American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) prize for their coverage on a local bishop's resignation following confirmed sexual abuse allegations. Editor Edward Sears won the Editor of the Year award in 2004 from Editor & Publisher. Sears led the newsroombof The Post from 1985 to 2005. On Oct. 31, 2017, Cox Media Group announced its plans to sell The Palm Beach Post and Palm Beach Daily News. In 2018, it was announced that GateHouse Media would buy the newspapers for US$49.25 million, with the deal closing on May 1. As part of the Gannett and GateHouse Media merger of 2019, nine staffers were laid off from The Palm Beach Post in 2020. Recent operations In March 1996, PalmBeachPost.com was launched. In June 2008, the leaders of The Post decided to focus on the core readership area of Palm Beach County and southern Martin County. As digital readership grows, print readership slows. Faced with economic downturn and a changing industry, The Post reduced its payroll of 1,350 to about 1,000 and closes bureaus in Stuart, Port St. Lucie and Delray Beach. In December 2008, The Post closed its presses and moved printing to the Deerfield Beach plant of the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. On March 18, 2018, The Palm Beach Post was sold to the New York-based New Media Investment Group Inc. in a deal worth US$42.35 million. In August 2018, The Post had its digital team launch the GateHouse Florida Digital Audience team to expand GateHouse's digital audience across Florida. On April 4, 2019, the longtime editor Tim Burke accepted a lucrative position worth hundreds of thousands of dollars with LRP Media Group after the sale of The Palm Beach Post and all subsidies to the New York Conglomerate, New Media Investment Group. LRP is currently registered as a political research group in Florida. On Dec. 17, 2020, The Post named Rick Christie as its executive editor. See also List of newspapers in Florida References External links Mass media in the Miami metropolitan area Newspapers published in Florida Palm Beach County, Florida Publications established in 1916 Pulitzer Prize-winning newspapers West Palm Beach, Florida 1916 establishments in Florida Gannett publications