''The Daily News'', formerly the ''Galveston County Daily News'' and ''Galveston Daily News'', is a

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published in Galveston, Texas, United States. It was first published April 11, 1842, making it the oldest newspaper in the

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. The newspaper founded ''

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'' on October 1, 1885, as a sister publication. It currently serves as the newspaper of record for the City of Galveston as well as Galveston County.

History

On April 11, 1842, George H. French began publication of the ''Daily News'', as a single broadsheet paper. At the time, Texas was an independent Republic, with Sam Houston serving as president, and Galveston was its largest port and primary city. By 1843, Willard Richardson was named editor of the paper and in 1845 decided to purchase the growing publication. ''The News'' continued to grow and became a "major voice in the Republic of Texas", and was one of the first papers in the US with a dedicated

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to manage its circulation in cities across the Republic and later the U.S.

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The Daily News building in Galveston Texas

During the Civil War, the ''Daily News'' was briefly published in

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, after Galveston was occupied by Union forces, but by 1866, it had returned. Alfred Horatio Belo, joined the staff in 1865 and purchased the paper in 1875. By 1885, Belo saw the need for a strong independent publication in

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, and sent staff there to establish a satellite publication, ''

''. In 1923, William Lewis Moody Jr., a prominent banker and insurance man purchased the paper from A. H. Belo. In 1963 the Moody Foundation chose to sell the paper to William P. Hobby Jr., owner of the ''

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''. The Hobbys, who also owned the competing ''Galveston Tribune'', chose to discontinue that publication and convert the ''Daily News'' into a daily evening publication. In June 1967 Galveston Newspapers Inc., purchased the paper and changed ''The News'' to daily morning format. On Sunday November 7, 2004, ''The Daily News'' absorbed the ''Texas City Sun'', a smaller sister publication that had been founded in 1912 and was based in

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, Texas.

Awards

The paper has won first place awards from the

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and the Texas Press Association in editorial writing, headline writing and general excellence, as well as breaking news articles.

Today

In November 2011 the paper dropped the "Galveston County" moniker and returned to its original name, ''The Daily News''. It is currently published by Galveston Newspapers Inc., and owned by the Carmage B. Walls family. The Wallses also operate the

-based media group,

Southern Newspapers Inc. Southern Newspapers Inc. (SNI) is a publishing holding company headquartered in Houston, Texas. The company was founded as Southern Newspapers, Inc., of Tennessee in 1967 by Carmage Walls. Its flagship paper, the ''Galveston County Daily News'' is ...

It is Southern Newspapers' flagship publication and has a circulation of 33,000 in 2008. It has a weekday circulation of approx. 14,200 and a weekend circulation of approx.14,900.

References

External links

''The Daily News'' websiteSouthern Newspapers Inc.

Historic issues of the Galveston Daily News from 1845-1897
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