''The Review'' was a bi-weekly newspaper based in Reidsville North Carolina, based in

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. It was published under that name between 1899 - 2017. In 2017, it merged with two other newspapers in Rockingham County (the

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and the Madison Messenger); all three papers publish under the name Rockingham Now.

History

Started in 1888 by Edward Gilliam and J.C. Womack. The ''Review'' merged with a two-page newspaper called ''The Democrat'' in later 1888. It was called the ''Weekly Review'' from 1888 to 1898. ''The Review'' was published as a semiweekly paper from 1899 to 1922 and then triweekly from 1922 to 1934, when it became a daily newspaper in 1934 (except Saturday and Sunday). In 1998, it became a morning paper, publishing Tuesday through Friday and Sunday. In 2009, the paper began publishing only two days per week, Wednesday and Sunday. The newspaper has been under three different owners between 1997 and 2020: * The ''Review'' was owned by Media General. Media General bought the ''Review'', ''Eden News'' and ''Madison Messenger'' in 1997. * The newspaper was purchased by

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in 2012. * In 2020, Warren Buffett sold the paper to Lee Enterprises. In 2017 the paper was merged with two other Rockingham County papers, ''Eden Daily News'' and the ''Madison Messenger'', forming ''RockinghamNow''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reidsville Review, The 1888 establishments in North Carolina Lee Enterprises publications Biweekly newspapers published in the United States Newspapers published in North Carolina Publications established in 1888 Rockingham County, North Carolina