The ''Tyler Morning Telegraph'' is a daily newspaper based in
Tyler, Texas
Tyler is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the largest city and county seat of Smith County, Texas, Smith County. It is also the largest city in Northeast Texas. With a 2020 census population of 105,995, Tyler was the List of cities in Texa ...
, United States. It is privately owned by M. Roberts Media.
History
The newspaper begin publishing weekly in 1877 as the ''Weekly Courier''. In 1882, the ''Daily Courier'' began publishing daily. In 1906, the ''Daily Courier'' and the ''Weekly Times'' consolidated into ''The Tyler Courier-Times.'' In 1910, the newspaper sold to the Butler family.
The newspaper's Sunday edition is known as the ''Tyler Morning Telegraph''. The ''Tyler Courier-Times'' was a sister afternoon paper published until 1995.
The paper uses a white letter ''T'' over a blue circle as its logo, changing from the previous stylized
paperboy
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. The paper bills itself as "the Tyler Paper" in advertising and elsewhere, including its
URL.
It does not publish on
Christmas Day
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.
On November 28, 2018, T.B. Butler Publishing announced the sale of the ''Tyler Morning Telegraph'' to media company, ''M. Roberts Media''
New ownership went into effect on December 1, 2018, ending 108 years of ownership by the Butler family.
Controversy
In its Friday, January 8, 2021 edition, the newspaper incorrectly captioned an
Associated Press
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photo of the
2021 storming of the United States Capitol with "members of Antifa dressed as supporters of President Donald Trump". The newspaper issued a retraction, and published multiple follow-up articles detailing how the mistake occurred.
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Daily newspapers published in Texas
Tyler, Texas
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