The Birmingham News
Newspaper published in Birmingham, Alabama / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Birmingham News was the principal newspaper for Birmingham, Alabama, United States in the latter half of the 20th Century and the first quarter of the 21st.[2] The paper was owned by Advance Publications and was a daily newspaper from its founding through September 30, 2012. After that day, the News and its two sister Alabama newspapers, the Press-Register in Mobile and The Huntsville Times, moved to a thrice-weekly print-edition publication schedule (Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays).
Type | Daily newspaper (1888–2012); Sunday-Wednesday-Friday (September 2012–February 2023) |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Advance Publications |
Founded | "The News": (unknown) The Evening News: 1888 The Daily News: 1889 The Birmingham News: 1895 |
Ceased publication | February 26, 2023 (2023-02-26) |
Headquarters | 1725 1st Avenue North Birmingham, Alabama 35203 US |
Circulation | 30,000 (est.)[1] |
Sister newspapers | The Huntsville Times Press-Register (Mobile) |
ISSN | 0899-0050 |
Website | al.com/birmingham |
The News and its sister newspapers printed their final edition on February 26, 2023, after almost 135 years of publication. Their digital operation, AL.com, survives.