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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Berliner |
| Owner | Paxton Media Group |
| Publisher | Michael Distelhorst[1] |
| Managing editor | Amanda McReynolds |
| Sports editor | Chris Miller |
| Staff writers | Jannette Pippin Kevin Vandenburg Maxim Tamarov |
| Founded | 1953 (1953) |
| Language | American English |
| Headquarters | 724 Bellfork Road Jacksonville, NC [901] 353-1171 |
| City | Jacksonville |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 2.400 Daily 2,400 Sunday (as of 2019) |
| Sister newspapers | Gannett newspapers in southeastern North Carolina, specifically theStarNews in Wilmington,The Fayetteville Observer,New Bern Sun Journal, andKinston Free Press[1] |
| ISSN | 8750-3565 |
| OCLC number | 30050468 |
| Website | jdnews |
The Daily News is an American, English language daily newspaper headquartered inJacksonville, North Carolina. It has served the city of Jacksonville,Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, and the surrounding parts ofOnslow County including,Richlands,Swansboro,Sneads Ferry,Holly Ridge, andNorth Topsail since 1953.[2][3][4]
Sunday circulation is approximately 9,000, while M-Sat. circulation is roughly 7,000.[5]
TheDaily News was founded in either 1953 or 1954.The Daily News was owned byFreedom Communications until 2012, when Freedom sold its Florida and North Carolina papers including JD News in Jacksonville, Free Press in Kinston and the Sun Journal In New Bern[6] toHalifax Media Group. Halifax Media Group owned a total of 36 newspapers which were acquired in 2015, byGateHouse.[7][3]
It was abroadsheet-format daily until June 1, 2009, when it and two sister dailies, theSun Journal and theKinston Free Press converted to aberliner-style format. It later returned to a broadsheet format and its printing outsourced to theFayetteville Observer.
In November 2022Paxton Media Group acquired the Jacksonville Daily News and five other North Carolina newspapers fromGannett Co., Inc.[8]
The paper is a member of theNorth Carolina Publishing Association. The paper has won many awards from the North Carolina Press Association. In 2014, the paper received the prestigiousFourth Estate Award from theAmerican Legion.[9]
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