Who's behind the news?
Who's behind the news?
Taylorville, Illinois, USA
The Breeze-Courier is Christian County, Illinois's only daily newspaper, covering Taylorville and the surrounding county. It is owned by Paxton Media Group.
Long owned by Better Newspapers, Inc. (founded 1991 by Greg Hoskins), the Breeze-Courier was among eight Illinois titles the Hoskins family sold to Kentucky-based Paxton Media Group in September 2025, part of a larger 15-paper Illinois-and-Missouri sale. The sale drew scrutiny under Illinois's Strengthening Community Media Act, which took effect Jan. 1, 2025, and requires 120 days' notice to county government, employees, and interested Illinois nonprofits before a media company sale. Multiple county clerks and at least one Breeze-Courier sister-paper reporter told Capitol News Illinois they received no official notice before the sale was announced; the law carries no stated enforcement mechanism.
No distinguishing individual awards were identified in available sourcing.
President and CEO, Paxton Media Group: Jamie Paxton
Residents of Taylorville and Christian County, Illinois.
Address
400 W. Market Street, Suite 4
Taylorville, IL 62568
Phone
217-824-2233
Website
https://www.breezecourier.com
Sources
Capitol News Illinois (via Local News Initiative, Northwestern). Sale of Illinois newspapers puts new state law to the test
MediaPost. Publishers Daily: Better Newspapers Sells Illinois And Missouri Newspapers To Paxton Media Group
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