Halifax Media Group


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. On December 27, 2011, The New York Times Company announced it was selling its Regional Media Group to Halifax Media Group. On June 1, 2012, Halifax announced it was acquiring the Florida and North Carolina papers of Freedom Communications. In 2013, Halifax acquired three newspapers from HarborPoint Media: the Daily Commercial of Leesburg, Florida, the South Lake Press in Clermont, Florida and News-Sun of Sebring, Florida. In 2014, Halifax acquired the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester, Massachusetts. In November 2014, New Media Investment Group announced its acquisition of Halifax. The company was created with the assistance of Stephens Inc.
In 2015, GateHouse Media purchased the 36 newspapers then owned by Halifax Media. In 2019, GateHouse Media merged with Gannett, Inc., owner of the USA Today and more than 100 other daily newspapers.
WWW halifaxmediagroup.com

Assets

The Halifax Media Group owns the following assets:

Alabama

Florida

Daily Commercial of Leesburg, FloridaThe Daytona Beach News-Journal of Daytona Beach, FloridaThe Gainesville Sun of Gainesville, FloridaThe Ledger of Lakeland, FloridaNews Chief of Winter Haven, FloridaThe News Herald of Panama CityNorthwest Florida Daily News of Fort Walton BeachSarasota Herald-Tribune of Sarasota, FloridaStar-Banner of Ocala, Florida

Louisiana

Massachusetts

North Carolina

South Carolina