News Chief
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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gannett |
| Publisher | T. Brian Burns |
| Editor | Bob Heist |
| Founded | 1911 |
| Headquarters | 455 Sixth St. N.W.Winter Haven, Florida,33881 United States |
| ISSN | 1085-9101 |
| Website | newschief |
TheNews Chiefis a daily paper located inWinter Haven, Floridathat serves eastPolk County, Florida.It is owned byGannettand is located at 455 Sixth St. N.W.
History
[edit]TheNews Chieftraces its beginnings to September 28, 1911, when the first edition of the weeklyFlorida Chiefwas published by its founder, M.M. "Dad" Lee.
Everything originally was handset, but, within four years, Lee had moved thenewspaperto larger quarters and eventually acquired threelinotype machines.During its 10th anniversary in September 1921, thenewspaperwent to twice-a-week publication, and three years later went to five days a week, Monday through Friday.
Lee continued thenewspaperthrough two severe hurricanes (1926 and 1933), a fire (1930) and the Great Depression before selling thenewspaperin January 1948 to W.W. Galvin of Ohio.
Galvin immediately acquired a weekly,The Winter Haven News,and combined it with theFlorida Chiefinto theNews Chief.
Thenewspapereventually passed to the W.E. "Bill" Rynerson family, which later acquired the weeklyAuburndale Star.
Disaster struck on Nov. 13, 1954, when a major fire destroyed theNews Chief'sdowntownWinter Havenbuilding and severely damaged most of the equipment.
A four-page Sunday edition was printed atThe Winter Haven Heraldto keep intact the record of not missing a scheduled publication day.
In March 1964, theNews Chiefbecame one of the early leaders inFloridajournalismin converting to offset printing.
In December 1972, theNews Chiefmoved from its downtown plant to new quarters.
TheNews Chiefadded to its holdings with the purchase of theWinter Haven Shopping Guidein 1978.
In 1979, the Rynerson family sold theNews ChieftoMultimediaInc.
In 1990, theNews Chiefwas sold toStauffer Communications.
In 1995, theNews Chiefand its other holdings became part ofMorris CommunicationsCo. with the Morris purchase of the Stauffer Communications chain of publications.[1]
On December 1 2007, theNews Chiefand its other holdings, including thePolk Shopper,became part ofGateHouse MediaInc.
In March 2008, GateHouse sold theNews Chief'snewspaperoperations toThe New York Times Companyand itsLakelandnewspaper,The Ledger.On January 6, 2012, Halifax Media Group became the new owner of the News Chief.[2]In 2015, Halifax was acquired byNew Media Investment Group,owner of the GateHouse chain.[3]
References
[edit]- ^Roberts, Gene;Kunkel, Thomas; Layton, Charles, eds. (2001).Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering.Fayetteville:University of Arkansas Press.ISBN1610752325.
- ^"Halifax Media purchases 16 newspapers".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-01-09.Retrieved2012-01-10.
- ^"New Media Announces Agreement to Acquire Halifax Media Group for $280.0 Million"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2016-03-07.Retrieved2015-03-08.