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Morris Multimedia Type Private Industry Media conglomerate Headquarters Savannah, Georgia, US Website MorrisMultimedia.com Morris Multimedia, Inc. is a media company based in Savannah, Georgia, founded in 1970 by Charles H. Morris. Morris Multimedia, among the largest privately held media companies in the United States,[citation needed] is the parent company of Morris Newspaper Corporation and Morris Network.
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Newspapers
The Morris Newspaper Corporation division owns and operates over 65 publications including dailies, shoppers and specialty magazines in nine states and the Caribbean.
Daily newspapers
- Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas
- Manteca Bulletin - Manteca, California
- Statesboro Herald - Statesboro, Georgia
- Gainesville, Georgia
- The Signal - Santa Clarita, California
Television
Current Morris network stations
DMA rank Market Station ... channel (DT) Network Year acquired Notes 64. Lexington WTVQ-TV 36 (40) ABC
MyNetworkTV2008 Acquired from Media General in Spring 2008. [1] 86. Chattanooga WDEF-TV 12 (47) CBS 2006 Was Chattanooga's first television station. Acquired
from Media General on October 13, 2006 following
their acquisition of stations from NBC Universal.121. Macon WMGT-TV 41 (40) NBC
MyNetworkTV1978 Acquired in 1978 as the company's flagship station. 133. Columbus - Tupelo -
West PointWCBI-TV 4 (35) CBS /
MNTV on DT2 /
The CW on DT32003 Was the first licensed television station in Northern
Mississippi. Founded and originally owned by the
Commercial Dispatch newspaper.135. Wilmington WWAY 3 (46) ABC 2006 Was acquired from Raycom Media since ownership
rules set by the FCC prohibits that company from
owning and operating the station and one other,
NBC affiliate WECT.160. Biloxi - Gulfport WXXV-TV 25 (48) Fox 2001 Also serves the #168 Hattiesburg - Laurel market. Former Morris network stations
DMA rank Market Station Years owned Currently 57. Little Rock - Pine Bluff KARK-TV 4 1988–2003 NBC network affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group. 146. Valdosta - Albany WVGA 44 1986–1994 CBS network affiliate WSWG owned by Gray Television.
Serves as a semi-satellite of Tallahassee affiliate WCTV.
They both also carry MyNetworkTV on a digital subchannel.172. Dothan - Ozark WDHN 18 1986–2003 ABC network affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group. Morris Technology
Morris also owns Morris Technology, a company specialising in infrastructural services for the media industry.
External links
- www.morrismultimedia.com -- Official web site
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