The ''Daily Record'' is a statewide business and legal

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published in

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/ref> The paper publishes five days a week, 52 weeks a year, except for certain holidays.

Corporate history

Founded by

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, ''The Daily Record'' was first published in 1888 as a court and commercial paper.

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-based Dolan Media Inc., (NYSE: DM) acquired the Daily Record Company in 1994. The paper launched its

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in 1997. Dolan was acquired by GateHouse Media in 2015 and renamed BridgeTower Media the next year.

Daily content

The ''Daily Record'' reports on commerce, finance, law, business, construction and real estate, with a focus on

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and

Baltimore County Baltimore County ( , locally: or ) is the third-most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland and is part of the Baltimore metropolitan area. Baltimore County (which partially surrounds, though does not include, the independent City of ...

. Friday's edition features ''Maryland Business'', with an expanded look at business news. Monday's edition features ''Maryland Lawyer'', which expands on the paper's normal coverage of local, regional and national legal trends. The paper tracks Maryland's appellate courts (the Court of Appeals and the Court of Special Appeals and selected trial-level courts, including the circuit courts for Baltimore City and Baltimore County and Montgomery County and includes significant case law and opinion digests. The paper also covers the federal courts in Baltimore and Greenbelt and the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A Saturday edition was discontinued in 2008.

Additional publications and events

The ''Daily Record'' produces a number of target publications focused on particular aspects of Maryland business. The company also produces the newsletter ''Maryland Family Law Monthly'', which tracks family law matters in the state. The paper hosts a number of annual events honoring members of Maryland's business, legal, health care and other industries. These include Maryland's Top 100 Women, Leadership in Law and Influential Marylanders.

Blogs

''On the Record'' is the paper's legal

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and features contributions from the paper's writing and editing staff. ''Eye on Annapolis'' is a government matters

written by ''The Daily Record''s

Maryland General Assembly The Maryland General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland that convenes within the State House in Annapolis. It is a bicameral body: the upper chamber, the Maryland Senate, has 47 representatives and the lower chamb ...

reporter, with intensive coverage during the 90-day session running from January to March. "Maryland Business" is The Daily Record's business

featuring contributions from the writing and editing staff. And "Generation J.D." is The Daily Record's

for young lawyers, written by attorneys from across the state who are rising stars in the legal profession.

Awards

The paper received the

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’s 2007 General Excellence Award, Maryland Daily Division, circulation less than 16,000.

References

External links

''The (Maryland) Daily Record''

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