The Daily Progress

The Daily Progress

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	Media General
Publisher	Lawrence McConnell
Editor	McGregor McCance
Headquarters	685 Rio Road W. Charlottesville, Va. 22901  United States
Official website	dailyprogress.com

The Daily Progress is the sole daily paper in the vicinity of Charlottesville, Virginia. Published continuously for over 100 years^{[citation needed]}, it is now owned by Richmond-based Media General.

The building that long housed The Daily Progress, on Market Street in downtown Charlottesville.

While much of its writing staff consist of an ever-changing flock of youthful reporters, it contains a few veteran journalists, including feature-penning Vietnam veteran David Maurer, award-winning Bryan McKenzie and longtime sports columnist Jerry Ratcliffe.^{[citation needed]} The Daily Progress was long owned by the local Worrell family, under the aegis of Worrell Enterprises, but the paper was sold to Media General as a part of a larger $230M deal in 1995. ^[1]

References

1. ^ "Media General Announces Acquisition of a Group of Newspapers from Worrell Enterprises, Inc." (Press release). Media General. 1995-10-26. 

External links

• History of Media General