Philadelphia Daily News
Summary
The Philadelphia Daily News is a tabloid newspaper that serves that serves Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The newspaper is owned by Philadelphia Media Holdings which also owns Philadelphia's other major newspaper The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Daily News began publishing on March 31, 1925, under founding editor Lee Ellmaker. By 1930 the newspaper's circulation exceeded 200,000, but by the 1950s the news paper was losing money. In 1954 the newspaper was sold to Matthew McCloskey and then sold again in 1957 to publisher Walter Annenberg. In 1969 Annenberg sold the Daily News to Knight Ridder. In 2006 Knight Ridder sold the paper to a group of local investors. The Daily News has won the Pulitzer Prize three times. The Philadelphia Daily News began publishing on March 31, 1925, under founding editor Lee Ellmaker.
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Daily paper guaranteed for two years in deal between Philly owners, Guild
The Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia | Philadelphia Inquirer The Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia and Interstate General Media have struck a tentative agreement that will keep the presses running daily in Philly for the next two years. In a … Read more.
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The newsonomics of Tribune’s metro agony
Soon, the next act of the Tribune newspaper agonies will play out. That’s agonies, as in a Biblical passion play. The Tribune papers have endured a special kind of agony, the Hell of Zell, but really their story is the story of metro newspapers throughout the U. S. and now largely across the developed world.
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Guild head resigns as Philly news orgs face growing turmoil
Philadelphia Inquirer | Philadelphia Daily News reporter Dan Gross is taking a buyout from the paper and will also resign as head of the union that represents workers at the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly. com, Mike Armstrong reports. His … Read more.
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Philly Inquirer, Daily News to launch paywalled sites in 2013
The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News, which have provided content free through Philly. com, will launch two new paywalled sites in the first quarter of 2013. Philly. com will remain free. The new sites will employ HTML5 designs that allow them to be read across mobile devices.
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Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News will launch separate paywalled sites
NetNewsCheck The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News will split from Philly. com in early 2013, Meg Heckman reports. Philly. com general manager Steve Alessi tells Heckman the new sites will have paywalls.
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Providence Journal guild willing to discuss alternatives to layoffs
WPRI | Rhode Island Public Radio Staffers at the A. H. Belo-owned Providence (R. I. ) Journal have until Monday at 5 p. m. ET to volunteer to take buyouts, which the paper said it would seek on Sept. 7. Belo hasn’t said… Read more.
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Philadelphia newspaper owners demand immediate concessions from union
The Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia The new owners of the Philadelphia newspapers are demanding immediate concessions from the Guild that represents employees of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Daily News and Philly. com, union officials Dan Gross and Bill Ross… Read more.
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Wendy Warren leaves Philly.com for NBCWashington.com
Philly. com editor Wendy Warren is leaving Philly. com to join NBCWashington. com, the website for WRC-TV, an NBC-owned station in Washington, D. C. Warren will be editorial manager, digital. Here’s the memo from NBCWashington GM Jackie Bradford:.
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Guild official worries today’s Free Press will look like ‘gold standard’ after buyouts
M. L. Elrick, vice chairman of the Free Press unit of the Detroit Newspaper Guild, says he’s worried about the talent the paper will lose after its next round of buyouts. On Monday, management offered buyouts to 155 people … Read more.
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Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News vacate ‘Tower of Truth’
Philly. com Staff of the Inquirer and Philly. com started unpacking at their new home this morning, to be followed by their Daily News colleagues later this week, reports Philly. com. Their new headquarters is a former Strawbridge & Clothier department store, which… Read more.
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