| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Gannett |
| Founded | 1909 (asThe Amarillo Daily News) |
| Headquarters | Amarillo,Texas United States |
| Circulation | 4,935 (as of 2023)[1] |
| Website | amarillo |
TheAmarillo Globe-News is a dailynewspaper inAmarillo, Texas, owned byGannett. The newspaper is based at downtown'sFirstBank Southwest Tower, but is printed at a facility inLubbock.[2]
The current-dayGlobe-News is a combination of several newspapers previously published in Amarillo. One began on November 4, 1909, as aprohibition publication by theBaptistdeacon Dr. Joseph Elbert Nunn (1851 – 1938). In 1916, Nunn turned theAmarillo Daily News into a general newspaper.
Nunn also owned an electric company, and heavily invested in thetelephone company.[which?] He served on the boards of the Wayland Baptist College (nowWayland Baptist University) inPlainview, Texas, then at Texas Technological College (nowTexas Tech University).
He went on toLubbock, Texas, with the Goodnight Baptist College in the nowghost town ofGoodnight inArmstrong County. The college and town were named for the legendaryTexas PanhandlerancherCharles Goodnight.[3]
In 1926, Eugene A. Howe and Wilbur Clayton Hawk bought theAmarillo Daily News and merged it with theirGlobe newspaper to form theAmarillo Globe-News Publishing Company.
TheAmarillo Times started on December 15, 1937, as an afternoontabloid newspaper. On December 2, 1951, theGlobe-News andTimes were merged into one company with the majority of the stock owned by theTimes'Roy Whittenburg family, being published by Samuel Benjamin Whittenburg (1914 – 1992).The Daily News continued as the morning newspaper, while theGlobe-News andTimes were merged into the afternoonGlobe-Times.
TheAmarillo Globe-Times won the1961 Pulitzer Prize forPublic Service for exposing government corruption inPotter andRandall counties.[4][5] The organization noted the paper "expos[ed] a breakdown in local law enforcement with resultant punitive action that swept lax officials from their posts and brought about the election of a reform slate."[6]
The company also purchasedradio stations WDAG and KGRS (merging them to formKGNC in 1935),[7] andNBC television station KGNC-TV (nowKAMR) in 1953.[8]
On September 1, 1972, Morris Communications bought theGlobe-News from the Whittenburg family.[9]
In 2001, theDaily News andGlobe-Times merged into one morning edition, theGlobe-News.[10]
In 2017,Morris Communications sold its newspapers toGateHouse Media.[11]
TheGlobe-News moved in September 2018 from the building it occupied since 1949 on South Harrison Street on the west side of downtown. The newspaper chose to move to the FirstBank Southwest Tower on Tyler Street a few blocks away.[2]
Effective July 10, 2023, the paper transitioned from carrier delivery to delivery via the U.S. Postal Service.[12]
Journalists who got their start at the Amarillo Globe-News includeNational Journal correspondentMajor Garrett,Dow Jones Newswires and columnistAl Lewis.
