The Herald-Dispatch
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| The Herald-Dispatch | |
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 The July 27, 2005 front page of The Herald-Dispatch |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Champion Publishing, Inc. |
| Publisher | Pat Thompson Frantz |
| Editor | Edward Dawson |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Headquarters | 946 Fifth Avenue Huntington, West Virginia 25701  United States |
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| Website: herald-dispatch.com | |
The Herald-Dispatch is a daily newspaper serving Huntington, West Virginia, and neighboring communities in southern Ohio and eastern Kentucky. It is currently a subsidiary of Champion Publishing, Inc., based in Huntington.[1]
The Herald-Dispatch was founded in 1909 when two Huntington newspapers, Herald and the Dispatch, merged.[2] In 1927, the newspaper became a part of the Huntington Publishing Company, operated by Joseph Harvey Long, the owner of the Huntington Advertiser. The company was operated by the Long family until 1971, when it was sold to the Honolulu Star Bulletin and then to Gannett ten months later.[2]
On May 8, 2007, the newspaper was sold to Gatehouse Media,[2] and to Champion Industries on June 29.[3]
Its companion afternoon paper, the Huntington Advertiser, ceased as a separate publication in 1979. Prior to the Huntington Advertiser's demise, the combined Sunday newspaper was referred to as the Herald-Advertiser, correctly depicted in the movie We Are Marshall. Today, it also publishes the Putnam Herald and the Lawrence Herald, more localized editions of The Herald-Dispatch serving Putnam County, West Virginia and Lawrence County, Ohio, respectively.
For the six month period ending March 31, 2005, the total average paid circulation was 29,098 for the daily edition and 35,552 for the Sunday edition.
[edit] References
- ^ Champion Industries: Subsidiaries. Champion Industries. Retrieved on 2008-01-25.
- ^ a b c "The Herald-Dispatch now officially owned by GateHouse Media", Herald-Dispatch, 8 May 2007, p. 5A. Retrieved on 2008-01-25.
- ^ Chambers, Bryan. "Local company to buy Herald-Dispatch", Herald-Dispatch, 29 June 2007, p. 1A. Retrieved on 2008-01-25.
