The Reidsville Review

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]

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
Websitehttp://rockinghamnow.com

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 1899-1922 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 1997-2020:

  • 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 Buffet sold the paper to Lee Enterprises.[10]

References
  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.
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