• Morris Communications Company LLC is a privately held media company with diversified holdings that include newspaper and magazine publishing, outdoor advertising, radio broadcasting, book publishing and distribution and online services.
• Morris Communications holdings include 13 daily newspapers, numerous nondaily and free community papers, six branches of Fairway Outdoor Advertising, 33 radio stations and two radio networks, two book publishing and distribution houses, numerous magazines and specialized publications, more than 100 visitor (travel and tourism) publications, including Where Guestbooks and magazines, maps, Best Read Guides, an online service and two event marketing companies.
• Morris Publishing Group was formed in 2001 and assumed the operations of the newspaper business segment of its parent company, Morris Communications Co. Morris Publishing Group publishes the company's daily, nondaily and free community newspapers in the United States. (The nondaily newspaper Alaska Star is a part of the Alaska Publications Group, which is owned by Morris Communications Co., but is not a part of Morris Publishing Group LLC.)
• Morris Communications Co. officers include: William S. Morris III, chairman and CEO; William S. Morris IV, president; James C. Currow, executive vice president of newspapers; Craig S. Mitchell, senior vice president of finance, secretary and treasurer; Steve K. Stone, senior vice president and chief financial officer of newspapers and shared services; and Carl N. Cannon.
• In the United States, Morris Communications has interests and/or holdings in 29 states and the District of Columbia: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington state and Wisconsin.
• Overseas, Morris Communications has holdings in London, England; Paris, France; Asia; and the Principality of Monaco. Morris also owns several visitor publications in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

May 28, 1945: Southeastern Newspapers Inc. is established.

Aug. 1, 1963: Southeastern Newspapers Corp. formed.

April 11, 1966: William S. Morris III elected president of Southeastern Newspapers Corp. and named publisher of The Augusta Chronicle and Augusta Herald.

Nov. 4, 1970: Morris Communications Corp. is established.

Jan. 1, 1983: Morris Communications acquires Florida Publishing Co. The purchase includes The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville; Jacksonville Journal; The St. Augustine Record; and weekly Courier-Journal in Crescent City.

July 1985: Morris purchases Naegele Outdoor Advertising Inc.

June 14, 1995: Purchase of Stauffer Communications Inc. is completed.

March 1, 1998: Morris purchases Cadogan Guides, London, England, and creates Morris Publications Ltd. UK. Later purchases several London-based visitor publications.

October 2001: Morris Publishing Group is formed.

Oct. 31, 2001: Legal name of company changed to Morris Communications Company LLC.