The ''Republican Herald'' is a daily
newspaper
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, 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 p ...
serving
Pottsville,
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The newspaper is owned by
Times-Shamrock Communications Times-Shamrock Communications is an American media company based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The company, owned by the Lynett and Haggerty families of Scranton, lists among its assets four daily newspapers, six weekly newspapers, and nine radio stat ...
.
History
The ''Republican-Herald'' was founded in 1884 as ''The Daily Republican'' by Joseph Henry Zerbey. In 1995, J.H. Zerbey Newspapers, Inc., the parent company of the ''Pottsville Republican,'' purchased the 120-year-old ''Shenandoah Evening Herald'', to form the ''Pottsville Republican & Evening Herald''. Times Shamrock Communications purchased J.H. Zerbey Newspapers and subsequently the newspaper in 2003. In 2004, the newspaper became a morning newspaper, renamed the ''Republican & Herald''. In 2009, the "&" was dropped from the cover title.
In 2005, the paper had an average daily circulation of 26,747. As of 2019, newsstand prices were $1.00 for the daily edition and $2.00 for the combined Saturday/Sunday "Weekend Edition".
In 1979, writers
Gilbert M. Gaul
Gilbert Martin Gaul (born May 18, 1951) is an American journalist. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes and been a finalist for four others.
Biography
Gilbert Martin Gaul was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. Growing up in nearby Kearny, Gaul attended ...
and Elliot G. Jaspin won a
Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting
The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded since 1953, under one name or another, for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series in a U.S. news publica ...
for stories on the destruction of the Blue Coal Company by men with ties to organized crime.
1979 Pulitzer Prize winners
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See also
* List of newspapers in Pennsylvania
References
External links
''The Republican - Herald''
Republican and Herald, The
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
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