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.^[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.

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Halifax Media Holdings, LLC

Company type	Private
Industry	Publishing
Genre	Newspapers
Founded	Daytona Beach, Florida, United States March 31, 2010 (2010-03-31)
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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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.