The paper was founded on August 22, 1924, as the Lakeland Evening Ledger. In 1927, it bought its main competitor, the morning Lakeland Star-Telegram. By 1930, it was obvious that Lakeland could not support two papers, so Ledger Publishing Company merged the two papers into a single morning paper, the Lakeland Ledger and Star-Telegram. In 1941, Star-Telegram was dropped from the masthead, and in 1967 the name was shortened to simply The Ledger.
Jerome Ferson became publisher of the newspaper on July 30, 2007. Kevin Drake became publisher of the newspaper on January 21, 2014.[4] In October 2016, Drake left The Ledger to return to his hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina, to work as a group publisher for GateHouse Media.[5]
Brian Burns, former publisher of The Tampa Tribune, joined The Ledger as publisher on January 25, 2017.[6] He departed the newspaper July 25, 2019.[7] No new publisher had been named as of October 2021.[citation needed]
Referencesedit
^"Member Directory". Florida Press Association. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
^Halifax Media purchases 16 newspapers January 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^New Media Announces Agreement to Acquire Halifax Media Group for $280.0 Million March 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^Ceballos, John (January 21, 2014). "New Publisher Named for The Ledger". The Ledger. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
^Devore, Lenore (October 12, 2016). "Ledger Media Group Publisher Kevin Drake leaving Polk County, returning to his roots". The Ledger.
^Devore, Lenore (January 25, 2017). "Brian Burns named new publisher of the Ledger Media Group". The Ledger.
^Bouffard, Kevin (July 15, 2019). "Publisher Brian Burns leaving Ledger Media Group". The Ledger.
External linksedit
Official website
Today's The Ledger front page at the Freedom Forum website
February 15, 2024
ledger, other, uses, ledger, disambiguation, daily, newspaper, serving, lakeland, florida, polk, county, area, typedaily, newspaperformatbroadsheetowner, gannetteditorleon, tuckerfoundedaugust, 1924headquarterslakeland, floridacirculation16, issn0163, 0288oclc. For other uses see Ledger disambiguation The Ledger is a daily newspaper serving Lakeland Florida and the Polk County area The LedgerTypeDaily newspaperFormatBroadsheetOwner s GannettEditorLeon TuckerFoundedAugust 22 1924HeadquartersLakeland FloridaCirculation16 835 1 ISSN0163 0288OCLC number187953892Websitetheledger wbr comHistory editThe paper was founded on August 22 1924 as the Lakeland Evening Ledger In 1927 it bought its main competitor the morning Lakeland Star Telegram By 1930 it was obvious that Lakeland could not support two papers so Ledger Publishing Company merged the two papers into a single morning paper the Lakeland Ledger and Star Telegram In 1941 Star Telegram was dropped from the masthead and in 1967 the name was shortened to simply The Ledger The New York Times Company bought The Ledger in 1970 and owned it until 2012 when it sold its entire regional newspaper group to Halifax Media 2 In 2015 Halifax was acquired by New Media Investment Group 3 Jerome Ferson became publisher of the newspaper on July 30 2007 Kevin Drake became publisher of the newspaper on January 21 2014 4 In October 2016 Drake left The Ledger to return to his hometown of Spartanburg South Carolina to work as a group publisher for GateHouse Media 5 Brian Burns former publisher of The Tampa Tribune joined The Ledger as publisher on January 25 2017 6 He departed the newspaper July 25 2019 7 No new publisher had been named as of October 2021 citation needed References edit Member Directory Florida Press Association Retrieved April 10 2023 Halifax Media purchases 16 newspapers Archived January 9 2012 at the Wayback Machine New Media Announces Agreement to Acquire Halifax Media Group for 280 0 Million Archived March 7 2016 at the Wayback Machine Ceballos John January 21 2014 New Publisher Named for The Ledger The Ledger Retrieved May 22 2014 Devore Lenore October 12 2016 Ledger Media Group Publisher Kevin Drake leaving Polk County returning to his roots The Ledger Devore Lenore January 25 2017 Brian Burns named new publisher of the Ledger Media Group The Ledger Bouffard Kevin July 15 2019 Publisher Brian Burns leaving Ledger Media Group The Ledger External links editOfficial website Today s The Ledger front page at the Freedom Forum website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Ledger amp oldid 1188180029, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
