''The Times-News'' is an American, English language daily newspaper based in
Burlington, North Carolina
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formed in 1931 by the merger of the ''Burlington Daily Times'' and'' The Burlington News''.
History
''The Times-News'' was founded in 1887.
It joined Freedom Communications Inc. in 1978, and was sold to
Halifax Media Group in 2012. In 2015, Halifax was acquired by
New Media Investment Group
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, which became
Gannett
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in a 2019 merger.
The lineage of ''The Times-News'' is as follows:
* ''The Times-News'' (1989present), publisher: Times-News Pub. Co.
* ''The Daily Times-News'' (19321989), publisher: Times-News Pub. Co.
* ''Burlington Daily Times-News'' (19311932), publisher: Burlington News Co.
* ''Burlington Daily Times'' (1923–1931), publisher: Burlington News Co. (January 18, 1923)
* ''The Burlington News'' (1887–1931), publisher: J.R. Ireland & Co.
In November of 2022
Paxton Media Group
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The company owns 32 daily newspapers and numerous wee ...
acquired The Burlington News-Times and five other North Carolina newspapers from
Gannett
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It owns the national newspaper ''USA Today'', as well as several ...
Co., Inc.
Special features
The paper includes a weekly ''Here & Now'' page that is written by local high school students. The newspaper also uses guest columnist, including as many as 20 local columnists per month. The Times-News has an internet website and Facebook page for interacting with customers.
Awards
In addition to annual state press association awards, ''The Times-News'' was a Best of Freedom winner in 2006. In 2006, the North Carolina Press Association recognized ''The Times-News'' with awards in sports feature writing, photography, and more. Jay Ashley received first place in Sports Writing for his article, Players Memory Lives On.
Additionally, Sam Roberts received third place in Photography, Linda Bowden received second place in Illustration, Lee Barnes received second place in Serious Columns, Tom Dillon received first place in Criticism, and Isaac Groves received third place in News Enterprise Reporting.
''The'' ''Times-News'' received similar awards from th
North Carolina Press Associationin 2005 and 2004.
It has also won awards in the NNA's Better Newspaper Contest for general excellence, best sports section, photography and writing.
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
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1887 establishments in North Carolina
Daily newspapers published in North Carolina
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