The ''Rocky Mount Telegram'' is an American, English language daily
newspaper
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, 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 poli ...
based in
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Rocky Mount is a city in Nash and Edgecombe counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The city's population was 54,341 as of the 2020 census, making it the 20th-most populous city in North Carolina. The city is east of Raleigh, the st ...
.
History
In the summer of 1996, Thomson Newspapers traded the ''Telegram'' to
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 prim ...
in exchange for six newspapers in Arizona. The deal was completed on December 17 of that year.
Adams Publishing Group
Adams Publishing Group LLC (APG) is a company that provides publishing services, including newspapers, periodicals, and website publishing in the United States. Its corporate headquarters is located in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. Mark Adams, son of ...
, a family-owned company led by CEO, Mark Adams, bought the ''Telegram'' in 2018 from Cooke Communications LLC.
The assets included in the purchase included Cooke Communications's print publications, websites and commercial printing operations, located in North Carolina and Florida. Other North Carolina papers included in the sale were ''
The Daily Reflector'' and ''
Elizabeth City Daily Advance''.
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 p ...
References
External links
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Daily newspapers published in North Carolina
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
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