Amarillo Globe-News is a daily newspaper in Amarillo, Texas, USA covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events.
The newspaper is published seven days a week.
The Globe-News traces its roots to the founding of the Amarillo Daily News on November 4, 1909. It was originally a prohibition publication by Dr. Joseph Elbert Nunn. a Baptist deacon. In 1916, Nunn turned the News into a general newspaper. In 1926, Eugene A. Howe and Wilbur Clayton Hawk bought the Amarillo Daily News and merged it with their Globe newspaper to form the Amarillo Globe-News Publishing Company. The Amarillo Times started on December 15, 1937, as an afternoon tabloid. On December 2, 1951, the Globe-News and Times were merged into one company with the majority of the stock owned by the Times' Whittenburg family. The publisher was Samuel Benjamin Whittenburg (1914-1992). The Daily News would continue as the morning newspaper, while the Globe-News and Times were merged into the afternoon Globe-Times. The Amarillo Globe-Times won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. On September 1, 1972, Morris Communications acquired the Amarillo Globe-News. In 2001, the Globe-News decided to merge the two newspapers into one morning edition.
Circulation: 36,142 copies
This newspaper is owned by Morris Communications Company LLC.
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| Matthew Hutchison is the assignment editor of the Amarillo Globe-News. Telephone number: 806.376.4488 Mailing address: 900 S. Harrison, Amarillo, TX 79101 For more Amarillo Globe-News contact information, become a Mondo Times Advanced or Professional Member. If you are a member, log in now. |
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Content: Political Bias: Leans Right (2 votes) Credibility: Moderate (2 votes) |
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