The Mount Airy News and
The Tribune have the same corporate parent. In June 2007, both
The Mount Airy News and
The Tribune were part of a sale from
Mid-South Management Co., Inc. to
Heartland Publications, LLC of Connecticut. Mount Airy had two newspapers until around 1980, when the weekly
Mount Airy Times was bought by the
News. In 2007, the city again had two papers with
The Messenger and
The Mount Airy News. However, after attempting several different publication schedules,
The Messenger closed less than three years later, shutting its doors in 2010.
The Mount Airy News was published seven days a week. On April 9, 2012,
The News ceased publication of its Monday edition. The paper now publishes Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. In 2012 Versa Capital Management merged Heartland Publications,
Ohio Community Media, the former
Freedom papers it had acquired, and
Impressions Media into a new company,
Civitas Media. Civitas Media sold its properties in the Carolinas to Champion Media in 2017. Later in 2017, Champion Media sold its Mount Airy area newspapers to
Adams Publishing Group. ==See also==