News Publishing Company
Newspaper PublishingGeorgia, United States51-200 Employees
The News Publishing Company is a Rome, Georgia-based newspaper publisher with roots dating to 1928, when its founders purchased the Rome News-Tribune. It remains family-owned, with the Mooney family holding all stock, and its portfolio includes the daily Rome News-Tribune among ten publications; the company employs about 225 people, excluding independent carriers. The company expanded over several decades through acquisitions beginning with The Rockmart Journal in 1980 and the Calhoun Times in 1986. It later added the Cherokee County Herald and The Cedartown Standard in 1988, followed by the Walker County Messenger the same year, and the Cherokee County Sun in 1989, which was merged with the Herald; the Catoosa County News was acquired in 1990. In addition to paid publications, the group operates several weekly free-distribution titles.