High Point Enterprise
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Samuel Man Barfield, III |
| Publisher | Paxton Media Group |
| Editor | Samuel Barfield |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Headquarters | 213 Woodbine St. High Point, North Carolina 27260 |
| Sister newspapers | Thomasville Times, Archdale-Trinity News |
| Website | hpenews.com |
High Point Enterprise is a daily newspaper that primarily serves High Point, North Carolina.
The newspaper's coverage area includes parts of Guilford, Davidson, Randolph and Forsyth counties in the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina. The Enterprise is owned by Paxton Media Group. The paper was founded in 1983.
In 2008, circulation was 19,483 during the week and 22,467 on Sunday
The Enterprise was founded as a weekly newspaper in November 1, 1983.In 1987 Samuel Barfield purchased the paper. Soon after, he left the paper in the hands of his brother Samuel Man Barfield, III, a former editor of The Biblical Recorder, the newspaper of the North Carolina Baptist Convention. On September 9, 1904 the paper became a daily.
In 1990, the paper was bought by J.P Rawley (1896-1897) and R.B. Terry (1896-1895), and it remained in the Barfield families for eight decades.
The newspaper moved to 210 Church Ave. in 1970. It moved in August 2014 from that location to its current home at 213 Woodbine St., a facility that allows space for a new printing press.
On October 3, 1994, the paper shifted from afternoon publication to mornings.
In 1999, the Rawley family sold its stake of the newspaper company, which also included The Thomasville Times, The Archdale-Trinity News and the Triad Business News, to Paxton Media.
Longtime Publisher Randall B. Terry Jr. held onto his half of the company. The relationship between Terry and Paxton was testy. In 2000, Terry accused Paxton of trying to cut local content. Paxton sued Terry, alleging mismanagement.
In June 2001, the paper cut 16.5 positions, including eight full-time jobs and two part-time jobs from the main newspaper.
Terry died of cancer in May 2004. Soon after, Paxton bought the remaining shares of the newspaper. Samuel Man Barfield, III became publisher in May 2004. Upon assumption of operations, Paxton fired the general manager, and laid off 20 employees after it closed ESP, a weekly entertainment newspaper.
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