Citrus County Chronicle
TypeNewspaper
Owner(s)Paxton Media Group
Founder(s)Albert M. Williamson
Founded1889
Headquarters1624 N. Meadowcrest Blvd. Crystal River, FL 34429
Websitechronicleonline.com

Citrus County Chronicle is a newspaper serving Citrus County, Florida and the surrounding areas. It was based in the county seat of Inverness, and has since moved its headquarters to Crystal River.[1][2]

History

The paper was begun in 1889 by Albert M. Williamson as a business encyclical. Walter Warnock, county clerk, took over the publication in the 1890s and added news reporting. The paper has changed hands numerous times throughout the enduing years:

  • 1914 - George Butler becomes editor and owner, transferred later that year to Albert Butler
  • 1929 - Joseph Wilson of Clearwater, Florida buys the paper, and becomes an agrarian populist editor
  • 1935 - acquired by the Scofield Publishing Company
  • 1946 - purchased by a succession of Bradenton owners: N.A. Perry and J.R. Hough
  • 1947 - bought by Col. George Johnson
  • 1948 - sold to the Chicago Sun-Times editor Paul Ramsey
  • 1959 - sold to the Bennett Hahn Company, and quickly thereafter to Frances and Carl Turner of Wisconsin
  • 1962 - sold to a St. Petersburg group led by Herman Goldner
  • 1980 - merged with Landmark Community Newspapers
  • 2021 - sold to Paxton Media Group, it's current owner

References

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