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((Short description|Daily newspaper in Winter Haven, Florida))
((Refimprove|date=March 2010))
((Infobox Newspaper |
name = News Chief ||
image =<!-- Deleted image removed:  [[Image:coverforwiki.jpg|175px]]  -->|
caption = The December 9, 2008 front page<br />of ''News Chief''|
type = Daily [[newspaper]] |
format = [[Broadsheet]] |
foundation =  1911|
owners = [[Gannett]] |
political = |
headquarters = 455 Sixth St. N.W. [[Winter Haven, Florida]] , 33881<br />United States|
editor = Bob Heist |
publisher =  T. Brian Burns |
website = [http://www.newschief.com newschief.com] |
ISSN = 	1085-9101
))

The '''''News Chief''''' is a daily paper located in [[Winter Haven, Florida]] that serves east [[Polk County, Florida]]. It is owned by [[Gannett]] and is located at 455 Sixth St. N.W.

== History ==
The ''News Chief'' traces its beginnings to September 28, 1911, when the first edition of the weekly ''Florida Chief'' was published by its founder, M.M. "Dad" Lee.

Everything originally was handset, but, within four years, Lee had moved the [[newspaper]] to larger quarters and eventually acquired three [[linotype machine]]s. During its 10th anniversary in September 1921, the [[newspaper]] went to twice-a-week publication, and three years later went to five days a week, Monday through Friday.

Lee continued the [[newspaper]] through two severe hurricanes (1926 and 1933), a fire (1930) and the Great Depression before selling the [[newspaper]] in January 1948 to W.W. Galvin of Ohio.

Galvin immediately acquired a weekly, ''The Winter Haven News'', and combined it with the ''Florida Chief'' into the ''News Chief''.

The [[newspaper]] eventually passed to the W.E. "Bill" Rynerson family, which later acquired the weekly ''Auburndale Star''.

Disaster struck on Nov. 13, 1954, when a major fire destroyed the ''News Chief's'' downtown [[Winter Haven, Florida|Winter Haven]] building and severely damaged most of the equipment.

A four-page Sunday edition was printed at ''The Winter Haven Herald'' to keep intact the record of not missing a scheduled publication day.

In March 1964, the ''News Chief'' became one of the early leaders in [[Florida]] [[journalism]] in converting to offset printing.

In December 1972, the ''News Chief'' moved from its downtown plant to new quarters.

The ''News Chief'' added to its holdings with the purchase of the ''Winter Haven Shopping Guide'' in 1978.

In 1979, the Rynerson family sold the ''News Chief'' to [[Multimedia (media company)|Multimedia]] Inc.

In 1990, the ''News Chief'' was sold to [[Stauffer Communications]].

In 1995, the ''News Chief'' and its other holdings became part of [[Morris Communications]] Co. with the Morris purchase of the Stauffer Communications chain of publications.<ref>((cite book |editor1-last=Roberts |editor1-first= Gene |editor1-link=Gene Roberts (journalist) |editor2-last=Kunkel |editor2-first=Thomas  |editor3-last= Layton |editor3-first=Charles |date=2001 |title=Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering  |url=https://archive.org/details/leavingreadersbe00robe|url-access=registration |location=[[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]] |publisher=[[University of Arkansas Press]] |isbn= 1610752325))</ref>

On December 1 2007, the ''News Chief'' and its other holdings, including the ''Polk Shopper'', became part of [[GateHouse Media]] Inc.

In March 2008, GateHouse sold the ''News Chief's'' [[newspaper]] operations to [[The New York Times Company]] and its [[Lakeland, Florida|Lakeland]] [[newspaper]], ''[[The Ledger]]''. On January 6, 2012, Halifax Media Group became the new owner of the News Chief.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/items/2012/01/06/halifax-media-purchases-16-newspapers.html |title=Halifax Media purchases 16 newspapers |access-date=2012-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109211739/http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/items/2012/01/06/halifax-media-purchases-16-newspapers.html |archive-date=2012-01-09 |url-status=dead ))</ref> In 2015, Halifax was acquired by [[New Media Investment Group]], owner of the GateHouse chain.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://ir.newmediainv.com/Cache/1001192429.PDF?Y=&O=PDF&D=&FID=1001192429&T=&IID=4426551 |title=New Media Announces Agreement to Acquire Halifax Media Group for $280.0 Million |access-date=2015-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307125519/http://ir.newmediainv.com/Cache/1001192429.PDF?Y=&O=PDF&D=&FID=1001192429&T=&IID=4426551 |archive-date=2016-03-07 |url-status=dead ))</ref>

==References==
((reflist))

== External links ==
* ((official|http://www.newschief.com))

((Gannett))

[[Category:Newspapers published in Florida]]
[[Category:Mass media in the Tampa Bay area]]
[[Category:Winter Haven, Florida]]
[[Category:Polk County, Florida]]
[[Category:Daily newspapers published in the United States]]
[[Category:1911 establishments in Florida]]
[[Category:Newspapers established in 1911]]
[[Category:Gannett publications]]

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