The ''Knoxville News Sentinel'', also known as ''Knox News'', is a daily newspaper in

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, United States, owned by the

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History

The newspaper was formed in 1926 from the merger of two competing newspapers: ''The Knoxville News'' and ''The Knoxville Sentinel''. John Trevis Hearn began publishing ''The Sentinel'' in December 1886, while ''The News'' was started in 1921 by Robert P. Scripps and Roy W. Howard. The two merged in 1926 under

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ownership, with the first edition of ''The Knoxville News-Sentinel'' appearing on November 22 of that year. The editor from 1921 to 1931, Edward J. Meeman, later was sent to

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to edit the since defunct ''

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''. In 1986, the ''News-Sentinel'' became a morning paper, with the other paper in Knoxville, the ''

Knoxville Journal ''The Knoxville Journal'' was a daily newspaper published in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, between 1886 and 1991. It operated first as a morning and then as an afternoon publication. On December 31, 1991, its last owner, the Persis Corp ...

'', becoming an evening paper. The ''Journal'' ceased publication as a daily in 1991, when the

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between the two papers expired. In 2002, the paper dropped the hyphen from its name to become the ''Knoxville News Sentinel''. It followed Scripps' newspaper holdings into

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in 2015. In April 2016, the ''News Sentinel'' announced it had become part of

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, as a part of the

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. This was the result of Gannett's acquisition of Journal Media. The ''News Sentinel'' was added to the nation's largest newspaper company with more than 200 local dailies and ''USA Today''.

Management

Joel Christopher, formerly of

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, was appointed the executive editor at ''Knoxville News Sentine''l in January 2019. Christopher's appointment came after the retirement of executive editor Jack McElroy in early 2019. McElroy, formerly of the ''

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'' served the News Sentinel as its top editor for 17 years. Frank E. Rosamond Sr. served as the newspaper's last president after leaving the company with McElroy in 2018.

Knox News

Knox News, the digital brand of the News Sentinel an
Knoxnews.com
has won many national awards, including winning three 2008

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s from the

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for best overall news website, most innovative user-participation and best site design.

Spelling-bee sponsorships

The ''News Sentinel'' has sponsored four winners of the

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: * 1940:

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(now Laura Kuykendall Mullins) "therapy" * 1960:

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"eudaemonic" * 1963:

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"equipage" * 1994:

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"antediluvian"

References

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External links

* * Other internet properties owned by the ''Knoxville News Sentinel'' *
Knoxville Information Guide
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Knoxville Book of Lists
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University of Tennessee sports news coverage

From Papers to Pixels
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