| Halifax Media Holdings, LLC | |
| Type: | Private |
| Genre: | Newspapers |
| Foundation: | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
| Location: | 2339 Beville Road Daytona Beach, Florida 32119 United States |
| Area Served: | United States |
| Industry: | Publishing |
| Products: | Northwest Florida Daily News The Daytona Beach News-Journal The Gadsden Times The Gainesville Sun |
| Footnotes: | [1] [2] [3] |
Halifax Media Group was an American newspaper company owning more than 30 newspapers in five Southeastern U.S. States. It was founded on March 31, 2010, when a group of investors purchased The Daytona Beach News-Journal from the Davidson family, who had owned it for 82 years.[1] On December 27, 2011, The New York Times Company announced it was selling its Regional Media Group to Halifax Media Group.[2] On June 1, 2012, Halifax announced it was acquiring the Florida and North Carolina papers of Freedom Communications.[4] In 2013, Halifax acquired three newspapers from HarborPoint Media:[5] the Daily Commercial of Leesburg, Florida, the South Lake Press in Clermont, Florida and News-Sun of Sebring, Florida.[6] In 2014, Halifax acquired the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester, Massachusetts.[7] In November 2014, New Media Investment Group announced its acquisition of Halifax.[8] The company was created with the assistance of Stephens Inc.
In 2015, GateHouse Media purchased the 36 newspapers then owned by Halifax Media.[9] In 2019, GateHouse Media merged with Gannett, Inc., owner of the USA Today and more than 100 other daily newspapers.
The Halifax Media Group owns the following assets:[1] [10]