- The Galveston County Daily News
Infobox Newspaper
name =
caption = "The Galveston County Daily News"
type = Dailynewspaper
format =Broadsheet
foundation =April 11 ,1842
price = $0.50 Monday-Saturday
$1.50 Sunday
owners =Southern Newspapers Inc.
headquarters = 8522 Teichman Road
P.O. Box 628
Galveston, Texas , 77553
USA
editor =Heber Taylor
publisher =Dolph Tillotson
circulation = 33,000 Daily
36,000 Sunday
website = [http://galvnews.com/ galvnews.com]
ISSN ="The Galveston County Daily News", formerly the "Galveston Daily News", is a
newspaper published inGalveston, Texas . It was first published April 11,1842 , making it the oldest newspaper in theU.S. state ofTexas . The newspaper founded the "Dallas Morning News " onOctober 1 ,1885 as a sister publication. [ [http://galvestondailynews.com/history.lasso History of the Galveston News, http://galvestondailynews.com/history.lasso] ]The "Galveston County Daily News" is currently published by Galveston Newspapers Inc., and owned by
Houston, Texas - basedSouthern Newspapers Inc. It is Southern Newspapers' flagship publication and has a weekday circulation of 33,000. [ [http://www.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=3c366b10efaf96cf Daily News wins Texas Press Association Awards, http://www.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=3c366b10efaf96cf] ] On Sunday November 7, 2004 "The Daily News" absorbed the "Texas City Sun", a smaller sister publication that was based inTexas City, Texas . [ [http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2004_3810265 Houston Chronicle, http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2004_3810265] ]"The Daily News" is the
newspaper of record for the City ofGalveston as well asGalveston County .See also
Galveston, Texas External links
* [http://www.galvestondailynews.com The Galveston County Daily News]
* [http://www.sninews.com Southern Newspapers Inc.]References
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