Citrus County Chronicle

Florida-based newspaper

Citrus County Chronicle

Front page of the September 9, 2021, issue

Type| Newspaper
Owner(s)| Paxton Media Group
Founder(s)| Albert M. Williamson
Founded| 1889
Headquarters| 1624 N. Meadowcrest Blvd. Crystal River, FL 34429
OCLC number| 15802799
Website| chronicleonline.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

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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, its current owner

## References

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1. ^ https://www.loc.gov/item/sn87070035/ LOC
2. ^ https://www.chronicleonline.com/ CO

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