The News & Advance
 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification.(April 2011) |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Lee Enterprises |
| Publisher | Kelly Mirt |
| Editor | Caroline Glickman |
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| Headquarters |
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| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 9,085 Daily (as of 2023)[1] |
| OCLCnumber | 25499955 |
| Website | newsadvance |
The News & Advanceis the daily newspaper of record inLynchburg, Virginia,United States. Its primary circulation area consists of the city of Lynchburg and the surrounding counties ofAmherst,Appomattox,Bedford,andCampbell.
The News & Advanceis owned byLee Enterprises.Alton Brown is the publisher. Caroline Glickman is the managing editor. The newspaper uses articles from news services, such as theAssociated Press,as well as former Media General-owned news organizations.
The News & Advanceadded a new printing press in 2009, manufactured byKoenig & Bauer.Its last press was built in 1974, when the newspaper moved to its current building. Prior to 1974, the newspaper's headquarters were in downtown Lynchburg.
History[edit]
The Newswas founded on January 15, 1866,[2]as a morning newspaper, whileThe Daily Advancewas founded in 1880, as an evening newspaper. In 1888, futureU. S. SenatorCarter GlassboughtThe News.In 1893, he boughtThe Daily Advanceand merged its business operations withThe News,with news and opinion operations remaining separate. The Glass family continued to publish both papers (The News,every morning;The Daily Advance,weekday afternoons) until 1979, when the papers were purchased by Worrell Newspapers Inc., which began publishing a merged edition,The News & Daily Advance,on weekends and holidays, with separate volume and edition numbers. In 1986, separate delivery of theNewsandDaily Advancewas ended, replaced by a seven-day morning paper,The News & Daily Advance.In 1991, "Daily" was dropped from the name and the paper assumed its current title. In 1995, Worrell soldThe News & AdvancetoMedia General,which sold most of its newspaper division to Berkshire Hathaway in 2012.[3]
Sections[edit]
Front and local[edit]
The News & Advancecovers local news of interest to Lynchburg and its surrounding counties, a combined metropolitan area of 261,593 people as of the2020 census.Topics commonly covered include development in and around the city; higher education, includingLiberty University,founded byJerry Falwell,andRandolph College,which until recently, was a school for women only; nuclear technology, as the city is home toArevaandBWX Technologies;as well as subjects covered by most American newspapers, such as local crime and politics.
Sports[edit]
The News & Advancecovers Liberty University sports as well as more than 20 area high schools. It also coversUniversity of Lynchburg,Randolph College,Sweet Briar Collegeand theLynchburg Hillcats,a minor-league baseball team that serves as a farm team for theCleveland Guardians.
Opinion[edit]
The opinion section occasionally features commentary from local community leaders. Examples include Virginia Delegate Shannon Valentine and Ken Garren, president of University of Lynchburg.
Columnists regularly carried include liberal investigative columnistAlexander Cockburnand left-of-center political commentatorE.J. Dionne.They are complemented on the right by Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative writerCharles KrauthammerandRich LowryofNational Review.Conservative commentatorCal Thomashas been featured in the section for almost a quarter of a century; he began his career in Lynchburg as a top adviser to Jerry Falwell Sr. and theMoral Majority.
NewsAdvance[edit]
Besides news stories and other items that appear in the newspaper, the newspaper's website features audiovisual slideshows, videos and reader feedback.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Lee Enterprises."Form 10-K".investors.lee.net.RetrievedFebruary 29,2024.
- ^"About The Daily News. (Lynchburg, Va.) 1866-1866".Chronicling America.Library of Congress.Retrieved29 October2020.
- ^Sale of The News & Advance complete
