Paxton Media Group

Paxton Media Group traces it roots to 1896, when a group of investors headed by William F. Paxton launched The Evening Sun by buying the assets of the failing Paducah Standard at 214 Broadway. The cost was $8,900, and the men started with $10,000 capital. The newspaper did not make a profit until 1918. In 1929, Paxton's son, Edwin J. Paxton, who had taken over as editor, bought out the rival News-Democrat. After the merger, the newspaper became The Sun-Democrat, and operations were moved to the subsequent location at 408 Kentucky Avenue in 1934. The name changed to The Paducah Sun in 1978 at the request of Jack Paxton, editor at the time and grandson of Edwin J. Paxton.

At 4:20 p.m. May 28, 1957, WPSD-TV (the PSD stands for Paducah Sun-Democrat) went on air as the company-owned television station based in Paducah. It is an NBC affiliate. The company operated only The Paducah Sun and WPSD-TV until 1989, when it began acquiring other newspapers.

In 1998, the company purchased Nixon Newspapers Inc., which included the Wabash Plain Dealer in Indiana.{{Cite web |last=Bracken |first=Alex |date=2024-03-27 |title=Peru Tribune reflects on 103 years of circulation |url=https://www.plaindealerin.com/news/peru-tribune-reflects-on-103-years-of-circulation/article_7163510e-63d2-58ed-9c56-eb9706ce96b4.html |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=Peru Tribune |language=en}}

In October 2000, Paxton purchased The Herald-Palladium from Hollinger Inc.{{Cite news |date=2000-10-02 |title=Moser named H-P's new publisher |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-palladium-moser-named-h-ps-n/154839278/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |work=The Herald-Palladium |pages=1}}

In December 2004, Paxton Media Group purchased The Durham Herald Co., the parent company of The Herald-Sun and The Chapel Hill Herald.{{cite news |last=Morgan |first=Fiona |date=January 12, 2005 |title=Paxton may have overpaid for Herald-Sun |url=http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A23460 |access-date=December 26, 2006 |work=The Independent Weekly}}

In 2007, Paxton Media Group purchased three Indiana newspapers: the Marion Chronicle-Tribune (in July) from the Gannett Foundation;{{Cite web |date=July 2, 2007 |title=Gannett Foundation Sells Chronicle-Tribune in Marion, Indiana |url=http://www.dirksvanessen.com/article.asp?newsId=215&categoryId=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710132115/http://www.dirksvanessen.com/article.asp?newsId=215&categoryId=2 |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |access-date=September 2, 2024 |website=Dirks, Van Essen & April}} the Huntington Herald-Press (in May) from the Quayle family;[http://www.suburban-news.org/News/MemberNewsDetail.aspx?ID=100009 SNA - Huntington (IN) Herald-Press Sold to Paxton Media Group] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811030930/http://www.suburban-news.org/News/MemberNewsDetail.aspx?ID=100009|date=August 11, 2007}} and the La Porte Herald-Argus from Small Newspaper Group (in September).{{Cite web |last=Erler |first=Susan |date=2007-09-07 |title=Herald-Argus gets new owner |url=https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/herald-argus-gets-new-owner/article_0e67529b-fe67-50c6-8ccc-20a1cdbb4089.html |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=The Times of Northwest Indiana |language=en}}

In June 2015, Paxton purchased the Mayfield Messenger in Kentucky.{{cite news |url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/business/paxton-media-group-acquires-mayfield-ky-messenger/ |title=Paxton Media Group Acquires Mayfield (KY) Messenger |newspaper=Editor & Publisher |date=June 4, 2015 |accessdate=September 9, 2016 |archive-date=September 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919163139/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/business/paxton-media-group-acquires-mayfield-ky-messenger/ |url-status=dead }} In May 2016, Paxton purchased The Elkhart Truth in Indiana.{{cite news |url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/161038/ |title=Paxton Media Group Acquires Elkhart Truth |newspaper=Editor & Publisher |date=May 2, 2016 |accessdate=July 3, 2016 |archive-date=May 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528213649/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/161038/ |url-status=dead }} In late December 2016, Paxton sold The Herald-Sun to The McClatchy Company.{{Cite web |last=Murawski |first=John |date=December 21, 2016 |title=McClatchy buying Durham Herald-Sun newspaper in North Carolina |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article122270569.html |access-date=August 1, 2024 |website=The News & Observer}}

In 2017, Paxton acquired the Grayson County News Gazette, the News Democrat Leader, and the Macon County Times from Civitas Media.{{Cite web| title = Quarterly Updates - 3rd Quarter 2017| work = Dirks, Van Essen & Murray| accessdate = October 28, 2017| date = September 30, 2017| url = http://dirksvanessen.com/articles/view/226/3rd-quarter-2017/| archive-date = October 29, 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065124/http://dirksvanessen.com/articles/view/226/3rd-quarter-2017/| url-status = dead}} In January 2018, Paxton purchased the Daily Herald in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, from Wick Communications.{{cite web |url=http://www.rrdailyherald.com/news/local/paxton-media-group-purchases-the-daily-herald/article_4d426d22-06be-11e8-a7db-1766a58c2163.html |title=Paxton Media Group purchases The Daily Herald |publisher=The Daily Herald |date=January 31, 2018 |accessdate=May 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516043105/http://www.rrdailyherald.com/news/local/paxton-media-group-purchases-the-daily-herald/article_4d426d22-06be-11e8-a7db-1766a58c2163.html |archive-date=May 16, 2018 |url-status=dead }} In June 2018, it purchased The Batesville Daily Guard in Arkansas from the Jones family.{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/jun/05/paxton-media-acquires-batesville-paper-/ |title=Paxton Media acquires Batesville paper |publisher=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |date=June 5, 2018 |accessdate=October 5, 2018 }} In November 2018, Paxton purchased the Kentucky New Era.{{cite web|url=http://www.kentuckynewera.com/web/article_8dc2e2e4-f4c2-11e8-bf4f-8347f3706c88.html|title=Kentucky New Era sells to Paxton Media Group |publisher=Kentucky New Era |date=November 30, 2018 |accessdate=April 7, 2019 }} In May 2019, it purchased The Rochester Sentinel in Indiana.{{cite web|url=https://newsandtech.com/dateline/paxton-media-buys-indiana-daily/article_97ac96be-70c4-11e9-b950-ff5cd05b16b1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507140430/https://newsandtech.com/dateline/paxton-media-buys-indiana-daily/article_97ac96be-70c4-11e9-b950-ff5cd05b16b1.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 7, 2019|title=Paxton Media buys Indiana daily |publisher=Newspapers & Technology |date=June 15, 2019 |accessdate=May 29, 2019 }} By June 2019, Paxton acquired four additional Arkansas newspapers, including Conway's Log Cabin Democrat, Clinton's Van Buren County Democrat, The Sun-Times in Heber Springs, and the Newport Independent.{{Cite web |date=June 3, 2019 |title=Paxton Media Group acquires Log Cabin Democrat |url=http://www.snpa.org/stories/conway,4154570 |access-date=June 7, 2019 |website=Southern Newspaper Publishers Association |language=en}}

In July 2020, Paxton purchased the Dubois County Herald in Jasper, Indiana.{{Cite web |last=Wilkins |first=Don |date=July 30, 2020 |title=Paxton Media Group buys Jasper, Ind., newspaper |url=https://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/local/paxton-media-group-buys-jasper-ind-newspaper/article_ef7cd2d0-ecde-585e-bcd9-414d7010f004.html |access-date=August 6, 2021 |website=Messenger-Inquirer |language=en}} In October 2020, Paxton purchased the Wilkes Journal-Patriot in North Carolina.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fairfieldsuntimes.com/business/the-wilkes-journal-patriot-acquired-by-paxton-media-group/article_b3b74442-133b-11eb-af27-ef074617cf2f.html|title=The Wilkes Journal-Patriot Acquired by Paxton Media Group|website=Fairfield Sun Times|language=en|date=October 20, 2020|access-date=August 6, 2021}}

In February 2021, Paxton acquired the North Vernon Plain Dealer & Sun in Indiana.{{Cite web |date=February 8, 2021 |title=Paxton Media Group Acquires North Vernon (IN) Plain Dealer & Sun |url=https://dirksvanessen.com/press_release/paxton-media-group-acquires-north-vernon-in-plain-dealer-sun/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Dirks, Van Essen & April |language=en-US}}

In May 2021, Paxton purchased Landmark Community Newspapers, publisher of 47 daily and weekly newspapers in Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia.{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/ky-state-wire-lebanon-media-newspapers-business-ca003c26cd5de15304de0cfac5045eed|title=Paxton Media Group buying Landmark Community Newspapers|website=The Associated Press|date=May 26, 2021 |language=en|access-date=August 6, 2021}} It later resold some publications acquired in the Landmark purchase that it considered outside the company's footprint: The Las Vegas Optic in New Mexico to O'Rourke Media Group;{{Cite web|url=https://www.lasvegasoptic.com/content/optic-acquired-orourke-media-group|title=Optic acquired by O'Rourke Media Group|website=Las Vegas Optic|language=en|date=June 23, 2021|access-date=August 6, 2021|archive-date=August 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806215833/https://www.lasvegasoptic.com/content/optic-acquired-orourke-media-group|url-status=dead}} Huskers Illustrated to Nicholas Holdings;{{Cite web|url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/nicholas-holdings-acquires-huskers-illustrated-from-paxton-media-group,196929|title=Nicholas Holdings Acquires Huskers Illustrated From Paxton Media Group|website=Editor & Publisher|language=en|date=July 1, 2021|access-date=September 2, 2021}} and two newspapers in Iowa, the Red Oak Express and the Glenwood Opinion-Tribune, to J. Louis Mullen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/j-louis-mullen-acquires-the-red-oak-express-and-glenwood-opinion-tribune-from-paxton-media-group,201415|title=J. Louis Mullen acquires the Red Oak Express and Glenwood Opinion-Tribune from Paxton Media Group|website=Editor & Publisher|language=en|date=September 1, 2021|access-date=September 2, 2021}}

In November 2022 Paxton acquired six North Carolina newspapers from Gannett Co., Inc. The additions include the Lexington Dispatch, the Asheboro Courier-Tribune, the Burlington Times-News, the Kinston Free Press, the New Bern Sun Journal, and The Daily News of Jacksonville.{{cite news |last1=Northam |first1=Mitchell |title=Kentucky-based Paxton Media Group buys six North Carolina newspapers from Gannett |url=https://www.wunc.org/news/2022-12-09/kentucky-paxton-media-buys-six-north-carolina-newspapers-gannett |access-date=December 9, 2022 |date=December 9, 2022}}

In October 2023, Paxton acquired The Southern Illinoisan from Lee Enterprises.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-10-27 |title=Paxton Media Group Acquires The Southern Illinoisan Newspaper |url=https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/paxton-media-group-acquires-the-southern-illinoisan-newspaper/article_7bbec3f4-74df-11ee-a0ec-cbcd499e0679.html |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=WPSD Local 6 |language=en}}

In May 2024, the company acquired the Kernersville News.{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |date=2024-05-06 |title=Carter Publishing sells the Kernersville (NC) News to Paxton Media Group |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/carter-publishing-sells-the-kernersville-nc-news-to-paxton-media-group,249604 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Editor & Publisher |language=en}} In June that same year, Paxton acquired The Brazil Times, Greencastle Banner-Graphic, Greene County Daily World and Dyersburg State Gazette from Rust Communications.{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Beth |date=June 28, 2024 |title=Local newspapers sell to Paxton Media Group |url=https://wibqam.com/2024/06/28/local-newspapers-sell-to-paxton-media-group/ |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=WIBQ |language=en}}

In March 2025, Paxton purchased the Southern Standard and Smithville Review from Morris Multimedia.{{Cite web |last=Press Release |first= |date=2025-03-11 |title=Paxton Media Group acquires newspaper operations in Middle Tennessee |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/paxton-media-group-acquires-newspaper-operations-in-middle-tennessee,254716 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Editor and Publisher |language=en}}

Paxton Media Group was criticized when it fired nearly 25 percent of the employees of The Herald-Sun, many of them longtime staples of the newsroom, the day it assumed ownership. Paxton defended the move by claiming that the newsroom was overstaffed and the salaries were causing the Durham, North Carolina paper to post annual losses.{{cite web|url=http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2005/01/herald_sun.html|title=Veteran Employees Surprised By Rapid Firings When Paxton Buys Herald-Sun|publisher=National Press Photographers Association|date=January 5, 2005|accessdate=December 21, 2007}} According to the Durham-based Independent Weekly, sources familiar with the Herald-Sun, Co.'s accounting ledgers, the company was operating profitably at least 6 months prior to Paxton's $124 million purchase.{{cite news|url=http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A23460|work=The Independent Weekly|title=Paxton may have overpaid for Herald-Sun|first=Fiona|last=Morgan|date=January 12, 2005|access-date=February 8, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307143330/http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A23460|archive-date=March 7, 2007|url-status=dead}}

Allegations of lackluster and biased reporting by Paxton Media Group's holdings became news, again, with the dismissal of charges against the suspects in the Duke lacrosse rape case, when it became clear that The Herald-Sun editorial policy would not permit the paper to publish criticism of Durham district attorney Mike Nifong{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}, despite the fact that Nifong was facing ethics charges by the North Carolina State Bar and demands by the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys that Nifong remove himself from the case.{{cite news|url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/duke-rape-suspects-speak-out/|title=Duke Rape Suspects Speak Out|work=60 Minutes|date=October 15, 2006}}{{cite news|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/1185/story/468272.html|title=Lacrosse files show gaps in DA's case|work=The News & Observer|date=August 6, 2006|first=Joseph|last=Neff|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928071135/http://www.newsobserver.com/100/story/468272.html|archive-date=September 28, 2006}}{{cite news|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/579/story/524519.html|title=Nifong's move|work=The News & Observer|date=December 23, 2006}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|url=http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/opinion/16304593.htm|title=Investigate the investigation|work=The Charlotte Observer|date=December 23, 2006|page=12A}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/opinion/ledger/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1167457076175360.xml&coll=1|title=The prosecutor is guilty|work=The Star-Ledger|date=December 30, 2006|page=022|access-date=June 5, 2007|archive-date=September 29, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122604/http://www.nj.com/opinion/ledger/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1167457076175360.xml&coll=1|url-status=dead}}

In December 2016, Paxton Media sold The Herald-Sun to The McClatchy Company, owner of a competitor newspaper, The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina.{{cite web|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article122307569.html |title=McClatchy buying Durham Herald-Sun newspaper in North Carolina |publisher=McClatchy DC Bureau |first=John |last=Murawski |date=December 21, 2016 |accessdate=May 10, 2018 }}

In September 2007, Paxton purchased the La Porte County Herald-Dispatch amidst rumors that the paper would either be moved, merged, or have its staff severely cut, due to the recent acquisition of a number of rural newspapers in northern Indiana.{{cite web|url=http://irjci.blogspot.com/2007/09/paxton-media-group-buys-another.html|title=Paxton Media Group buys another Northern Indiana paper, getting monopoly on dailies in county|accessdate=December 21, 2007|date=September 9, 2007|work=The Rural Blog}} In order to allay those rumors, then-publisher John A. Newby wrote a column that firmly stated that the Herald-Argus was profitable and "lean" and therefore would not see any dramatic changes.{{cite web|url=http://heraldargus.com/archives/ha/display.php?id=385418 |work=Herald-Argus |title=Sale of H-A does not impact a legacy! |publisher=Google Cache |first=John A. |last=Newby |date=September 17, 2007 |accessdate=December 20, 2007 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125013050/http://heraldargus.com/archives/ha/display.php?id=385418 |archive-date=January 25, 2013 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.suburban-news.org/News/MemberNewsDetail.aspx?ID=100009|title=Huntington (IN) Herald-Press Sold to Paxton Media Group|date=May 1, 2007|accessdate=December 20, 2007|publisher=Suburban Newspapers of America|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811030930/http://www.suburban-news.org/News/MemberNewsDetail.aspx?ID=100009|archive-date=August 11, 2007}} Despite published claims to the contrary, in October, shortly after taking over operation of the paper, Paxton Media laid off about half its staff at the Herald-Argus and moved its production location to that of the Paxton-owned Herald-Palladium in St. Joseph, Michigan, which by Paxton's own admission, has negatively impacted the paper's ability to publish timely local news.{{cite news|url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003670433|work=Editor and Publisher|title=Paxton Reported to be Cutting Dozens of Jobs in LaPorte, Ind|accessdate=December 20, 2007|date=November 8, 2007|author=Staff}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|url=http://heraldargus.com/main.asp?SectionID=8&SubSectionID=9&ArticleID=575&TM=84660.71|work=Herald-Argus|title=Speak Out!: About those lottery numbers/Where're the stocks?|date=December 19, 2007|accessdate=December 20, 2007}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} Reminiscent of the abrupt manner in which the Herald-Sun firings were conducted, at least one longtime Herald-Argus staffer was notified of her termination via certified mail while she recovered from surgery at home.{{cite web|url=http://www.readership101.com/2007/11/things-fall-apart.html|title=Things Fall Apart|work=Readership 101|date=November 9, 2007|accessdate=December 21, 2007|first=Randy|last=Craig|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322205705/http://www.readership101.com/2007/11/things-fall-apart.html|archive-date=March 22, 2012}} The remaining Herald-Argus staffers and the staffers at other nearby Paxton-owned papers were specifically instructed not to publish information regarding the Herald-Argus staff cuts and production changes. The Herald-Argus' website has also removed the September 17, 2007 [https://archive.today/20130125013050/http://heraldargus.com/archives/ha/display.php?id=385418 column] which promised that there would be no staff cuts or relocation of the paper's offices under Paxton's watch.

In July 2008, Paxton consolidated operations even more, making the publisher, managing editor, and other editorial management the same for both papers.

On November 15, 2007, reports indicate that Paxton dramatically cut the staff of the High Point Enterprise in High Point, North Carolina, which Paxton took control of in 2004.{{cite news|url=http://blog.news-record.com/staff/jrblog/2007/11/layoffs_in_high.shtml|title=Layoffs in High Point|first=John|last=Robinson|work=Greensboro News & Record|date=November 15, 2007|accessdate=December 21, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218092843/http://blog.news-record.com/staff/jrblog/2007/11/layoffs_in_high.shtml|archive-date=December 18, 2007}} This is the third round of layoffs since 1999, when Paxton first purchased a stake in the paper. Senior Enterprise staff frequently criticized Paxton's management of the paper, arguing that there was a quantifiable reduction in local coverage.{{cite news|url=http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A23240|first=Fiona|last=Morgan|title=Herald-Sun becomes a link in chain|work=The Independent Weekly|date=December 8, 2004|access-date=December 21, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083705/http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:23240|archive-date=September 29, 2007|url-status=dead}}

In October 2023, Lee Enterprises sold the newspaper to Paxton Media Group.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-10-27 |title=Paxton Media Group Acquires The Southern Illinoisan Newspaper |url=https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/paxton-media-group-acquires-the-southern-illinoisan-newspaper/article_7bbec3f4-74df-11ee-a0ec-cbcd499e0679.html |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=WPSD Local 6 |language=en}} Lee Enterprises' sale of The Southern Illinoisan was delayed after pushback from the newspapers union guild. The guild contested the sale after learning that Paxton would not be retaining any of the guild employees once the sale was final.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-17 |title=Workers denounce plans to sell The Southern Illinoisan {{!}} The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA |url=https://newsguild.org/workers-denounce-plans-to-sell-the-southern-illinoisan/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |language=en-US}} The sale was completed on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023 and all employees who were formerly working at the newspaper were laid off.{{Cite web |last=Wicentowski |first=Danny |date=December 12, 2023 |title=The Southern Illinoisan was sold. Then the new owner eliminated its entire news staff |url=https://www.stlpr.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-12-12/the-southern-illinoisan-was-sold-then-the-new-owner-eliminated-its-entire-news-staff |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=STLPR |language=en}}

• The Batesville Daily Guard - Batesville, Arkansas
• The Chapel Hill Herald - Durham, North Carolina
• The Courier - Russellville, Arkansas
• The Daily Citizen - Searcy, Arkansas
• The Jonesboro Sun - Jonesboro, Arkansas
• Paragould Daily Press - Paragould, Arkansas
• Douglas County Sentinel - Douglasville, Georgia
• Griffin Daily News - Griffin, Georgia
• Times-Georgian - Carrollton, Georgia
• Connersville News-Examiner - Connersville, Indiana
• The Courier-Times - New Castle, Indiana
• The News-Dispatch - Michigan City, Indiana
• Indiana Plain Dealer - Peru, Indiana
• Princeton Daily Clarion - Princeton, Indiana
• The Rochester Sentinel - Rochester, Indiana
• The Shelbyville News - Shelbyville, Indiana
• The Times - Frankfort, Indiana
• Vincennes Sun-Commercial - Vincennes, Indiana
• The Chronicle-Tribune - Marion, Indiana
• La Porte County Herald-Dispatch - LaPorte County, Indiana
• The Elkhart Truth - Elkhart, Indiana
• The News-Enterprise - Elizabethtown, Kentucky
• Kentucky New Era - Hopkinsville, Kentucky
• The Messenger - Madisonville, Kentucky
• Mayfield Messenger - Mayfield, Kentucky
• Messenger-Inquirer - Owensboro, Kentucky
• The Paducah Sun - Paducah, Kentucky
• Daily Star - Hammond, Louisiana
• The Herald-Palladium - St. Joseph, Michigan
• Daily Corinthian - Corinth, Mississippi
• The Courier-Tribune - Asheboro, North Carolina
• Times-News - Burlington, North Carolina
• The Daily Courier - Forest City, North Carolina
• The Goldsboro News-Argus - Goldsboro, North Carolina
• The Daily Dispatch - Henderson, North Carolina
• High Point Enterprise - High Point, North Carolina
• Jacksonville Daily News - Jacksonville, North Carolina
• Kinston Free Press - Kinston, North Carolina
• News-Topic - Lenoir, North Carolina
• The Dispatch - Lexington, North Carolina
• The Enquirer-Journal - Monroe, North Carolina
• Sun Journal - New Bern, North Carolina
• The Daily Herald - Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
• The Sanford Herald - Sanford, North Carolina
• The Mountain Press - Sevierville, Tennessee
• Log Cabin Democrat - Conway, Arkansas
• [https://www.grandhaventribune.com/ The Grand Haven Tribune - Grand Haven, Michigan]
• [https://www.lebanondemocrat.com/ The Lebanon Democrat - Lebanon, Tennessee]
• [https://www.clevelandbanner.com/ The Cleveland Daily Banner] - Cleveland, Tennessee
• The Southern Illinoisan - Carbondale, Illinois

List is incomplete

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• Van Buren County Democrat - Clinton, Arkansas
• The Sun-Times - Heber Springs, Arkansas
• Newport Independent - Newport, Arkansas
• The Haralson Gateway-Beacon - Bremen, Georgia
• The Tallapoosa Journal - Tallapoosa, Georgia
• The Villa-Rican - Villa Rica, Georgia
• Mount Carmel Register - Mount Carmel, Illinois
• The Metropolis Planet - Metropolis, Illinois
• The Standard - Boonville, Indiana
• Marshall County Tribune-Courier - Benton, Kentucky
• The Cadiz Record - Trigg County, Kentucky
• McLean County News - Calhoun, Kentucky
• Franklin Favorite - Franklin, Kentucky
• Herald-Ledger - Eddyville, Kentucky
• Progress - Dawson Springs, Kentucky
• Journal Enterprise - Providence, Kentucky
• Grayson County News Gazette - Leitchfield, Kentucky
• News-Democrat & Leader - Russellville, Kentucky
• The South Haven Tribune - South Haven, Michigan
• Archdale-Trinity News - Archdale, North Carolina
• Kernersville News - Kernersville, North Carolina
• Indian Trail Trader - Indian Trail, North Carolina
• News-Topic - Lenoir, North Carolina
• Wilkes Journal-Patriot - North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
• Thomasville Times - Thomasville, North Carolina
• Waxhaw Exchange - Waxhaw, North Carolina
• Macon County Times - Lafayette, Tennessee
• Portland Leader - Portland, Tennessee
• The Lebanon Enterprise - Lebanon, Kentucky
• The Corydon Democrat - Corydon, Indiana
• Clarion News - Corydon, Indiana
• The Pioneer News - Shepherdsville, Kentucky
• The Kentucky Standard - Bardstown, Kentucky
• The Springfield Sun - Springfield, Kentucky
• The Central Kentucky News-Journal - Campbellsville, Kentucky
• The Roane County News - Kingston, Tennessee

• WPSD-TV - Paducah, Kentucky
• Sun Publishing{{cite web |url=http://www.guttproductions.com/www2/sunpubky/content.html |title=Sun Publishing Website |accessdate=June 5, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050909173611/http://www.guttproductions.com/www2/sunpubky/content.html |archive-date=September 9, 2005 }} - Paducah, Kentucky
• WFKN - Franklin, Kentucky
• Corydon Instant Print - Corydon, Indiana

• {{cite news|url=http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A23460|title=Paxton may have overpaid for Herald-Sun|first=Fiona|last=Morgan|date=January 12, 2005|work=The Independent Weekly|access-date=February 8, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307143330/http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A23460|archive-date=March 7, 2007|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite news|url=http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A27101|title=Inside The Herald-Sun: One year after a traumatic takeover by the Paxton Media chain, Durham's hometown newspaper offers more local content, but less news|first=Fiona|last=Morgan|date=January 18, 2006|work=The Independent Weekly|access-date=April 18, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083443/http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:27101|archive-date=September 29, 2007|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite news|url=http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?SectionID=71&SubSectionID=175&ArticleID=5821&TM=63492.27|first=Michael|last=Strauss|work=Michigan City News Dispatch|date=October 23, 2007|title=Truth News: Intermodal... Hot Topic but who weighs in?}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - Mayoral candidate alleges discrimination by the La Porte Herald Argus in an online blog posted by the Michigan City News Dispatch, another Paxton Media Group paper.
• {{cite web|url=http://www.publicintegrity.org/telecom/search/profile.aspx?id=M000244&act=print|title=Paxton Media Group LLC|publisher=The Center for Public Integrity|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025030251/http://www.publicintegrity.org/telecom/search/profile.aspx?id=M000244&act=print|archive-date=October 25, 2007}} - List of Paxton Media Group's daily newspapers
• {{cite news|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services-miscellaneous-business/4721314-1.html|title= For almost a century, the Paxton family business was just a one-newspaper operation, The Paducah...|first= Lucia |last=Moses|work=Editor & Publisher|date=August 7, 1999|accessdate=July 21, 2008}}
• {{cite news |title=Paper cuts: as about 80 employees--and the new owner--of the Durham Herald-Sun learned, they... |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/united-states-north-carolina/473452-1.html |work=Business North Carolina |first=Tim |last=Gray |date=July 1, 2005 |accessdate=July 21, 2008}}

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