Logo in 2008
The
Opelika-Auburn News
is a daily
newspaper
in
Alabama
, serving
Opelika
,
Auburn
, and the communities surrounding Lee County. With Mike Eads as the senior reporter, the newspaper serves to report local, weather, sports, and entertainment news within the areas.
History
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The newspaper began as the weekly
Opelika Industrial News
, on September 11, 1890.
[2]
Its original publisher was Opelika Steam Print and Pub. Co.
The newspaper remained the
Opelika Industrial News
until May 30, 1904, when it began publication as the
Opelika Daily News
.
[3]
In 1968,
Millard B. Grimes
, a well-known publisher and editor from Georgia, and fellow investors purchased the paper, changing its name to the
Opelika-Auburn News
in 1969. They then sold the paper in 1977 to the
Thomson Corporation
.
[4]
[5]
It was owned by the
Thomson Corporation
until 2000, when it was sold to Media General.
[6]
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In 1995, the
News
was awarded "Most Improved Daily Newspaper" by the Alabama Press Association. Additionally, the parent company purchased the competing Auburn Bulletin and Lee County Eagle that year.
In the early 2000s, the
News
was a member of a coalition of newspapers which brought suit against
Auburn University
to uncover financial misbehavior by trustees.
[8]
In 2012, Media General sold most of its newspapers, including the
Opelika-Auburn News
, to
Berkshire Hathaway
.
[9]
Its most recent buyer,
Lee Enterprises
, purchased the newspaper in 2020.
Starting June 20, 2023, the print edition of the newspaper will be reduced to three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Also, the newspaper will transition from being delivered by a traditional newspaper delivery carrier to mail delivery by the U.S. Postal Service.
[10]
Opelika-Auburn News
is issued on paper and online, as well as on microfilm from Auburn University.
News staff
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The company loves to hire graduates from Auburn University Main Campus, with 48.4% of its employees having attended Auburn University Main Campus. Based in Alabama, Opelika-Auburn News is a small media company with only 72 employees and an annual revenue of $7.9M.
Awards
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2018 Better Newspaper Contest - Alabama Press Association
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Year
|
Award
|
Place
|
Recipient
|
2018
|
Best Editorial
|
1st
|
Troy Turner
|
2018
|
Best Human Interest Column
|
1st
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Troy Turner
|
2018
|
Best News Photo
|
1st
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Todd Van Emst
|
2018
|
Best One Time Special Section - Newsprint or Glossy
|
1st
|
Opelika-Auburn News
|
2018
|
Creative Use of Multimedia
|
1st
|
Opelika-Auburn News
|
References
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- ^
Lee Enterprises.
"Form 10-K"
.
investors.lee.net
. Retrieved
February 29,
2024
.
- ^
"About Opelika industrial news. [volume] (Opelika, Ala.) 1890-1904"
.
Chronicling America
. Library of Congress
. Retrieved
9 November
2020
.
- ^
"About Opelika daily news. [volume] (Opelika, Ala.) 1904-1969"
.
Chronicling America
. Library of Congress
. Retrieved
9 November
2020
.
- ^
Opelika daily news. (Newspaper, 1904)
. [WorldCat.org].
OCLC
12260034
.
- ^
Grimes, Millard B. (1985).
The Last Linotype: The Story of Georgia and Its Newspapers Since World War II - Millard B. Grimes - Google Books
.
ISBN
9780865541900
. Retrieved
2014-01-28
.
- ^
Roberts, Gene
; Kunkel, Thomas; Layton, Charles, eds. (2001).
Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering
.
Fayetteville
:
University of Arkansas Press
.
ISBN
1610752325
.
- ^
Leaving Readers Behind
. University of Arkansas Press. 2001. p.
51
.
ISBN
9781610752329
.
- ^
Flynt, Wayne (2 September 2011).
Keeping the Faith: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives - Wayne Flynt - Google Books
.
ISBN
9780817317546
. Retrieved
2014-01-28
.
- ^
"Media General completes sale of Opelika-Auburn News"
. Oanow.com. 2012-06-25
. Retrieved
2014-01-28
.
- ^
Robinson, Sarah (2023-05-21).
"Your expanded Opelika-Auburn News coming soon"
.
Opelika-Auburn News
. Retrieved
2023-07-19
.
- ^
Langan, Jaclyn.
"APA Better Newspaper Contest Award Winners Announced"
(PDF)
.
Alabama Press Association
. Retrieved
13 July
2018
.
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