Boone Newspapers
Boone Newspapers, Incorporated (BNI) is the parent company of a publishing business that includes dozens newspapers as well as magazines, other published materials, and internet properties in the United States.[1] It is a private company and owns papers in smaller cities in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas, Michigan, Mississippi, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia.[2] The company is based in Tuscaloosa.[3]
Industry | Newspaper Publishing |
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Todd H. Carpenter is chief executive officer and James B. Boone, Jr. is chairman of the board.[4] Boone and his family own all of the company's stock according to its website.
After owning Tuscaloosa Newspapers Inc., Boone's father eventually took over the company and purchased additional papers.[5] In 2014, Boone Newspapers bought several newspapers from Evening Post Industries.[6]
Newspapers
Boone Newspapers include:
- The (Danville) Advocate-Messenger
- Albert Lea Tribune
- Alexander City Outlook
- (Lake Charles) American Press
- The Andalusia Star-News
- Atmore Advance
- Austin Daily Herald
- Bogalusa Daily News
- The Brewton Standard
- Cassopolis Vigilant
- Claiborne Progress
- The Clanton Advertiser
- Clemmons Courier
- The Davie County Enterprise-Record
- The (Fergus Falls) Daily Journal
- The (Brookhaven) Daily Leader
- The Demopolis Times
- The Dowagiac Daily News
- Edwardsburg Argus
- Elizabethton Star
- Franklin County Times
- The Greenville Advocate
- The Harlan Daily Enterprise
- Hartselle Enquirer
- The Interior Journal
- Ironton Tribune
- The Jessamine Journal
- LaGrange Daily News
- (LaPlace) L'Observateur
- The Lowndes Signal
- Luverne Journal
- The (Troy) Messenger
- Middlesboro Daily News
- The Natchez Democrat
- Niles Daily Star
- The Orange Leader
- The Oxford Eagle
- The Pelham Reporter
- Picayune Item
- The Port Arthur News
- Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald
- Salisbury Post
- Selma Times-Journal
- The Shelby County Reporter
- Southwest Daily News
- The (Frankfort) State Journal
- Suffolk News-Herald
- The Tallassee Tribune
- Tidewater News
- Tryon Daily Bulletin
- Valley Times-News in Lanett, Alabama, purchased in 2017[2]
- The Vicksburg Post
- Washington Daily News
- The Wetumpka Herald
- The Winchester Sun
References
- "Boone Newspapers Inc". www.bloomberg.com.
- "Valley Times-News sold to Boone Newspapers | Alabama Press Association". www.alabamapress.org.
- Staff report. "Tuscaloosa-based Boone Newspapers buys daily Kentucky paper". Tuscaloosa News.
- "Carpenter named CEO of Boone Newspapers". WTOP. June 19, 2014.
- "The History of BNI | Boone Newspapers, Inc". www.boonenewspapers.com.
- "Salisbury Post purchased by Boone Newspapers affiliate - Salisbury Post". February 18, 2014.