Record #:

6994

Author(s):

Morgan, Fiona

Abstract:

In January, 2005, the sale of the 50,000--circulation Durham daily The Herald--Sun to the Paxton Media Group of Paducah, KY was completed. Paxton owns twenty-eight other newspapers around the nation with an average circulation of 30,000. On the day the sale was completed, Paxton Media began firing and escorting members of The Herald-Sun's staff to the parking lot -- starting with the paper's publisher and president. In all, eighty-one positions will be eliminated. Morgan discusses what the new ownership may mean for the newspaper.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 1, Jan 2005, p11-13, 15

Subject(s):

Newspapers--Durham