The Tuscaloosa News is a daily newspaper serving Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, and the surrounding area in west central Alabama. It is owned by USA Today Co.
In 2012, Halifax Media Group acquired the Tuscaloosa News. Prior to that, the paper's owner was The New York Times Company.Halifax Media purchases 16 newspapers The New York Times Company acquired the News in 1985 from the Public Welfare Foundation, a charitable entity."Times Co. In Pact for 3 Dailies," The New York Times, January 15, 1985, p. D21 The News had been donated to that foundation by its owner Edward Marsh, along with other newspapers he owned, before his death in 1964.PR Newswire, January 14, 1985
In 2015, Halifax was acquired by GateHouse Media (legally known as New Media Investment Group).New Media Announces Agreement to Acquire Halifax Media Group for $280.0 Million In 2019, Gatehouse's parent company was purchased by Gannett.
The News has a 12-month average circulation in 2008 of 32,700 daily and 34,600 Sunday.New York Times Company Business Units Of the 25 daily newspapers published in Alabama, the News has the fifth-highest daily circulation.Alabama Press Association: 2008 Ratesheet Beginning in 2001, the News constructed and occupied a new facility overlooking the Black Warrior River."Warehouse Sites Allow 'Bama Dailies to Build in Downtown Areas," Editor and Publisher Magazine, November 5, 2001, p. 22
The Tuscaloosa News has received two Pulitzer Prizes. The first was in 1957, when the paper won the prize for editorial writing, for Buford Boone's editorials on the issue of segregation at the University of Alabama, as exemplified by "What A Price For Peace".Pulitzer Prizes: 1957 The second Pulitzer Prize was awarded for the paper's outstanding reporting on the tornado outbreaks of April 25 to 28, 2011.Pulitzer Prizes: 2012
Because Tuscaloosa is home to the University of Alabama, the News places particular emphasis on coverage of its sports programs, and maintains a separate website for that coverage.
Since late 2012, the Tuscaloosa News has become available in the Birmingham, Alabama, area. The reason for its expansion into Birmingham is to fill a perceived void in the market when the Birmingham News cut back publication to three days a week earlier in the year.
In March 2022, the Tuscaloosa News moved to a six day printing schedule, eliminating its printed Saturday edition.
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