The Chatham News

The Chatham News is a weekly newspaper based in Siler City, North Carolina and serving Chatham County, North Carolina.

The Chatham News
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)The Chatham Media Group LLC
PublisherBill Horner III
Managing editor, designRandall Rigsbee
Founded1924
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersSiler City, N.C.
Websitewww.chathamnewsrecord.com

History

Started in 1924, the newspaper has been family-owned for much of its history. E.A. Resch bought the newspaper, along with The Chatham Record of Pittsboro, in 1939. His son Alan Resch joined The Chatham News in 1962 and was replaced by wife Mary Resch as editor and publisher when he died in 2016. On October 25, 2018 The Chatham News announced that The Chatham News Publishing Company, Inc. had sold the newspapers to The Chatham Media Group LLC.[1] The group included former Sanford Herald publisher Bill Horner III, Kirk Bradley,and Chris Ehrenfeld. Bradley and Ehrenfeld cared about the papers being locally owned.[2]

See also

  • List of newspapers published in North Carolina

References

  1. "Chatham News, Chatham Record to be acquired by community-based media group". North Carolina Press Association. October 24, 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  2. Johnson, Joe (October 26, 2018). "Chatham County newspapers sold. Look who bought them". Herald Sun.


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