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The Palm Beach Post
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Gannett
Founded	1916
Headquarters	2751 South Dixie Highway; West Palm Beach, Florida 33405; United States
Circulation	23,454 daily; 31,595 Sunday; (as of 2022)
ISSN	1528-5758
Website	www.palmbeachpost.com

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The Palm Beach Post is an American daily newspaper serving Palm Beach County in South Florida, and parts of the Treasure Coast.

On March 18, 2018, in a deal worth US$42.35 million, The Palm Beach Post and The Palm Beach Daily News were purchased by New York–based New Media Investment Group Inc., which has ever since owned and operated The Palm Beach Post and all circulations and associated digital media sources.

History[edit]

The Palm Beach Post began as The Palm Beach County, a weekly newspaper established in 1910. On January 5, 1916, the weekly became a daily, morning publication known as The Palm Beach Post.

In 1934, the Palm Beach businessman Edward R. Bradley bought The Palm Beach Post and The Palm Beach Times, which published daily in the afternoon. In 1947, both were purchased by the longtime resident John Holliday Perry Sr., who owned a Florida newspaper chain of six dailies and 15 weeklies. In 1948, Perry purchased both the Palm Beach Daily News, the main newspaper for the island of Palm Beach, and the society magazine Palm Beach Life.

In June 1969, Cox Enterprises, based in Atlanta, purchased Perry's Palm Beach and West Palm Beach publications and formed Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc. Cox was founded by James M. Cox, a former Ohio governor and the 1920 Democratic presidential candidate who built a media company that today includes daily newspapers; weekly newspapers, radio and television stations; U.S. cable TV systems, local Internet media sites; and Mannheim auto auction locations.

In 1979, The Palm Beach Times was renamed The Evening Times. In 1987, The Evening Times and The Post merged into a single morning newspaper called The Palm Beach Post. In 1989, all assets and archives of the neighboring sister publication Miami News assets and archives were merged with The Palm Beach Post upon the closure of the former newspaper on New Year's Eve in 1988.

In 1996, The Palm Beach Post sponsored the Scripps National Spelling Bee winner Wendy Guey.

The Palm Beach Post photographer Dallas Kinney won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his portfolio of pictures of Florida migrant workers, Migration to Misery. The Post has since had photographers been Pulitzer finalists three times.^[3]

The paper became nationally recognized for its coverage of the 2000 presidential election for reporting about flawed ballots occurring in Palm Beach County.^[4]

In 2003, The Palm Beach Post won an American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) prize for their coverage on a local bishop's resignation following confirmed sexual abuse allegations.^[4]

Editor Edward Sears won the Editor of the Year award in 2004 from Editor & Publisher. Sears led the newsroom of The Post from 1985 to 2005.^[5]

On Oct. 31, 2017, Cox Media Group announced its plans to sell The Palm Beach Post and Palm Beach Daily News. In 2018, it was announced that GateHouse Media would buy the newspapers for US$49.25 million, with the deal closing on May 1.^[6] As part of the Gannett and GateHouse Media merger of 2019, nine staffers were laid off from The Palm Beach Post in 2020.^[7]^[8]

Recent operations[edit]

In March 1996, PalmBeachPost.com was launched.

In June 2008, the leaders of The Post decided to focus on the core readership area of Palm Beach County and southern Martin County. As digital readership grows, print readership slows. Faced with economic downturn and a changing industry, The Post reduced its payroll of 1,350 to about 1,000 and closes bureaus in Stuart, Port St. Lucie and Delray Beach.

In December 2008, The Post closed its presses and moved printing to the Deerfield Beach plant of the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.

On March 18, 2018, The Palm Beach Post was sold to the New York-based New Media Investment Group Inc. in a deal worth US$42.35 million.

In August 2018, The Post had its digital team launch the GateHouse Florida Digital Audience team to expand GateHouse's digital audience across Florida.

On April 4, 2019, the longtime editor Tim Burke accepted a lucrative position worth hundreds of thousands of dollars with LRP Media Group after the sale of The Palm Beach Post and all subsidies to the New York Conglomerate, New Media Investment Group. LRP is currently registered as a political research group in Florida.

On Dec. 17, 2020, The Post named Rick Christie as its executive editor.^[9]

References[edit]

^ "Help Center – The Palm Beach Post".
^ Gannett. "Form 10-K". Securities & Exchange Commission. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
^ Pulitzer.org Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
^ ^a ^b "Gale Academic OneFile Select - Document - 10 That Do It RIGHT - The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, Fla". go.gale.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
^ E&P Staff (January 5, 2005). "'Palm Beach Post' Editor Edward Sears to Retire". Editor & Publisher. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
^ "New Media acquires The Palm Beach Post & Palm Beach Daily News for $49.3M." The Fly, 28 Mar. 2018. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A532598357/ITOF?u=mlin_m_wellcol&sid=ITOF&xid=9a7dc744. Accessed 1 Apr. 2021.
^ "9 staffers laid off at The Palm Beach Post as part of Gannett/GateHouse merger". WPTV. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
^ Tracy, Marc (2019-11-19). "Gannett, Now Largest U.S. Newspaper Chain, Targets 'Inefficiencies'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
^ Rose, Carol. "Palm Beach Post names veteran journalist Rick Christie as executive editor". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "Help Center – The Palm Beach Post".

[Gannet's_10-K_annual_filing-2] Gannett. "Form 10-K". Securities & Exchange Commission. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[Pulitzer.org-3] Pulitzer.org Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.

[:0-4] "Gale Academic OneFile Select - Document - 10 That Do It RIGHT - The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, Fla". go.gale.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.

[5] E&P Staff (January 5, 2005). "'Palm Beach Post' Editor Edward Sears to Retire". Editor & Publisher. Retrieved June 1, 2014.

[6] "New Media acquires The Palm Beach Post & Palm Beach Daily News for $49.3M." The Fly, 28 Mar. 2018. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A532598357/ITOF?u=mlin_m_wellcol&sid=ITOF&xid=9a7dc744. Accessed 1 Apr. 2021.

[7] "9 staffers laid off at The Palm Beach Post as part of Gannett/GateHouse merger". WPTV. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2021-04-01.

[8] Tracy, Marc (2019-11-19). "Gannett, Now Largest U.S. Newspaper Chain, Targets 'Inefficiencies'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-01.

[9] Rose, Carol. "Palm Beach Post names veteran journalist Rick Christie as executive editor". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

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+{{Short description|Daily newspaper in West Palm Beach, Florida}}
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+| circulation          = {{unbulleted list|23,454&nbsp;daily|31,595&nbsp;Sunday}}
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 | headquarters = 2751 South Dixie Highway<br>[[West Palm Beach, Florida|West Palm Beach]], [[Florida]] 33405<br/>United States
-| editor = Tim Burke
+| editor =
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-| website = {{url|https://www.palmbeachpost.com|PalmBeachPost.com}}
+| website = {{official URL}}
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-'''''The Palm Beach Post''''' is an American [[Newspaper|daily newspaper]] serving [[Palm Beach County]] in [[South Florida]], and parts of the [[Treasure Coast]]. On March 18, 2018, in a landmark deal worth 42.35 million US Dollars, The Palm Beach Post and Palm Beach Daily News were purchased by New York-based New Media Investment Group Inc. who own and operate the Palm Beach Post, all circulations and associated digital media sources to this day.
+'''''The Palm Beach Post''''' is an American [[Newspaper|daily newspaper]] serving [[Palm Beach County]] in [[South Florida]], and parts of the [[Treasure Coast]].
+On March 18, 2018, in a deal worth US$42.35 million, ''The Palm Beach Post'' and ''[[The Palm Beach Daily News]]'' were purchased by New York{{En dash}}based New Media Investment Group Inc., which has ever since owned and operated ''The Palm Beach Post'' and all circulations and associated digital media sources.
 ==History==
-''The Palm Beach Post'' began as ''The Palm Beach County'', a weekly newspaper established in 1910. On Jan. 5, 1916, the weekly became a daily, morning publication known as ''The Palm Beach Post''.
+''The Palm Beach Post'' began as ''The Palm Beach County'', a weekly newspaper established in 1910. On January 5, 1916, the weekly became a daily, morning publication known as ''The Palm Beach Post''.
+In 1934, the Palm Beach businessman [[Edward R. Bradley]] bought ''The Palm Beach Post'' and ''The Palm Beach Times'', which published daily in the afternoon. In 1947, both were purchased by the longtime resident John Holliday Perry Sr., who owned a Florida newspaper chain of six dailies and 15 weeklies. In 1948, Perry purchased both the ''[[Palm Beach Daily News]]'', the main newspaper for the island of Palm Beach, and the society magazine ''Palm Beach Life''.
+In June 1969, [[Cox Enterprises]], based in Atlanta, purchased Perry's Palm Beach and West Palm Beach publications and formed Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc. Cox was founded by [[James M. Cox]], a former Ohio governor and the 1920 Democratic presidential candidate who built a media company that today includes daily newspapers; weekly newspapers, radio and television stations; U.S. cable TV systems, local Internet media sites; and Mannheim auto auction locations.
-In 1934, Palm Beach businessman [[Edward R. Bradley]] bought ''The Palm Beach Post'' and ''[[The Palm Beach Times]]'', the afternoon daily (except on Sunday). In 1947, both were purchased by longtime resident John Holliday Perry, Sr., who owned a Florida newspaper chain of six dailies and 15 weeklies. In 1948, Perry purchased both the ''[[Palm Beach Daily News]]'', the main newspaper for the island of Palm Beach, and the society magazine ''Palm Beach Life''.
+In 1979, ''The Palm Beach Times'' was renamed ''The Evening Times''. In 1987, ''The Evening Times'' and ''The Post'' merged into a single morning newspaper called ''The Palm Beach Post''. In 1989, all assets and archives of the neighboring sister publication ''[[Miami News]]'' assets and archives were merged with ''The Palm Beach Post'' upon the closure of the former newspaper on New Year's Eve in 1988.
+In 1996, ''The Palm Beach Post'' sponsored the [[Scripps National Spelling Bee]] winner [[Wendy Guey]].
-In June 1969, [[Cox Enterprises]], based in Atlanta, purchased Perry's Palm Beach and West Palm Beach publications and formed Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc. Cox was founded by [[James M. Cox]], a former Ohio governor and the 1920 Democratic presidential candidate who built a media company that today includes daily newspapers; weekly newspapers, radio and television stations; U.S. cable TV systems, local Internet media sites and Mannheim auto auction locations.
+''The Palm Beach Post'' photographer [[Dallas Kinney]] won the 1970 [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography]] for his portfolio of pictures of Florida migrant workers, ''Migration to Misery''. ''The Post'' has since had photographers been Pulitzer finalists three times.<ref name="Pulitzer.org">[http://www.pulitzer.org/faceted_search/results/palm+beach+post Pulitzer.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193942/http://www.pulitzer.org/faceted_search/results/palm+beach+post |date=2016-03-03}}.</ref>
-In 1979, ''The Palm Beach Times'' was renamed ''The Evening Times''. In 1987, ''The Evening Times'' and ''The Post'' merged into a single morning newspaper under ''The Palm Beach Post'' name.  In 1989, all of neighboring sister publication ''[[Miami News]]'' assets and archives were merged with ''The Palm Beach Post'' upon the closure of that paper.
+The paper became nationally recognized for its coverage of the 2000 presidential election for reporting about flawed ballots occurring in Palm Beach County.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Gale Academic OneFile Select - Document - 10 That Do It RIGHT - The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, Fla|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=EAIM&u=mlin_m_wellcol&id=GALE%7CA104518873&v=2.1&it=r&sid=EAIM&asid=2fe7cee6|access-date=2021-04-01|website=go.gale.com}}</ref>
-In 1996, ''The Palm Beach Post'' sponsored [[Scripps National Spelling Bee]] winner [[Wendy Guey]].
+In 2003, ''The Palm Beach Post'' won an [[American Society of Newspaper Editors]] (ASNE) prize for their coverage on a local bishop's resignation following confirmed sexual abuse allegations.<ref name=":0" />
-''Palm Beach Post'' photographer [[Dallas Kinney]] won the 1970 [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography]] for his portfolio of pictures of Florida migrant workers, ''Migration to Misery''. ''Post'' photographers have subsequently been Pulitzer finalists three times.<ref name="Pulitzer.org">[http://www.pulitzer.org/faceted_search/results/palm+beach+post Pulitzer.org].</ref>
-Editor Edward Sears won the Editor of the Year award in 2004 from [[Editor & Publisher]]. Sears led the ''Post'' newsroom from 1985-2005.<ref>{{cite web|title='Palm Beach Post' Editor Edward Sears to Retire|author=E&P Staff|publisher=Editor & Publisher|date=January 5, 2005|accessdate=June 1, 2014|url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Article/-Palm-Beach-Post-Editor-Edward-Sears-to-Retire}}</ref>
+Editor Edward Sears won the Editor of the Year award in 2004 from [[Editor & Publisher]]. Sears led the newsroom of ''The Post'' from 1985 to 2005.<ref>{{cite web|author=E&P Staff|date=January 5, 2005|title='Palm Beach Post' Editor Edward Sears to Retire|url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Article/-Palm-Beach-Post-Editor-Edward-Sears-to-Retire|access-date=June 1, 2014|publisher=Editor & Publisher}}</ref>
-On Oct. 31, 2017, [[Cox Media Group]] announced its plans to sell ''The'' ''Palm Beach Post'' and ''Palm Beach Daily News''. In 2018, it was announced that [[GateHouse Media]] would buy the newspapers for $49.25 million, with the deal closing on May 1.
+On Oct. 31, 2017, [[Cox Media Group]] announced its plans to sell ''The Palm Beach Post'' and ''Palm Beach Daily News''. In 2018, it was announced that [[GateHouse Media]] would buy the newspapers for US$49.25 million, with the deal closing on May 1.<ref>"New Media acquires The Palm Beach Post & Palm Beach Daily News for $49.3M." ''The Fly'', 28 Mar. 2018. ''Gale General OneFile'', link.gale.com/apps/doc/A532598357/ITOF?u=mlin_m_wellcol&sid=ITOF&xid=9a7dc744. Accessed 1 Apr. 2021.</ref> As part of the [[Gannett]] and [[GateHouse Media]] merger of 2019, nine staffers were laid off from ''The Palm Beach Post'' in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-27|title=9 staffers laid off at The Palm Beach Post as part of Gannett/GateHouse merger|url=https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/9-staffers-laid-off-at-the-palm-beach-post-as-part-of-gannett-gatehouse-merger|access-date=2021-04-01|website=WPTV|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Tracy|first=Marc|date=2019-11-19|title=Gannett, Now Largest U.S. Newspaper Chain, Targets 'Inefficiencies'|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/19/business/media/gannett-gatehouse-merger.html|access-date=2021-04-01|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
 ==Recent operations==
 In March 1996, PalmBeachPost.com was launched.
-In June 2008, ''The Post’s'' leaders decided to focus on the core readership area of Palm Beach County and southern Martin County. As digital readership grows, print readership slows. Faced with economic downturn and a changing industry, ''The Post'' reduced its payroll of 1,350 to about 1,000 and closes bureaus in Stuart, Port St. Lucie and Delray Beach.
+In June 2008, the leaders of ''The Post'' decided to focus on the core readership area of Palm Beach County and southern Martin County. As digital readership grows, print readership slows. Faced with economic downturn and a changing industry, ''The Post'' reduced its payroll of 1,350 to about 1,000 and closes bureaus in Stuart, Port St. Lucie and Delray Beach.
-In December 2008, ''The Post'' closed its presses and moved printing to the Deerfield Beach plant of the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.
+In December 2008, ''The Post'' closed its presses and moved printing to the Deerfield Beach plant of the ''Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel''.
+On March 18, 2018, ''The Palm Beach Post'' was sold to the New York-based New Media Investment Group Inc. in a deal worth US$42.35 million.
-In August 2018, ''The Post’s'' digital team launched the GateHouse Florida Digital Audience team to expand GateHouse’s digital audience across Florida.
+In August 2018, ''The Post'' had its digital team launch the GateHouse Florida Digital Audience team to expand GateHouse's digital audience across Florida.
-''The Post'' has a weekly audience of approximately 600,000 in print and at PalmBeachPost.com each week. Approximately 6 million sessions are recorded each month on ''The Post’s'' family of websites.
+On April 4, 2019, the longtime editor Tim Burke accepted a lucrative position worth hundreds of thousands of dollars with LRP Media Group after the sale of ''The Palm Beach Post'' and all subsidies to the New York Conglomerate, New Media Investment Group. LRP is currently registered as a political research group in Florida.
-,397: Sunday print circulation, yearly average (2018)
+On Dec. 17, 2020, ''The Post'' named Rick Christie as its executive editor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rose|first=Carol|title=Palm Beach Post names veteran journalist Rick Christie as executive editor|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2020/12/17/palm-beach-post-names-veteran-journalist-rick-christie-editor/3937852001/|access-date=2021-06-18|website=The Palm Beach Post|language=en-US}}</ref>
-,978: Monday through Saturday print circulation, yearly average (2018)
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-* {{official website|1=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/|mobile=http://m.palmbeachpost.com/}}
+* {{Official website|https://www.palmbeachpost.com/}}
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+{{Gannett}}
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