The ''Sun Journal'' is an American, English language daily newspaper published in

New Bern, North Carolina New Bern, formerly Newbern, is a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. It had a population of 31,291 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is located at the confluence of the Neuse River, Neuse a ...

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 and television stations, as well as ''Coast Magazine'' and other specialty publications. Headquartered at ...

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 fam ...

, 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 New York City. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. It owns the national newspaper ''USA Today'', as well as several ...

. The Sun Journal has the following lineage: * ''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 A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long Vertical and horizontal, vertical pages, typically of in height. Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner (format), Berliner and Tabloid (newspaper ...

-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 Paxton Media Group of Paducah, Kentucky, is a privately held media company with holdings that include newspapers and a TV station, WPSD-TV in Paducah. David M. Paxton is president and CEO. The company owns 32 daily newspapers and numerous wee ...

acquired the New Bern Sun Journal and five other North Carolina newspapers from

Gannett Gannett Co., Inc. ( ) is an American mass media holding company headquartered in New York City. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. It owns the national newspaper ''USA Today'', as well as several ...

Co., Inc.

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Official website

Official mobile site

Information on Halifax Media Group's corporate site
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