Halifax Media Group

Halifax Media Holdings, LLC
Private
Industry Publishing
Genre Newspapers
Founded Daytona Beach, Florida, United States March 31, 2010 (2010-03-31)
Headquarters 2339 Beville Road
Daytona Beach, Florida 32119
United States
Area served
United States
Products Northwest Florida Daily News
The Daytona Beach News-Journal
The Gadsden Times
The Gainesville Sun
Owner Stephens Capital Partners
JAARSSS Media
Redding Investments
Website www.halifaxmediagroup.com
Footnotes / references
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Halifax Media Group is a U.S. newspaper company owning more than 30 newspapers in five Southeastern U.S. States. It was founded on March 31, 2010 when a group of investors purchased The Daytona Beach News-Journal from the Davidson family, who had owned it for 82 years.[1] On December 27, 2011, The New York Times Company announced it was selling its Regional Media Group to Halifax Media Group.[2] On June 1, 2012, Halifax announced it was acquiring the Florida and North Carolina papers of Freedom Communications.[4] In 2013, Halifax acquired three newspapers from HarborPoint Media:[5] the Daily Commercial of Leesburg, Florida, the South Lake Press in Clermont, Florida and News-Sun of Sebring, Florida.[6] In 2014, Halifax acquired the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester, Massachusetts.[7] In November 2014, New Media Investment Group announced its acquisition of Halifax.[8]

Assets

The Halifax Media Group owns the following assets:[1][9]

Alabama

Florida

Louisiana

Massachusetts

North Carolina

South Carolina

References

  1. 1 2 3 "News-Journal Acquisition" (Press release). Halifax Media Group. 2010-03-31. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
  2. 1 2 "The New York Times Company Agrees to Sell Its Regional Media Group to Halifax Media Holdings LLC" (Press release). The New York Times Company. 2011-12-27. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
  3. "Contact Us - Halifax Media Group". Halifax Media Group. 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  4. Halifax Media buys more Florida, North Carolina newspapers
  5. Halifax Media Group purchases three Florida newspapers
  6. Daytona Beach - Halifax Media Group November 2013 Florida Trend page 42
  7. Sutner, Shaun (2014-05-21). "Halifax Media of Florida to buy Telegram & Gazette". Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  8. "T&G's parent company is sold to New Media, parent of GateHouse Media". Worcester Telegram & Gazette. 2014-11-20. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  9. "Halifax Media Group Closes Purchase of New York Times Company Regional Media Group" (Press release). Halifax Media Group. 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2012-02-28.

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