''The Washington Herald'' was an American daily newspaper in

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, from October 8, 1906, to January 31, 1939.

History

The paper was founded in 1906 by Scott C. Bone, who had been managing editor of ''

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...

'' from 1888 until that paper was taken over by John Roll McLean in 1905. Clinton T. Brainard, president of the McClure Newspaper Syndicate, bought the paper in 1913.

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, who already owned the ''Washington Times'', took over the paper in November 1922.About The Washington herald. (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939
chroniclingamerica, Retrieved 17 February 2014(18 November 1922)
Washington Herald Is a Hearst Newspaper
''The Fourth Estate'', p.2 Though he consolidated the operations of the papers, they still published separately except for a joint Sunday edition.

Cissy Patterson Eleanor Josephine Medill "Cissy" Patterson, Countess Gizycki (November 7, 1881 – July 24, 1948) was an American journalist and newspaper editor, publisher and owner. Patterson was one of the first women to head a major daily newspaper, the '' ...

was appointed editor by Hearst in 1930.Chambers, Deborah et al
Women and Journalism
p. 45 (Routledge 2013) The ''Herald'' was merged with the ''Times'' on February 1, 1939, with the combined publication known as the ''

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''. In 1954, the ''Times-Herald'' was purchased by and merged with ''

''.

Fictional depictions

The ''Washington Herald'' appears as a fictional newspaper in the 1993 film ''

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,'' in '' The X Files'' (3x15) 1996'','' the 1996 film ''

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,'' and in the 2013 political drama series ''

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''. It is used in

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's book series featuring child reporters, including '' Last Shot'', ''

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'', and ''Vanishing Act''.

References

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