The ''Delaware County Daily Times'' is a daily newspaper published in the Primos section of
Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania
Upper Darby Township, often shortened to Upper Darby, is a home rule township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The township borders Philadelphia, the nation's sixth most populous city as of 2020 with 1.6 million residents.
As of the 2020 cen ...
in the United States. It is the only major newspaper in the state to be branded with a county name rather than a city. It is known for its colorful "Sound Off" feature and allowing voices from the community on either side of the political spectrum to be heard.
The newspaper began as the ''Chester Daily Times'' in 1876. Its current name was adopted in 1959 and its offices left the economically declining City of
Chester, Pennsylvania
Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located within the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, it is the only city in Delaware County and had a population of 32,605 as of the 2020 census.
Incorporated in 1682, Chester i ...
for Primos, an unincorporated postal designation in
Upper Darby Township
Upper Darby Township, often shortened to Upper Darby, is a home rule township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The township borders Philadelphia, the nation's sixth most populous city as of 2020 with 1.6 million residents.
As of the 2020 cen ...
. According to the
Journal Register Company
21st Century Media was an American media company. It was the successor of Ingersoll Publications and Journal Register Company, and it was succeeded by Digital First Media.
The company operated more than 350 multi-platform products in 992 comm ...
, it has the largest circulation of any
suburb
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an paper in the
Philadelphia
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area. The Sunday edition is known as the ''Delaware County Sunday Times''.
History
The first edition of the paper, then known as the ''Chester Times'', was a four-page broadsheet printed on September 7, 1876, selling for one cent. Pictures began to appear in the paper by 1915. In November 1959, the ''Chester Times'' changed its name to the ''Delaware County Daily Times. ''
On June 15, 1981, the paper transformed from a broadsheet to a tabloid and made the switch from an afternoon paper to a morning edition. Previously a six-day paper, the ''Delaware County Daily Times'' began to print Saturday editions on October 25, 1997.
Notable former reporters
*
William Cameron Sproul
William Cameron Sproul (September 16, 1870 – March 21, 1928) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1897 to 1919 and as the 27th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1919 ...
, former Pennsylvania governor and 1920 Republican presidential candidate.
[Logue, Timothy. "The People Behind the Times." Delaware County Daily Times, Sept. 28, 2001]
* F. Gilman Spencer Sr., 1974 Pulitzer Prize winner in editorial writing.
*
Orrin C. Evans, pioneering African-American journalist
* Joby Warrick, 1996 Pulitzer Prize winner for public service in journalism.
Selected editors
* Phil Heron (to 2020)
* Joseph Hart (2020-2022)
References
External links
Delaware County Daily and Sunday Times
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Delaware County, Pennsylvania
21st Century Media publications
Daily newspapers published in Pennsylvania