The Galveston County Daily News

Infobox Newspaper
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caption = "The Galveston County Daily News"
type = Daily newspaper
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 in Galveston, Texas. It was first published April 11, 1842, making it the oldest newspaper in the U.S. state of Texas. The newspaper founded the "Dallas Morning News" on October 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 - based Southern 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 in Texas 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 of Galveston as well as Galveston County.

See also

Galveston, Texas

External links

* [http://www.galvestondailynews.com The Galveston County Daily News]
* [http://www.sninews.com Southern Newspapers Inc.]

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