The Robesonian is a newspaper published in Lumberton, North Carolina, Tuesday through Friday afternoon and Saturday and Sunday morning.[3]
 The Robesonian nameplate c. 1926 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Champion Media |
| Founder(s) | W.S. McDiamid[1] |
| Publisher | Denise Ward[2] |
| Editor | Donnie Douglas[2] |
| Sports editor | Jonathan Bym |
| Founded | 1870[1] |
| Headquarters | 2175 N. Roberts Ave., Lumberton, North Carolina, US |
| Circulation | 60,000 |
| ISSN | 2474-2236 |
| OCLC number | 10467669 |
| Website | robesonian |
The Robesonian traces its heritage back to 1870,[4] when it was established by W.S. McDiamid, a Baptist preacher.[5] The Robesonian was previously owned by Heartland Publications. In 2012 Versa Capital Management merged Heartland Publications, Ohio Community Media, the former Freedom papers it had acquired, and Impressions Media into a new company, Civitas Media.[6] Civitas Media sold its properties in the Carolinas to Champion Media in 2017.[7]
Notable events
editThe newspaper attracted national attention when on February 1, 1988, when two Native Americans entered the newspaper's offices armed[8] and took 20 hostages.[9] The stand-off lasted ten hours; Timothy Jacobs and Eddie Hatcher[10] hoped to attract attention to the plight of American Indians, and later, after their arrest, had a local civil rights attorney deliver a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev in anticipation of a summit between Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev.[11]
The newspaper attracted more attention in August, 2018, when it stopped providing its 8-page Sunday color comics section.[12] An editorial on July 28, 2018 entitled "Trump’s newsprint tariffs force not-so-funny decision" blame the cost of newsprint from Canada, a target "in Trump's Tariff Wars."[13]
The Robesonian is a member of the North Carolina Press Association.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "About Us". Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ a b c "The Robesonian". NC Press Association. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
- ^ "The Robesonian". Library of Congress. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
- ^ "The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-Current". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ^ "About Us". Robesonian. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ Business Wire (12 September 2012), Versa Capital Announces the Formation of Civitas Media, LLC, retrieved April 10, 2017
{{citation}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ "Quarterly Updates - 2nd Quarter 2017". Dirks, Van Essen & Murray. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
- ^ "Indians Hope Hostage-Taking Delivers More Than Attention". The Miami Herald. 8 February 1988. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Guilty Plea in Kidnap". Newsday. 5 May 1989. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Lumberton, Robesonian Back To Normal". The Fayetteville Observer. 3 February 1988. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Robeson Indians Send Protest to Gorbachev". The Fayetteville Observer. 3 April 1988. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ Martinez, Rebecca (August 2018). "Trump's Paper Tariff's Stifle The Sunday Robesonian". www.wunc.org. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
- ^ Robesonian Editorial Board (2018-07-28). "Trump's newsprint tariffs force not-so-funny decision". Robesonian. Retrieved 2019-02-05.