The Frederick News-Post is the local newspaper of Frederick County, Maryland. In addition to discussing local news, the newspaper addresses international, national, and regional news. The paper publishes six days per week.
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Ogden Newspapers Inc. |
| Publisher | Geordie Wilson |
| Founded | 1883 (as The News) |
| Headquarters |
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| Sister newspapers | The Frederick Post (1916–2002) (merged to form The Frederick News-Post) |
| OCLC number | 31371730 |
| Website | fredericknewspost |
History
editOn October 15, 1883, a Frederick printing company first published The News, an evening newspaper that would eventually become The Frederick News-Post. William T. Delaplaine, grandfather of the current president of Great Southern, began his business career in Frederick in 1880 when he opened a small printing shop. He expanded the operation by establishing the first daily newspaper in Frederick, The News, in October 1883. The business was incorporated in June 1888.
A competing daily newspaper, The Frederick Post, began publication in December 1910, and several years later was purchased by Great Southern, which remained a family-owned business. Surviving members of the third generation of the founder are Mr. Delaplaine and Mrs. Frances A. Randall, and fourth-generation members were involved in the businesses.
In 1916, through a business deal, The News acquired The Frederick Post, publishing The News in the evenings and The Frederick Post in the morning.
In 2002, the two papers were merged to create a single morning edition known as The Frederick News-Post. The Sunday edition created in October of that year created a true daily paper published 365 days a year.
Publisher George E. Randall died in 2004. He was a fourth-generation descendant of the founder.[1] His brother, Myron Randall, Junior was named president and publisher.[2] William B. Randall, Myron Randall's son and a fifth-generation family member, joined the company.
The News-Post moved into a new building in April 2008, with a new high-speed, six-tower TKS press capable of printing 70,000 copies an hour.[3]
In early November 2008, Randall Family LLC, publisher of The Frederick News-Post, laid off 16 employees, four from the newsroom.[4] The total layoffs represented about 7% of the company's workforce, and were the result of a dramatic drop in advertising revenue over the preceding two years. It was the first time in company history that layoffs had been issued.
In 2009, The Frederick News-Post suspended its Monday edition, making the paper available six days a week.[5] Employees were forced to take five-day furloughs, and the company reduced its pension benefits to employees.
In 2011, The Frederick News-Post named Geordie Wilson as publisher.[6] Wilson previously had served as publisher of the Concord Monitor of Concord, New Hampshire, and as publisher of the Monadnock Ledger (now the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript) of Peterborough, New Hampshire. Myron Randall remained president of Randall Family LLC.
In 2012, The Frederick News-Post resumed Monday publication, citing subscriber demand.[7] The revived Monday edition had a tabloid format, as opposed to the larger broadsheet format used by the paper the rest of the week, and it had a business and sports focus.
On May 1, 2017, the Randall family sold the News-Post to Ogden Newspapers Inc., a family-owned newspaper group from Wheeling, West Virginia.[8][9]
In May 2020, due to financial struggles and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, The Frederick News-Post combined its Saturday and Sunday editions, printing a weekend edition on Saturdays.[10] It also increased the single copy price of its newspaper from $1 to $2 for Monday–Friday editions, and from $2 to $3 for Saturday editions.
References
edit- ^ "George Randall dies at 53". The Frederick News-Post.
- ^ "Myron Randall Jr. named publisher". The Frederick News-Post.
- ^ Staff, Justin M. Palk News-Post. "Up and running". The Frederick News-Post.
- ^ Cumber, Clifford G. "The News-Post lays off 16 employees". The Frederick News-Post.
- ^ Cumber, Clifford G. "Monday Advance to replace suspended edition". The Frederick News-Post.
- ^ Cumber, Clifford G. "News-Post names a new publisher". The Frederick News-Post.
- ^ "Maryland newspaper resumes daily printing after 3 years without Mondays". January 26, 2012.
- ^ Etzler, Allen. "Ogden Newspapers takes ownership of The Frederick News-Post". The Frederick News-Post.
- ^ Ogden Newspapers
- ^ Staff reports. "The Frederick News-Post to combine Saturday and Sunday editions". The Frederick News-Post.