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For the media company headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, see Morris Communications.
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Morris Multimedia, Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryMedia conglomerate
Founded1970
HeadquartersSavannah, Georgia, United States
WebsiteMorrisMultimedia.com

Morris Multimedia, Inc. is an American media company based in Savannah, Georgia, founded in 1970 by Charles H. Morris. Morris Multimedia is the parent company of Morris Newspaper Corporation and Morris Network. The company's offices are in the Oliver Sturges House at 27 Abercorn Street in Savannah.[1]

Publications

The Morris Newspaper Corporation division owns and operates publications including dailies, shoppers, and specialty magazines in four states:[2]

Georgia

  • Bryan County News
  • Coastal Courier
  • Connect Savannah
  • Effingham Herald
  • Effingham Living
  • Statesboro Herald
  • Statesboro Magazine
  • Statesboro MOMents
  • The Reidsville Journal Sentinel

Iowa

  • Clayton County Times Register
  • The Guttenberg Press
  • The Guttenberg Trader

Kansas

  • Ellsworth County Independent Reporter
  • Great Bend Tribune
  • Marquette Tribune

Wisconsin

  • The Boscobel Dial
  • Prairie du Chien Courier Press
  • Crawford County Independent and Kickapoo Scout
  • Fennimore Times
  • Grant County Herald Independent
  • The Monroe Times
  • Muscoda Progressive
  • The Platteville Journal
  • Lancaster Reminder
  • Republican Journal
  • Cuba City Round Up
  • The Richland Observer
  • The Prairie du Chien Trader
  • Cuba City Tri County Press

Television

Morris Multimedia has its own broadcasting division, Morris Network, who owns and operates several television stations. In 2003, Morris Multimedia announced that they would sell KARK in Little Rock, Arkansas and WDHN in Dothan, Alabama to Nexstar Broadcasting Group for an undisclosed price.[3] Later that year, it purchased WCBI in Columbus from Imes Communications for an undisclosed price.[4] Between 2006 and 2008, Morris Multimedia purchased two television stations from Media General. These were WDEF-TV in Chattanooga and WTVQ-DT in Lexington. The former was part of the acquisition that Media General also saw that they would purchase the smaller NBC O&Os, while the latter was to reduce debt flow Media General had invested in.[5][6] Also in 2006, it purchased WWAY from Raycom Media for $18.5 million as part of divestitures regarding Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation.[7]

Current stations

Media market State Station Purchased Affiliation Notes
Macon Georgia WMGT-TV 1978 NBC
Biloxi–Gulfport Mississippi WXXV-TV 1997
  • Fox/MyTV
  • NBC (DT2)
  • CW+ (DT3)
Columbus–Tupelo–West Point WCBI-TV 2004
  • CBS
  • Fox (DT2)
  • MyTV (DT3)
WLOV-TV 2024 CW+ [a]
Wilmington North Carolina WWAY 2006
  • ABC
  • CBS (DT2)
  • CW+ (DT3)
WWAY-LD 2022 QVC
Chattanooga Tennessee WDEF-TV 2006 CBS

Former stations

Media market State Station Purchased Sold Notes
Dothan Alabama WDHN 1986 2003
Little Rock Arkansas KARK-TV 1988 2003
Valdosta–Albany Georgia WVGA 1986 1992
Lexington Kentucky WTVQ-DT 2008 2026

Morris Technology

Morris also owns Morris Technology, a company specializing in infrastructural services for the media industry.

Notes

  1. ↑ Owned by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company.

References

  1. ↑ Contact –MorrisMultimedia.com
  2. ↑ "Publishing". Morris Multimedia. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Nexstar In Line?". Talk Business & Politics. July 21, 2003. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  4. ↑ Elkins, Ashley. "Ga. company buys WCBI in Columbus". Daily Journal. Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  5. ↑ "MEDIA GENERAL COMPLETES CHATTANOOGA SALE". TV News Check. October 13, 2006. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Media General spins begin | Radio & Television Business Report". RBR. March 9, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Raycom sells WWAY station". Wilmington Star-News. December 30, 2005.

External links

  • www.morrismultimedia.com—Official web site


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