Martinsville Bulletin
{{Short description|Daily American newspaper}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Martinsville Bulletin
| image =
| caption =
| type = Daily newspaper
| format =
| foundation = {{start date and age|1889}}, as The Henry Bulletin
| ceased publication =
| owners = Lee Enterprises
| publisher = George H. Harris Jr.
| editor = Michael Owens
| circulation = 4,704 Daily
| circulation_date = 2023
| headquarters = {{ubl|204 Broad Street|Martinsville, Virginia 24115}}
| publishing_country = United States
| ISSN =
| oclc = 33396323
| website = {{URL|https://martinsvillebulletin.com/}}
}}
The Martinsville Bulletin is a daily newspaper serving the city of Martinsville and the surrounding Henry County, Virginia. The Bulletin's roots date back to 1889, and it is the oldest continuously run business in Martinsville.{{cite book|author1=CMP Information|title=Benn's media, Volume 3|date=2004|publisher=Benn Business Information Services|isbn=9780863825576|page=300}} The paper is owned by Lee Enterprises.
History
The paper was started in 1889, as a weekly publication called The Henry Bulletin,{{cite web |title=About The Henry bulletin. (Martinsville, Va.) 1889-193? |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95079298/ |website=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |accessdate=26 October 2020}} serving Henry County and Martinsville. The Bulletin increased its publication frequency, until it eventually became a daily paper in 1935 and was renamed The Daily Bulletin.{{cite news|last1=Kozelsky|first1=Holly|title=Bulletin lecture shares stories behind the stories|url=http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=23345|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218045035/http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=23345|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 February 2012|accessdate=18 May 2015|work=Martinsville Bulletin|date=21 April 2010}}
In a deal announced on March 31, 2015, the Bulletin and The Franklin News-Post were purchased from Haskell Newspapers by BH Media Group. Haskell Newspapers was a company privately owned by the Haskell family. The Haskell family bought the Martinsville Bulletin in 1948.[http://www.richmond.com/business/local/article_a5c5b5a8-a480-588b-b0f8-5170df44dc76.html BH Media buys two Virginia newspapers]. Richmond Times-Dispatch (March 31, 2015). Retrieved March 31, 2015. With the culmination of the purchase, BH Media owns nine daily newspapers in Virginia.
Starting June 27, 2023, the print edition of the newspaper will be reduced to three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Also, the newspaper will transition from being delivered by a traditional newspaper delivery carrier to mail delivery by the U.S. Postal Service.{{Cite web |last=Kozelsky |first=Holly |date=2023-05-28 |title=Your expanded Martinsville Bulletin coming soon |url=https://martinsvillebulletin.com/news/local/your-expanded-martinsville-bulletin-coming-soon/article_5b96b228-fbed-11ed-b081-17edbf6389d5.html |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Martinsville Bulletin |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{LCCN8|sn95079305|chronicling=yes}}
{{Lee Enterprises}}
{{VirginiaDailyPapers}}
Category:1889 establishments in Virginia
Category:Daily newspapers published in Virginia
Category:Lee Enterprises publications
Category:Newspapers published in Virginia