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The Commercial Appeal (also known as the Memphis Commercial Appeal) is a daily newspaper of Memphis, Tennessee, and its surrounding metropolitan area.It is owned by the Gannett Company; its former owner, the E. W. Scripps Company, also owned the former afternoon paper, the Memphis Press-Scimitar, which it folded in 1983.
Robert Lewis Jr. became a business leader in Memphis, and was noted for his efforts at establishing T. O. Fuller State Park. Other noted achievements include advocating for the hiring of the first African-American firefighters in Memphis in 1955, being the first African-American appointed to the city's Alcohol Beverage Commission, and ...
The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5] The site attracts more than 30 million unique visitors per month and is among the top 40 trafficked websites in the world. [4]
Thomas Waterson — police officer who captured Machine Gun Kelly in a Memphis raid in 1933 Luke J. Weathers (1920–2011) — former U.S. Army Air Force officer and member of Tuskegee Airmen [ 6 ] Ida B. Wells — civil rights advocate and women's rights advocate
The Daily News is a newspaper covering business, government and legal news in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, the largest county by population in the state of Tennessee, including the largest city in the county, Memphis, Tennessee. The Daily News, which is published Monday through Friday, is the paper of record for the county.
PAnews.com The Port Arthur News is six-day morning newspaper published every day except Mondays in Port Arthur, Texas , covering Jefferson County . It is owned by Boone Newspapers .
In addition, the station offered the live discussion program Memphis Forum. [14] WPTY was the only independent station in Memphis until April 18, 1983, when TVX Broadcast Group launched WMKW-TV on channel 30. [15] With two independents in town, the stations engaged in competition among themselves, [16] though WPTY led WMKW in the ratings. [17]