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Daily newspapers published in the United States

  • The Washington PostThe Washington Post opened its doors in 1877 under the leadership of Stilson Hutchins. This new daily newspaper faced immediate financial instability and…
  • The Boston GlobeSix Boston businessmen pooled $150,000 to launch The Boston Globe on the 4th of March 1872. Eben Dyer Jordan of the Jordan Marsh department store and Cyrus…
  • Miami HeraldThe first edition of the Miami Evening Record appeared on the 15th of September 1903. Frank B. Stoneman reorganized and moved the Orlando Record to Miami…
  • The Plain DealerIn January 1842, two brothers named Joseph William Gray and Admiral Nelson Gray took over a struggling publication called The Cleveland Advertiser.
  • Chicago TribuneThe first edition of the Chicago Tribune hit newsstands on the 10th of June 1847. James Kelly, John E. Wheeler, and Joseph K. C.
  • The Seattle TimesAlden J. Blethen purchased the Seattle Press-Times in 1896 for a sum that remains unrecorded in available sources. The four-page newspaper had started with a…
  • The Star-LedgerThe Newark Daily Advertiser began printing in 1832, marking the start of daily journalism in that city. Amzi Armstrong served as its first president when the…
  • Chicago Sun-TimesThe modern Chicago Sun-Times emerged from a 1948 merger of two distinct papers: the Marshall Field III owned Chicago Sun and the Chicago Daily Times.
  • Star-NewsFormer Confederate Major William H. Bernard published the first issue of what would become StarNews on the 23rd of September 1867.
  • The Denver PostIn August 1892, The Evening Post emerged from a $50,000 fund raised by supporters of Grover Cleveland. These backers sought to stem the flow of Colorado…
  • The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionCarey Wentworth Styles purchased a small newspaper called the Atlanta Daily Opinion on the 16th of June 1868. He renamed it The Constitution and began…
  • The Cincinnati EnquirerThe first issue of the Daily Cincinnati Enquirer appeared on the 10th of April 1841. It contained just four pages of dense text that looked ugly and read…
  • Akron Beacon JournalIn 1897, two distinct newspapers joined forces to create a single morning publication in Akron, Ohio. The Summit Beacon had been running since 1839 while the…
  • USA TodayAl Neuharth convened a task force known as Project NN in Cocoa Beach, Florida on the 29th of February 1980. This meeting marked the conception of USA Today…
  • The OklahomanSamuel W. Small established The Daily Oklahoman in 1894 within the heart of Oklahoma City. A bank eventually seized control of the struggling publication and…