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The National Herald [1]is an English-language Greek American weekly newspaper in New York that was founded in 1997. It is the sister publication of the long-running Eθνικός Κήρυξ [2](Ethnikos Kirix, also Ethnikos Kirikas) the only daily Greek language newspaper in the United States.
The National Herald is aimed at Greek American and Cypriot American readers in the U.S. It focuses on news related to the Greek American community and also reports and analyzes news from Greece and Cyprus.
Its headquarters are in Long Island City, NY, near the historic center of the Greek American community of Astoria, Queens. The company has another central office in Athens, Greece.
Newspaper motto: "Bringing the news to generations of Greek Americans".
History
Some main points in the history of Ethnikos Kirix and The National Herald:
1915 - The Greek-language Ethnikos Kirix was founded by merchant Petros Tatanis in New York, on April 2, 1915.
1947 - Babis Marketos took over the company and was the paper's publisher for 30 years.
1976 - Eugene Rossides, an Undersecretary of the U.S. Treasury and founder of the American Hellenic Institute Public Affairs Committee, becomes the publisher of The National Herald.
1979 - Publisher/Editor Antonis H. Diamataris purchases the newspaper.
1982 - Ethnikos Kirix relocates from Manhattan to Long Island City.
1984 - The newspaper obtains its own high–speed presses.
1997 - Weekly English-language newspaper The National Herald is launched.
2002 - 2003 The National Herald starts home delivery service to the New York Tri-State area and New England.
2004 - The National Herald launches its website.
2005 - Ethnikos Kirix and The National Herald relocates to its present headquarters at 37-10 30 St. Long Island City, New York, 11101.[3]
References
Categories:- English-language newspapers
- Greek American culture
- Newspapers published in New York City
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