there were approximately 260 newspapers in publication in North Carolina. While pr ...