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43894
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"Burke County natives say their locally-owned weekly can dislodge the incumbent daily." Since 2005, forty-one North Carolina newspapers have ceased operations. Allen VanNoppen and Bill Poteat launched "The Paper" in February in Morganton, whose population is currently 17,500 inhabitants.
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39774
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The Fayetteville Observer was sold to a NY based company who owned nine other North Carolina newspapers. The latest sellout leaves only three locally owned and operated newspapers in the state. Such a trend leaves experts concerned about the future of already struggling journalism business.
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39805
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A community newspaper has been contributing to Bladen County news since 1898. Noteworthy news and accomplishments for The Bladen Journal include Jessie Lee Sugg McCulloch, among the first female editors in the state, and coverage of the Beast of Bladenboro, a mystery that spurred an annual festival.
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2378
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The NEWS AND OBSERVER, owned by the Daniels family for over 100 years, has been sold to McClatchy Newspapers, Inc., for $370 million, and observers and employees wonder how much the paper will change.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 26, June 1995, p9-11, il Periodical Website
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27487
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Reporting on the most censored and underreported news stories of the year, The Independent believes the change of the area’s newspapers is that story. The News & Observer of Raleigh and The Durham Morning Herald of Durham have each undergone changes which readers may be unaware of. The N&O is under new leadership and has amassed a significant debt in its attempt to remain independently-owned. The Herald has cut jobs, streamlined the look of their paper, and added a new daily. Questions are many about the two papers and the future ahead, but both are likely to succeed in the eyes of this author.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 8 Issue 33, August 15-21 1990, p8-9 Periodical Website
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24405
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Two North Carolina newspapers, Raleigh’s ‘The News and Observer’ and Durham’s ‘Durham Morning Herald,’ are in a competition over who gets to be the dominant newspaper in affluent and growing Chapel Hill. Smaller Chapel Hill newspapers may be bought out in the process.
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25761
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THE INDEPENDENT profiles The NEWS & OBSERVER as the paper enters the second century under the Danielses’ Family ownership.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 5 Issue 23, December 3-16 1987, p7-12, por Periodical Website