en Halifax Media Group

Halifax Media Holdings, LLC
Company type	Private
Industry	Publishing
Genre	Newspapers
Founded	Daytona Beach, Florida, United States March 31, 2010
Headquarters	2339 Beville Road ; Daytona Beach, Florida 32119 ; United States
Area served	United States
Products	Northwest Florida Daily News ; The Daytona Beach News-Journal ; The Gadsden Times ; The Gainesville Sun
Owner	Gannett
Website	www.halifaxmediagroup.com
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Halifax Media Group was an American newspaper company owning more than 30 newspapers in five Southeastern U.S. States. It was founded on March 31, 2010, when a group of investors purchased The Daytona Beach News-Journal from the Davidson family, who had owned it for 82 years.^[1] On December 27, 2011, The New York Times Company announced it was selling its Regional Media Group to Halifax Media Group.^[2] On June 1, 2012, Halifax announced it was acquiring the Florida and North Carolina papers of Freedom Communications.^[4] In 2013, Halifax acquired three newspapers from HarborPoint Media:^[5] the Daily Commercial of Leesburg, Florida, the South Lake Press in Clermont, Florida and News-Sun of Sebring, Florida.^[6] In 2014, Halifax acquired the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester, Massachusetts.^[7] In November 2014, New Media Investment Group announced its acquisition of Halifax.^[8] The company was created with the assistance of Stephens Inc.

In 2015, GateHouse Media purchased the 36 newspapers then owned by Halifax Media.^[9] In 2019, GateHouse Media merged with Gannett, Inc., owner of the USA Today and more than 100 other daily newspapers.

Assets

The Halifax Media Group owns the following assets:^[1]^[10]

^ ^a ^b ^c "News-Journal Acquisition" (Press release). Halifax Media Group. 2010-03-31. Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
^ ^a ^b "The New York Times Company Agrees to Sell Its Regional Media Group to Halifax Media Holdings LLC" (Press release). The New York Times Company. 2011-12-27. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
^ "Contact Us - Halifax Media Group". Halifax Media Group. 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
^ Halifax Media buys more Florida, North Carolina newspapers
^ Halifax Media Group purchases three Florida newspapers
^ Daytona Beach - Halifax Media Group November 2013 Florida Trend page 42
^ Sutner, Shaun (2014-05-21). "Halifax Media of Florida to buy Telegram & Gazette". Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
^ "T&G's parent company is sold to New Media, parent of GateHouse Media". Worcester Telegram & Gazette. 2014-11-20. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
^ SWISHERskyler.swisher@news-jrnl.com, SKYLER. "GateHouse acquires News-Journal, Halifax Media". Daytona Beach News-Journal Online. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
^ "Halifax Media Group Closes Purchase of New York Times Company Regional Media Group" (Press release). Halifax Media Group. 2012-01-06. Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2012-02-28.