The Dispatch (Lexington)
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The Dispatch is an American
daily newspaper published in Lexington, North Carolina
, by the New York Times Regional Media Group. The newspaper is published Monday through Saturday with no Sunday edition. Billing itself as "Davidson County
's News Source", The Dispatch began publication in 1902. The paper is a successor to a weekly newspaper
known as The Davidson Dispatch, founded by T.B. Eldridge, which was published from May 5, 1882, though 1902. The paper increased to semi-weekly publication in 1919 and to its current six-day-a-week schedule on September 6, 1948. The Dispatch was acquired by the New York Times Company in 1973. The current estimated circulation figure for The Dispatch is 12,000 copies per day.
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daily newspaper published in Lexington, North Carolina
Lexington, North Carolina
Lexington is the county seat of Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 19,953. It is located in central North Carolina, twenty miles south of Winston-Salem. Major highways include I-85, U.S. Route 29, U.S. Route 70, U.S. Route 52 ...
, by the New York Times Regional Media Group. The newspaper is published Monday through Saturday with no Sunday edition. Billing itself as "Davidson County
Davidson County, North Carolina
-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 149,331 people, 58,156 households, and 42,512 families residing in the county. The population density was 267 people per square mile . There were 62,432 housing units at an average density of 113 per square mile...
's News Source", The Dispatch began publication in 1902. The paper is a successor to a weekly newspaper
Weekly newspaper
A weekly newspaper is a general-news publication that is published on newsprint once or twice a week.Such newspapers tend to have smaller circulations than daily newspapers, and are usually based in less-populous communities or small, defined areas within large cities; often, they may cover a...
known as The Davidson Dispatch, founded by T.B. Eldridge, which was published from May 5, 1882, though 1902. The paper increased to semi-weekly publication in 1919 and to its current six-day-a-week schedule on September 6, 1948. The Dispatch was acquired by the New York Times Company in 1973. The current estimated circulation figure for The Dispatch is 12,000 copies per day.