''The News Courier'' is a

daily newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...

published in

Athens, Alabama Athens is a city in and the county seat of Limestone County, in the U.S. state of Alabama; it is included in the Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city is 25,406. Hist ...

, covering

Limestone County, Alabama Limestone County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 103,570. Its county seat is Athens. The county is named after Limestone Creek. Limestone County is included in the Huntsville, AL ...

. It is owned by Carpenter Media Group.

History

Today's ''News Courier'' was created in 1969, when ''The Alabama Courier'' (founded 1892) and the ''Limestone Democrat'' (founded 1891) were acquired by Robert Bryan and merged. The combined paper was known in the 1980s as ''The Athens LC News Courier''. Bryan sold his papers to Hollinger in 1997. When Hollinger dispersed of most of its papers, ''The News Courier'' was acquired by

Community Newspaper Holdings CNHI, LLC (formerly Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.) is an American publisher of newspapers and advertising-related publications throughout the United States. The company was formed in 1997 by Ralph Martin,

, now known as CNHI, LLC. ''The News Courier'' was a daily newspaper through the early 2010s, then reduced to six print editions per week. In April 2020, amid severe downturns in advertising revenue due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

, CNHI reduced the print-edition schedule to Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. In May 2024, CNHI sold the newspaper to Carpenter Media Group.

Awards

2018 Better Newspaper Contest - Alabama Press Association

References

External links

The News Courier Website

CNHI Website
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