On Jim Morton's death, the Morton Newspaper Empire - which comprised around 22 titles in Northern Ireland, passed on to his son John who sold them to Scottish Radio, who consequently sold them on to Johnston Press.
The editor of the Portadown Times is Alistair Bushe who took over from David Armstrong who was in charge for more than 40 years.
Alistair was appointed editor of the daily newspaper The News Letter.
Clint Aiken is editing the Portadown Times.
In 2017, the Portadown Times joined the British Newspaper Archive.