O’Neil new publisher of The Enquirer Journal

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MONROE, N.C. — The parent company of The Enquirer Journal has named a new publisher in the wake of the departure of longtime Publisher Dale Morefield last week.

Paxton Media Group has named Linda O’Neil publisher of The Enquirer Journal and all six of Paxton Media Group’s South Carolina papers. Besides the Monroe paper, those include The Lancaster News, the News & Reporter in Chester, the Progressive Journal in Pageland, the Chronicle Independent in Camden, the Lee County Observer and the Country Chronicle in Blythewood, all in South Carolina.

O'Neil has been in the newspaper industry for over 30 years; the last four years with Paxton Media Group, which purchased The Lancaster News in 2021, along with the Chester and Pageland papers. It bought the other South Carolina papers in 2023.

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