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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | USA Today Co. |
| Editor | Joel Christopher |
| Founded | 1886; 139 years ago (1886) (asThe Sentinel) |
| Headquarters | 2332 News Sentinel Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 |
| Circulation | 119,172 Daily 150,147 Sunday (as of 2007)[1] |
| OCLC number | 12008657 |
| Website | knoxnews |
TheKnoxville News Sentinel, also known asKnox News, is a daily newspaper inKnoxville, Tennessee, United States, owned by theGannett Company.
The newspaper was formed in 1926 from the merger of two competing newspapers:The Knoxville News andThe Knoxville Sentinel. John Trevis Hearn began publishingThe Sentinel in December 1886, whileThe News was started in 1921 by Robert P. Scripps and Roy W. Howard.[2]
The two merged in 1926 underScripps-Howard ownership, with the first edition ofThe Knoxville News-Sentinel appearing on November 22 of that year. The editor from 1921 to 1931,Edward J. Meeman, later was sent toMemphis to edit the since defunctMemphis Press-Scimitar.[3]
In 1986, theNews-Sentinel became a morning paper, with the other paper in Knoxville, theKnoxville Journal, becoming an evening paper. TheJournal ceased publication as a daily in 1991, when thejoint operating agreement between the two papers expired. In 2002, the paper dropped the hyphen from its name to become theKnoxville News Sentinel. It followed Scripps' newspaper holdings intoJournal Media Group in 2015.
In April 2016, theNews Sentinel announced it had become part ofGannett, as a part of theUSA Today Network.[4] This was the result of Gannett's acquisition of Journal Media. TheNews Sentinel was added to the nation's largest newspaper company with more than 200 local dailies andUSA Today.
Joel Christopher, formerly ofLouisville Courier Journal, was appointed the executive editor[5] atKnoxville News Sentinel in January 2019.
Christopher's appointment came after the retirement of executive editor Jack McElroy[6] in early 2019. McElroy, formerly of theRocky Mountain News[7] served the News Sentinel as its top editor for 17 years.
Frank E. Rosamond Sr.[8] served as the newspaper's last president after leaving the company with McElroy in 2018.
TheNews Sentinel has sponsored four winners of theScripps National Spelling Bee:
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