''Daily News Record'' (or ''DNR'') was an American fashion trade journal published by

Fairchild Publications, Inc. Fairchild Media is a publisher of fashion trade magazines, websites, and conferences for the fashion, retail and beauty industries. Fairchild Media brands include ''Women’s Wear Daily'', ''Footwear News'' (FN), ''Beauty Inc'', ''M'' and ''Fairch ...

''DNR'' started in 1890 when

Edmund Fairchild Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings and ...

used the wealth he had accumulated selling soap to purchase the '' Chicago Herald Gazette'', a newspaper which focused on the men’s clothing business. Along with his brother Luis, Fairchild published a mimeographed paper which they called the ''Daily Trade Record'' and distributed at the

1893 Chicago World's Fair The World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, hel ...

. The paper was so successful that the pair decided to continue publication even after the fair finished. It acquired its current name some time later, and included a small feature about women’s wear. In July, 1910, this feature was split from the paper, and given its own publication that is today ''

Women's Wear Daily ''Women's Wear Daily'' (also known as ''WWD'') is a fashion-industry trade journal often referred to as the "Bible of fashion".Horyn, Cathy"Breaking Fashion News With a Provocative Edge" ''The New York Times''. (August 20, 1999). It provides infor ...

''. In 1999, the parent company of the ''Daily News Record'', Fairchild Publications, Inc. was acquired by

Condé Nast Publications Condé is a French place name and personal name. It is ultimately derived from a Celtic word, "Condate", meaning "confluence" (of two rivers) - from which was derived the Romanised form "Condatum", in use during the Roman period, and thence to t ...

after briefly being owned by

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(which had acquired when it purchased Capital Cities Communications)."MEDIA; Conde's Latest Acquisition Has Fashion Industry Fidgeting"
''The New York Times'', Aug. 23, 1999, by Alex Kuczynski The staff was told of ''DNRs folding at an afternoon meeting on November 20, 2008, by

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John Birmingham. Its men's fashion coverage was absorbed into ''Women's Wear Daily'' and is featured every week.

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