The ''Peninsula Daily News'' is a daily newspaper printed Sundays through Fridays (for publication days of Monday through Saturday), covering the northern
Olympic Peninsula
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in the state of
Washington
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, United States.
The paper's main offices are in
Port Angeles
Port Angeles ( ) is a city and county seat of Clallam County, Washington, United States. With a population of 19,960 as of the 2020 census, it is the largest city in the county. The population was estimated at 20,134 in 2021.
The city's har ...
, with news offices in
Port Townsend
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It is the county seat and only incorporated city of Jefferson County. In addition to ...
and
Sequim. It publishes separate editions for
Clallam County
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and
Jefferson County.
In 1963, the ''Evening News'' made several innovations to expand of its service to nearby
Forks
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and
Sequim, with a dedicated correspondent in each city. Advertising revenue and circulation numbers increased, with the total circulation growing from 6,650 to 7,000.
In the 2000s the ''Daily News'' also produced ''Sequim This Week''.
Sound Publications of
Poulsbo, Washington
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The area was historically in ...
, the largest publisher of
community newspaper
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If it covers wider topics, community j ...
s in Washington and a division of
Canadian
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publisher
Black Press
Black Press Group Ltd. is a Canadian publisher of prominent daily newspapers in Hawaii and Alaska and numerous non-daily newspapers in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, and (via Sound Publishing) the U.S. state of Washington.
Black Press M ...
, purchased the ''Peninsula Daily News'' for an undisclosed sum in November 2011. The paper's previous owner, Horvitz Newspapers of
Bellevue, Washington
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, had held it for 17 years.
The same day it purchased the ''Peninsula Daily News'', Sound Publications also bought a competing
weekly newspaper
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publisher, Olympic View Publishing Company, owner of the ''Sequim Gazette'' and ''Forks Forum'', along with local real estate publications.
Both the ''Daily News'' and the former Olympic View publications are printed at Sound Publications' "state-of-the-art" presses in
Everett. The closure of the ''Daily News'' presses in Port Angeles in November 2011 cost 20 full- and part-time pressroom and mailroom jobs.
References
External links
''Peninsula Daily News''
Newspapers published in Washington (state)
Clallam County, Washington
Jefferson County, Washington
Publications established in 1916
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