Bertie Ledger-Advance is an American newspaper based in Windsor, North Carolina covering Bertie County.

Bertie Ledger-Advance
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Cooke Communications
PublisherKyle Stephens
EditorThadd White
Sports editorJim Green
Staff writersDeborah Griffin
Founded1829 (as The Advance)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters109 S King St Windsor, NC 27983
Circulation1,472 (as of 2019)[1]
OCLC number13118314
Websitedailyadvance.com/bertie

Cox Newspapers sold the paper to Cooke Communications North Carolina in 2009. It is published every week on Wednesday.[2] The circulation in 2004 was 4,200.[3] Preceding titles of this paper include The Advance and Bertie County Ledger, which were both published from 1929 to 1930.[4]

History

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The Bertie Ledger-Advance was first published as the Windsor Herald and Bertie County Register in 1832.[2] In 1928, the Bertie Ledger-Advance was established through The Aulander Advance and The Windsor Ledger.[2][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Regional Maps and Circulation (Eastern North Carolina)" (PDF). Adams Publishing Group. 2019-12-01. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. ^ a b c "Bertie Ledger-Advance". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  3. ^ "Expanding News Deserts | UNC Center for Innovation & Sustainability in Local Media". The Expanding News Desert. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  4. ^ a b Humanities, National Endowment for the. "Bertie ledger-advance. [volume]". Retrieved 2019-10-24.