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| + | |name=''Pensacola Daily News'' | ||
| + | |image=DailyNews.PNG | ||
| + | |image_size=200px | ||
| + | |image_caption=April 1900 issue of the ''Daily News'' | ||
| + | |type=Broadsheet | ||
| + | |editor=[[John C. Witt]] | ||
| + | |editor_title=Managing editor | ||
| + | |staff= | ||
| + | |publisher=[[John O'Connor (publisher)|John O'Connor]]<br/>[[John C. Witt]]<br/>[[John Holliday Perry]] (1924-1985} | ||
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| + | |frequency=Daily | ||
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| + | |founded= | ||
| + | |firstdate=[[March 5]], [[1889]] | ||
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| + | |headquarters=[[Armory Hall]]<br/>[[Pitt Building]] | ||
| + | |website= | ||
| + | }} | ||
The '''''Pensacola Daily News''''' was an evening newspaper founded in [[1889]] that eventually merged with the ''[[Pensacola Journal]]'' to form the ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]''. | The '''''Pensacola Daily News''''' was an evening newspaper founded in [[1889]] that eventually merged with the ''[[Pensacola Journal]]'' to form the ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]''. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
When [[John O'Connor (publisher)|John O'Connor]]'s weekly paper, the ''[[Pensacolian]]'', went out of business in [[1889]], he and [[John C. Witt]] approached a group of investors about starting a daily paper, selling fifty shares at $100 apiece. The resulting venture, the ''Pensacola Daily News'', quickly found 2,500 subscribers and printed its first issue on [[March 5]], [[1889]]. The paper was produced by ten employees at the old [[Armory Hall]], with O'Connor as managing editor and Witt as business manager. They pledged the Daily News "will be Democratic, conservative but yet sufficiently aggressive to give weight to its remarks." | When [[John O'Connor (publisher)|John O'Connor]]'s weekly paper, the ''[[Pensacolian]]'', went out of business in [[1889]], he and [[John C. Witt]] approached a group of investors about starting a daily paper, selling fifty shares at $100 apiece. The resulting venture, the ''Pensacola Daily News'', quickly found 2,500 subscribers and printed its first issue on [[March 5]], [[1889]]. The paper was produced by ten employees at the old [[Armory Hall]], with O'Connor as managing editor and Witt as business manager. They pledged the Daily News "will be Democratic, conservative but yet sufficiently aggressive to give weight to its remarks." | ||
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In [[1924]], [[John Holliday Perry]], who had bought the competing ''[[Pensacola Journal]]'' two years earlier, purchased the ''Daily News'' and merged the two papers' operations. The ''Journal'' remained a morning paper and the ''News'' and evening paper, with a combined Sunday edition called the ''News-Journal''. | In [[1924]], [[John Holliday Perry]], who had bought the competing ''[[Pensacola Journal]]'' two years earlier, purchased the ''Daily News'' and merged the two papers' operations. The ''Journal'' remained a morning paper and the ''News'' and evening paper, with a combined Sunday edition called the ''News-Journal''. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:24, 20 March 2009
| Pensacola Daily News | |
 April 1900 issue of the Daily News | |
| Type of publication | Broadsheet |
|---|---|
| Managing editor | John C. Witt |
| Publisher | John O'Connor John C. Witt John Holliday Perry (1924-1985} |
| Frequency | Daily |
| First Issue | March 5, 1889 |
| Headquarters | Armory Hall Pitt Building |
The Pensacola Daily News was an evening newspaper founded in 1889 that eventually merged with the Pensacola Journal to form the Pensacola News Journal.
History[edit]
When John O'Connor's weekly paper, the Pensacolian, went out of business in 1889, he and John C. Witt approached a group of investors about starting a daily paper, selling fifty shares at $100 apiece. The resulting venture, the Pensacola Daily News, quickly found 2,500 subscribers and printed its first issue on March 5, 1889. The paper was produced by ten employees at the old Armory Hall, with O'Connor as managing editor and Witt as business manager. They pledged the Daily News "will be Democratic, conservative but yet sufficiently aggressive to give weight to its remarks."
In 1924, John Holliday Perry, who had bought the competing Pensacola Journal two years earlier, purchased the Daily News and merged the two papers' operations. The Journal remained a morning paper and the News and evening paper, with a combined Sunday edition called the News-Journal.
The last issue of the Pensacola News was published on May 31, 1985, after which the editions were merged as the Pensacola News Journal.
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