The Amarillo Globe-News has been a trusted news source for the Texas Panhandle for more than a century.
Our goal isn’t just to tell the story. It’s to empower our audience by providing that coverage in a way that is meaningful to the community, with an ethical approach and context that helps inform decisions. In doing so, we strive to continue our legacy as an essential resource that provides value to our readers’ lives.
Whether we’re going beyond the field with local athletes from area high schools or universities including West Texas A&M or covering breaking news on the scene, our team is dedicated to accuracy, accountability, independence and community value.
The paper prints six days a week, but our digital platforms provide our audience with the latest news, sports and features 24/7.
What platforms are the Amarillo Globe-News on?
We are a news organization that distributes our content on multiple platforms. We have a print edition with full access to our digital products, including our eNewspaper and all Premium stories on our website, amarillo.com.
You can get all our news on our newsletters here, and make the Globe-News your Google Preferred Source when looking for Amarillo-area news and information by using this link: Source preferences
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Who owns The Amarillo Globe-News?
The Amarillo Globe-News is owned by the Gannett Corp., which is part of the USA Today Network.
The current-day Globe-News is a combination of several newspapers previously published in Amarillo. One began on Nov. 4, 1909, as a prohibition publication by the Baptist deacon Dr. Joseph Elbert Nunn. In 1916, Nunn turned the Amarillo Daily News into a general newspaper.
In 1926, Eugene A. Howe and Wilbur Clayton Hawk bought the Amarillo Daily News and merged it with their Globe newspaper to form the Amarillo Globe-News Publishing Company.
The Amarillo Times started on Dec. 15, 1937, as an afternoon tabloid newspaper. On Dec. 2, 1951, the Globe-News and Times were merged into one company with the majority of the stock owned by the Times’ Roy Whittenburg family, being published by Samuel Benjamin Whittenburg. The Daily News continued as the morning newspaper, while the Globe-News and Times were merged into the afternoon Globe-Times.
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The Amarillo Globe-Times won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for exposing government corruption in Potter and Randall counties. The organization noted the paper “expos[ed] a breakdown in local law enforcement with resultant punitive action that swept lax officials from their posts and brought about the election of a reform slate.”
On Sept. 1, 1972, Morris Communications bought the Globe-News from the Whittenburg family.
In 2001, the Daily News and Globe-Times merged into one morning edition, the Globe-News.
In 2017, Morris Communications sold its newspapers to GateHouse Media, since rebranded following a merger with Gannett.
How can I reach The Amarillo Globe-News?
Customer support can be reached at 1-877-424-0007, or go to https://help.lubbockonline.com/.
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