The News & Record is an American, English language newspaper with the largest circulation serving Guilford County, North Carolina, and the surrounding region.
Both Benson and Elam eventually sold their interest in the paper to Reece who operated it as sole owner for 14 years until his death in 1915.
In 1999, the publication, at the direction of publisher Van King, broke with the downsizing trends in the newspaper industry and began a major expansion effort into communities surrounding Greensboro, especially the city of High Point and Randolph County.
[5][1] Editor John Robinson hired over 30 additional staffers, most of whom were assigned to existing news bureaus in Asheboro, Eden, and High Point.
[1] On January 31, 2013, the News & Record was sold to BH Media, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., a Fortune 500 company owned by billionaire Warren Buffett.
[1] "[F]ew print dailies, at least in North Carolina, have cut their way to irrelevance as brazenly as the News & Record has under BH Media and current owner Lee Enterprises. "
[10] The acquisition was soon followed by another round of layoffs at both Triad papers, including five News & Record journalists,[11] many of them from the sports staff.
[12] The paper was moved out of its downtown headquarters, which remained under BH Media ownership, and relocated to a rented space.