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Reidsville Review
TypeTwice-Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)Lee Enterprises
EditorJoe Dexter and Susan Spears
Sports editorJim Sands
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication2017
Headquarters1921 Vance Street. Reidsville, NC
CountryUnited States
Sister newspapersEden Daily News News & Record Winston-Salem Journal Danville Register & Bee
ISSN1541-3349
Websiterockinghamnow.com

The Review was a bi-weekly newspaper based in Reidsville North Carolina, based in Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was published under that name between 1899 - 2017.[1] In 2017, it merged with two other newspapers in Rockingham County (the Eden Daily News and the Madison Messenger); all three papers publish under the name Rockingham Now.[2]

History[edit]

Started in 1888 by Edward Gilliam and J.C. Womack. The Review merged with a two-page newspaper called The Democrat in later 1888. It was called the Weekly Review from 1888 to 1898.[3] The Review was published as a semiweekly paper from 1899 to 1922 and then triweekly from 1922 to 1934, when it became a daily newspaper in 1934 (except Saturday and Sunday).[4] In 1998, it became a morning paper, publishing Tuesday through Friday and Sunday.[5] In 2009, the paper began publishing only two days per week, Wednesday and Sunday. [6][7]

The newspaper has been under three different owners between 1997 and 2020:

  • The Review was owned by Media General. Media General bought the Review, Eden News and Madison Messenger in 1997.[8]
  • The newspaper was purchased by Berkshire Hathaway in 2012.[9]
  • In 2020, Warren Buffett sold the paper to Lee Enterprises.[10]

In 2017 the paper was merged with two other Rockingham County papers, Eden Daily News and the Madison Messenger, forming RockinghamNow.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hunt, Gerri (2017-05-16). "Introducing RockinghamNow: Your new countywide newspaper". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  2. ^ "RockinghamNow will replace three community newspapers in county north of Greensboro". North Carolina Press Association. 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. ^ "The Reidsville review". Chronicling of America / Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. ^ "Reidsville Review". UNC Library Catalog. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  5. ^ Campbell, Doug (1998-07-01). "Reidsville Review Switches to Mornings". Greensboro News & Record.
  6. ^ Robinson, John (2009-03-02). "Sign of the Times". News & Record Blog: The Editor’s Log – via Newsbank.
  7. ^ "Two Media General N.C. Dailies Going Twice-Weekly. - Free Online Library". Editor & Publisher / www.thefreelibrary.com. 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  8. ^ Pendergast, Bob (April 1997). "Media General completes purchase of Reidsville (N.C.) Review". PR Newswire.
  9. ^ Braun, Amy Dominello (2012-05-17). "Warren Buffett buying Media General newspapers, including Winston-Salem Journal". Triad Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  10. ^ "Warren Buffett gets out of the newspaper business". The Courier-Tribune (Asheboro, N.C.). 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  11. ^ "Reidsville Review Newspaper" (PDF). Rockingham Community College. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
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