The ''Washington Times-Herald'' is a

daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports ...

serving

Washington, Indiana Washington is a city in Daviess County, Indiana. The population was 11,509 at the time of the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Daviess County. It is also the principal city of the Washington, Indiana Micropolitan Statistical Are ...

, and adjacent portions of Daviess County, Indiana. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. and presently the only daily newspaper in Washington, Indiana.

History

Although the newspaper's motto is "Serving Washington and surrounding communities since 1867", the paper's history goes back to the ''Washington Democrat'' weekly, founded 1863. The ''Democrat'' changed its name to ''Daily Times'' in 1955; on June 1, 1964, it merged with the ''Washington Herald'' (not related to the Washington D.C. newspaper '' The Washington Herald'') to form the ''Times-Herald'', by now the city's only daily newspaper. On November 1, 1972, ownership of the paper passed from local families to

Donrey Media Group Stephens Media LLC was a Las Vegas, Nevada, diversified media investment company. It owned stakes in the California Newspapers Partnership and the ''Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette''. The company had been expanding its interactive Internet b ...

, which held it until CNHI bought the ''Times-Herald'' in September 1998.Washington Times-Herald: About Us
accessed January 17, 2007.

References

External links

''Washington Times-Herald'' Website

CNHI Website
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