Richmond Register

Infobox Newspaper
name = Richmond Register


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type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = 1917
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owners = Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
publisher = Nicholas W. Lewis
editor = Jim Todd
circulation = 6,874 daily [ [http://www.cnhi-can.com/circulation CNHI-CAN Circulation] , figures for an undetermined date, accessed January 19, 2007.]
headquarters = 380 Big Hill Avenue
Richmond, Kentucky 40475 USA
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website = [http://www.richmondregister.com/ richmondregister.com]

The "Richmond Register" is a seven-day daily newspaper based in Richmond, Kentucky, and covering Madison County. It publishes in the afternoons, Monday through Thursday, and in the mornings on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The "Register" is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.

In January 2006, the Kentucky Press Association named the "Register" best newspaper in the state in its circulation division, based on the number of awards won in the "Daily Class 1" division (for the smallest daily newspapers by circulation) of the KPA's 2005 Excellence In Kentucky Newspapers contest. [http://www.richmondregister.com/aboutus The Richmond Register: About Us] , accessed January 19, 2007.] [ [http://kypress.com/excellence2006results/ge.asp Kentucky Press Association 2006 Excellence In Kentucky Newspaper Awards, List of General Excellence winners] , accessed June 9, 2007.]

History

As the only surviving daily in Richmond, the "Register" is heir to a crowded field. "The Globe Register" debuted November 2, 1809, but lasted only a year before changing its name to "The Luminary", which in turn was sold and became "The Farmer's Chronicle" in 1822. In 1845, the name changed to "The Whig Chronicle"; and in 1852 it became "The Weekly Messenger", the largest circulated newspaper in Kentucky outside Louisville. The paper ended its run in 1862, presumably due to the onset of the American Civil War.

The story of today's "Register" began in 1917, when S.M. Saufley purchased two Richmond papers, "The Climax" and "The Kentucky Register", and founded "The Richmond Daily Register". The Saufley, Johnson and Challinor-Tureman families took turns as owners, publishers and general managers of the paper until 1970, when Frank Helderman Sr. bought it. His wife sold to Thomson Corporation in 1985, and Thomson yielded to American Publishing, part of Hollinger International, in 1995. The "Register" is now published by CNHI, which bought it in 1999.

External links

* [http://www.richmondregister.com "Richmond Register" Website]
* [http://www.cnhi.com CNHI Website]

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