Pocono Record
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Local Media Group |
| Publisher | Joe Vanderhoof |
| Editor | Beth Brelje |
| Founded | April 2, 1894 (as the Stroudsburg Daily Times) |
| Headquarters | 511 Lenox Street, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, 18360  United States
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| Website | poconorecord.com |
The Pocono Record is a daily newspaper published in print and online in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
The Pocono Record was founded as the Stroudsburg Daily Times on April 2, 1894.
In 1946, the newspaper was purchased by James H. Ottaway, Sr., becoming the third newspaper in what would become the Ottaway Community Newspapers chain. Today, the Pocono Record is a subsidiary of Local Media Group.
On September 4, 2013, News Corp announced that it would sell the Dow Jones Local Media Group to Newcastle Investment Corp.—an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group, for $87 million. The newspapers will be operated by GateHouse Media, a newspaper group owned by Fortress. News Corp. CEO and former Wall Street Journal editor Robert James Thomson indicated that the newspapers were "not strategically consistent with the emerging portfolio" of the company. GateHouse in turn filed prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 27, 2013, to restructure its debt obligations in order to accommodate the acquisition.
Officially, the article "The" is not part of the newspaper's name.
The Pocono Record is the newspaper of record for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Its coverage area centers on Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg and includes the area's many small communities. The newspaper also covers parts of Pike, Lackawanna, Wayne and Carbon counties as well as areas of western New Jersey. It is often referred to, humorously, as the Pocono Wretched, due its perceived lack of quality reporting and frequent errors.
Monroe County is one of Pennsylvania's fastest-growing counties, giving the Pocono Record tremendous growth opportunities. However, this is a challenge for the newspaper because much of the population commutes to New York City or New Jersey and feels little connection to Monroe County - and therefore lacks the motivation to read the community newspaper.
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