The July 19, 2009 front page of The Mount Airy News |
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| Type | Daily Newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Heartland Publications, LLC |
| Publisher | Gary Lawrence |
| Editor | John Peters |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 319 N. Renfro St. Mount Airy, NC 27030 United States |
| Circulation | 9,263 |
| Official website | mtairynews.com |
The Mount Airy News is a 7-day a week newspaper published in Mount Airy, North Carolina. It was established in 1880. The News has a circulation of 9,263 according to The Park's LIbrary List of North Carolina newspapers.
It is one of four newspapers serving Surry County, North Carolina, the others being The Messenger also of Mount Airy, The Tribune in Elkin and The Pilot of Pilot Mountain.
The News, The Tribune, and The Pilot all have the same corporate parent. In June 2007, both The News and The Tribune were part of a sale from Mid-South Management Co., Inc. to Heartland Publications, LLC of Connecticut [1]
Mount Airy had two newspapers until around 1980, when the weekly Mount Airy Times was bought by the News. In 2007, the city again had two papers with The Messenger and The Mount Airy News. "The Mount Airy News" is published seven days a week. "The Messenger" was published five days a week, Monday thru Friday.
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