''The Gleaner'' is an English-language, morning daily newspaper founded by two brothers,

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and Joshua de Cordova on 13 September 1834 in Kingston,

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

. Originally called the ''Daily Gleaner'', the name was changed on 7 December 1992 to ''The Gleaner''. The newspaper is owned and published by

Gleaner Company The Gleaner Company Ltd. is a newspaper publishing enterprise in Jamaica. Established in 1834 by Joshua and Jacob De Cordova, the company's primary product is ''The Gleaner'', a morning broadsheet published six days each week. It also publishes ...

publishing house in Kingston, Jamaica., ''The Gleaner'' is considered a

newspaper of record A newspaper of record is a major national newspaper with large circulation whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered authoritative and independent; they are thus "newspapers of record by reputation" and include some of the o ...

for Jamaica.

History

''The Gleaner'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the Western Hemisphere, and is considered a

for Jamaica. The morning broadsheet newspaper is presently published six days each week in Kingston. The Sunday paper edition is called the ''Sunday Gleaner''. The Sunday edition was first published in 1939, and it reaches twice as many readers as the daily paper. The influence, particularly historically, of the newspaper is so large that "Gleaner" has become synonymous in Jamaica for "newspaper". ''The Gleaner'' contains regular sub-sections and features the following: * ''Western Focus'' providing for the needs of the people living in the five western parishes; this special edition carries news, features, and advertisements from those parishes. * ''The Flair Magazine'' is designed to address topics of concern to women. * ''The Financial Gleaner'' is for the business and financial community. * ''Youthlink'' is a magazine addressing educational and other issues of concerns to the youth and highlighting their achievements. Overseas weekly editions of ''The Gleaner'' are published in

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, the

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and the

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. ''The Weekly Gleaner'' in the United Kingdom carries news of interest to the West Indians in United Kingdom. The paper offers coverage of important issues and events in both the Caribbean and the United Kingdom. The current Editor-in-Chief of ''The Gleaner'' is Kaymar Jordan.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gleaner, The Daily newspapers published in Jamaica Publications established in 1834 1834 establishments in North America

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