The Palm Beach Post is an Americandaily newspaper servingPalm Beach County inSouth Florida, and parts of theTreasure Coast.
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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gannett[1] |
| Founded | 1916 |
| Headquarters | 2751 South Dixie Highway West Palm Beach,Florida 33405 United States |
| Circulation |
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| ISSN | 1528-5758 |
| Website | www |
On March 18, 2018, in a deal worth US$42.35 million,The Palm Beach Post andThe Palm Beach Daily News were purchased by New York–based New Media Investment Group Inc., which has ever since owned and operatedThe Palm Beach Post and all circulations and associated digital media sources.
History
editThe Palm Beach Post began asThe Palm Beach County, a weekly newspaper established in 1910. On January 5, 1916, the weekly became a daily, morning publication known asThe Palm Beach Post.
In 1934, the Palm Beach businessmanEdward R. Bradley boughtThe Palm Beach Post andThe Palm Beach Times, which published daily in the afternoon. In 1947, both were purchased by the longtime resident John Holliday Perry Sr., who owned a Florida newspaper chain of six dailies and 15 weeklies. In 1948, Perry purchased both thePalm Beach Daily News, the main newspaper for the island of Palm Beach, and the society magazinePalm Beach Life.
In June 1969,Cox Enterprises, based in Atlanta, purchased Perry's Palm Beach and West Palm Beach publications and formed Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc. Cox was founded byJames M. Cox, a former Ohio governor and the 1920 Democratic presidential candidate who built a media company that today includes daily newspapers; weekly newspapers, radio and television stations; U.S. cable TV systems, local Internet media sites; and Mannheim auto auction locations.
In 1979,The Palm Beach Times was renamedThe Evening Times. In 1987,The Evening Times andThe Post merged into a single morning newspaper calledThe Palm Beach Post. In 1989, all assets and archives of the neighboring sister publicationMiami News assets and archives were merged withThe Palm Beach Post upon the closure of the former newspaper on New Year's Eve in 1988.
In 1996,The Palm Beach Post sponsored theScripps National Spelling Bee winnerWendy Guey.
The Palm Beach Post photographerDallas Kinney won the 1970Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his portfolio of pictures of Florida migrant workers,Migration to Misery.The Post has since had three photographers selected as Pulitzer finalists.[3]
The paper became nationally recognized for its coverage of the 2000 presidential election for reporting about flawed ballots occurring in Palm Beach County.[4]
In 2003,The Palm Beach Post won anAmerican Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) prize for their coverage on a local bishop's resignation following confirmed sexual abuse allegations.[4]
Editor Edward Sears won the Editor of the Year award in 2004 fromEditor & Publisher. Sears led the newsroom ofThe Post from 1985 to 2005.[5]
On Oct. 31, 2017,Cox Media Group announced its plans to sellThe Palm Beach Post andPalm Beach Daily News. In 2018, it was announced thatGateHouse Media would buy the newspapers for US$49.25 million, with the deal closing on May 1.[6] As part of theGannett andGateHouse Media merger of 2019, nine staffers were laid off fromThe Palm Beach Post in 2020.[7][8]
Recent operations
editIn March 1996, PalmBeachPost.com was launched.
In June 2008, the leaders ofThe Post decided to focus on the core readership area of Palm Beach County and southern Martin County. Faced with economic downturn and a changing industry,The Post reduced its payroll of 1,350 to about 1,000 and closed bureaus in Stuart, Port St. Lucie and Delray Beach.
In December 2008,The Post closed its presses and moved printing to the Deerfield Beach plant of theFort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.
On March 18, 2018,The Palm Beach Post was sold to the New York-based New Media Investment Group Inc. in a deal worth US$42.35 million.
In August 2018,The Post digital team launched the GateHouse Florida Digital Audience team to expand GateHouse's digital audience across Florida.
On April 4, 2019, the longtime editor Tim Burke accepted a lucrative position worth hundreds of thousands of dollars with LRP Media Group after the sale ofThe Palm Beach Post and all subsidies to the New York Conglomerate, New Media Investment Group. LRP is currently registered as a political research group in Florida.
On Dec. 17, 2020,The Post named Rick Christie as its executive editor.[9]
See also
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References
edit- ^"Help Center – The Palm Beach Post".
- ^Gannett."Form 10-K".Securities & Exchange Commission. RetrievedMarch 10, 2023.
- ^Pulitzer.orgArchived 2016-03-03 at theWayback Machine.
- ^ab"Gale Academic OneFile Select - Document - 10 That Do It RIGHT - The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, Fla".go.gale.com. RetrievedApril 1, 2021.
- ^E&P Staff (January 5, 2005)."'Palm Beach Post' Editor Edward Sears to Retire". Editor & Publisher. RetrievedJune 1, 2014.
- ^"New Media acquires The Palm Beach Post & Palm Beach Daily News for $49.3M."The Fly, 28 Mar. 2018.Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A532598357/ITOF?u=mlin_m_wellcol&sid=ITOF&xid=9a7dc744. Accessed 1 Apr. 2021.
- ^"9 staffers laid off at The Palm Beach Post as part of Gannett/GateHouse merger".WPTV. February 27, 2020. RetrievedApril 1, 2021.
- ^Tracy, Marc (November 19, 2019)."Gannett, Now Largest U.S. Newspaper Chain, Targets 'Inefficiencies'".The New York Times.ISSN 0362-4331. RetrievedApril 1, 2021.
- ^Rose, Carol."Palm Beach Post names veteran journalist Rick Christie as executive editor".The Palm Beach Post. RetrievedJune 18, 2021.