It just will not carry the corporate name of Fayetteville Publishing Company on it as we hand over the reins," Broadwell said. "The Fayetteville Observer will continue to remain strong. Even after that, he said, the Fayetteville Observer will continue to serve the region. It's unclear whether any layoffs or operational changes are planned.īroadwell said newspaper operations will continue as normal until the deal is finalized. Representatives from GateHouse spent Thursday morning talking employees.
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GateHouse, which is based outside Rochester, N.Y., publishes 125 daily newspapers and 316 weeklies, including the Wilmington StarNews, the Jacksonville Daily News and the Kinston Free Press in North Carolina.īroadwell noted that the Wilmington paper is printed at the Fayetteville Publishing plant. "Right now, what we know is we've joined the GateHouse family and, specifically, what will become a 14-newspaper division concentrated mostly in North Carolina," Executive Editor Michael Adams said. "Now, it's time to hand over the reins to a bigger company with national resources that, as a small family-owned entity, we just don't have that."Įmployees used to reporting the news suddenly became the news and were caught off-guard by the sale. "It takes a lot of commitment, and the family has maintained that commitment again for going on four generations and proud to carry it this far," Broadwell said. The newspaper has about 350 employees, down about 100 from its peak. This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.ĭiacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid toįacilitate keyword searching in web browsers.Publisher Charles Broadwell, who followed in the footsteps of his uncle and grandfather in leading the newspaper, said he has been working on the deal for about a year as the paper faced dwindling circulation and was forced to downsize. This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009 #02937, Series: "Fayetteville Observer Mail Books, 1863-1864 and undated." Folder 5 #02937, Series: "Fayetteville Observer Mail Books, 1863-1864 and undated." Folder 4 #02937, Series: "Fayetteville Observer Mail Books, 1863-1864 and undated." Folder 3 The Fayetteville Observer This airman is one of only 9 to receive Air Force Cross since 9/11 Fort Bragg troops play key role in liberation of Mosul This. #02937, Series: "Fayetteville Observer Mail Books, 1863-1864 and undated." Folder 2 #02937, Series: "Fayetteville Observer Mail Books, 1863-1864 and undated." Folder 1 #02937, Series: "Fayetteville Observer Mail Books, 1863-1864 and undated." Folder 1a Person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no Private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable Of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action underĬommon law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's Identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. §ġ32 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of Laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. Sensitive Materials Statement Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive orĬonfidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy The Fayetteville Observer, originally launched in 1817, is North Carolinas oldest newspaper that is still currently published. Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at ChapelĪcquisitions Information Transferred from library storage, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, SeptemberĪdditional Descriptive Resources A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a. Preferred Citation, in the Fayetteville Observer Mail Books, #2937, Southern Copyright Notice Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,Īs stipulated by United States copyright law.
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