Rocky Mount Telegram
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Rocky Mount Telegram
| logo = RockyMountTelegramLogo.png
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| type = Daily newspaper
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| owners = Adams Publishing Group
| publisher = Kyle Stephens{{cite web| title = Staff-Directory - Rocky Mountain Telegram| URL=http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/Staff-Directory}}
| editor = Gene Metrick{{cite web| title = Staff-Directory - Rocky Mountain Telegram| URL=http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/Staff-Directory}}
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| opeditor =
| sportseditor = Patrick Mason{{cite web| title = Staff-Directory - Rocky Mountain Telegram| URL=http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/Staff-Directory}}
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| foundation = 1995
| political =
| language = American English
| headquarters = 1000 Hunter Hill Road, Rocky Mount, North Carolina 27804
| circulation = 6,519
| circulation_date = 2019
| ISSN = 1082-3727
| oclc = 31876877
| website = {{URL|rockymounttelegram.com}}
}}
The Rocky Mount Telegram is an American, English language daily newspaper based in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
History
In the summer of 1996, Thomson Newspapers traded the Telegram to Cox Newspapers in exchange for six newspapers in Arizona.{{Cite news |date=August 20, 1996 |title=Telegram acquired by Cox, Inc. |pages=1 |work=Rocky Mount Telegram |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rocky-mount-telegram-telegram-acquired-b/130347318/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821114631/https://www.newspapers.com/article/rocky-mount-telegram-telegram-acquired-b/130347318/ |archive-date=August 21, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} The deal was completed on December 17 of that year.{{Cite news |date=December 17, 1996 |title=Telegram acquisition completed |pages=1 |work=Rocky Mount Telegram |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rocky-mount-telegram-telegram-acquisitio/130348058/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821120923/https://www.newspapers.com/article/rocky-mount-telegram-telegram-acquisitio/130348058/ |archive-date=August 21, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Adams Publishing Group, a family-owned company led by CEO, Mark Adams, bought the Telegram in 2018 from Cooke Communications LLC.{{Cite web|url=http://www.reflector.com/News/2018/09/04/Adam-Publishing-purchases-Cooke-Communications.html|title=Adams Publishing purchases Cooke Communications - Daily Reflector|website=www.reflector.com|access-date=2019-10-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://adamspg.com/about/|title=Company Profile|website=Adams Publishing Group|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-25}} The assets included in the purchase included Cooke Communications's print publications, websites and commercial printing operations, located in North Carolina and Florida. Other North Carolina papers included in the sale were The Daily Reflector and Elizabeth City Daily Advance.{{cite web|url=http://www.ncpress.com/stories/rocky-mount-telegram,146|title=Rocky Mount Telegram|website=North Carolina Press Association|accessdate=January 21, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95001129/|title=Rocky Mount Telegram|website=Library of Congress|accessdate=January 21, 2020}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.rockymounttelegram.com}}
Category:Daily newspapers published in North Carolina
Category:Rocky Mount, North Carolina
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