On December 3, 2004, The Durham Herald Co., the parent company of The Herald Sun and The Chapel Hill Herald announced that Paxton Media Group had purchased the company from the locally based Rollins family.
On December 3, 2004, The Durham Herald Co., which is also the parent company of The Herald Sun and The Chapel Hill Herald, revealed that Paxton Media Group had taken control of the company from the locally rooted Rollins family.