Recent History
The Impartial Reporter was owned and published by the Trimble family until 2006, when it was sold to Ulster News Group (a subsidiary of Dunfermline Press, Ltd.). It holds the world's record for being the newspaper to have its ownership longest in the hands of a single family. The Trimble family continues to exercise a managing role in the newspaper.
In 2008, the Impartial Reporter was named as "Newspaper of the Year" in the inaugural Slugger O'Toole political awards.
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