Daily Herald (Utah)

Last updated
Daily Herald
TypeDaily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Ogden Newspapers
PublisherJim Konig
EditorRyan Christner and Harrison Epstein
Founded1873 (as the Provo Daily Times)
Headquarters1200 Towne Center Blvd. STE1058
Provo, Utah 84601 [1]
USA
Circulation 32,000 daily
42,000 Thursday
36,000 Sunday(as of 2013) [2]
ISSN 0891-2777
Website heraldextra.com

The Daily Herald is a daily newspaper that covers news and community events in Utah County, central Utah. Much of the coverage focuses on the Provo-Orem metropolitan area in Utah Valley.

Contents

The Daily Herald is owned by Ogden Newspapers. The paper has a daily circulation of 32,000, with a Thursday circulation of 42,000 and a Sunday circulation of 36,000. It also owns nine community publications in Utah and Sanpete counties. [2]

History

The earliest predecessor of the Daily Herald, the Provo Daily Times, was founded in 1873. It was the first newspaper to be published in Provo, when Utah was still a frontier territory. The paper eventually changed its name to the Enquirer, and then to the Provo Post. A competitor, the Utah County Democrat, was founded in 1898 and renamed the Provo Herald in 1909. In 1924 the Provo Post and the Provo Herald merged, forming a final foundation for the later Daily Herald. [Note 1] The company was purchased in 1926 by James G. Scripps, eldest son of newspaper magnate E. W. Scripps. Scripps League Newspapers held the newspaper until 1996, when it was sold to Pulitzer, which held it for almost a decade. [9] In 2005 Pulitzer was sold to Lee Enterprises. [2]

In February 2009, the Daily Herald announced it would discontinue five weekly papers that had covered northern Utah County: the American Fork Citizen, Pleasant Grove Review, Lehi Free Press, Lone Peak Press and Orem Times. [10] [11] Subscribers to those papers, which were published every Thursday and had a combined circulation of 5,800, instead began receiving Thursday issues of the Herald, leading to a higher subscription count that day. At that time the weekly papers in southern Utah County were not affected. However, by January 2011, it announced that it would entirely discontinue the weekly newspapers that covered southern Utah County (Springville Herald, Spanish Fork Press, and Nebo Reporter) and incorporate their content into daily publication of the Daily Herald. [12] By April 2013, the online editions of all the northern Utah County publications, except the American Fork Citizen have been discontinued. However, an online edition of The Pyramid (Mount Pleasant in Sanpete County) is also published. [13]

In February 2013, the Daily Herald announced that it would no longer publish a daily opinion page. This change came shortly after 10 percent of its workforce was laid off, including the executive editor. [14] As of May 2013, a replacement executive editor, nor an interim executive editor, had not been identified, leaving the possibility that the position may be permanently eliminated. [15]

In April 2014, Bob Williams was named publisher, [16] and in September 2015, the Daily Herald named Scott Tittrington and Jordan Carroll as co-managing editors. [17] In 2016, Lee Enterprises sold the Daily Herald to Ogden Newspapers. [18]

Notes

  1. ↑ Even though the official name of the newspaper is the Daily Herald and "Provo" has not been part of the official name for nearly a century, local residents (and others) still frequently refer to the newspaper as the "Provo Daily Herald". [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "About The Herald". Daily Herald. Provo, Utah: Lee Enterprises. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Beebe, Paul (6 Feb 2013). "Provo Daily Herald cuts staff in newsroom, other departments". The Salt Lake Tribune . Salt Lake City . Retrieved 11 May 2013. The Provo Daily Herald newspaper announced. . .
  4. ↑ "Dick Harmon". Deseret News . Salt Lake City: Deseret Digital Media. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2013. He previously worked for. . . the Provo Daily Herald for 26 years.
  5. ↑ "Provo Daily Herald reporter named Lockhart's chief deputy". Deseret News . Salt Lake City: Deseret Digital Media. 20 Dec 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2013. A Provo Daily Herald reporter and blogger will serve as deputy chief. . .
  6. ↑ "Hazmat crew snuffs out chemical spill in Provo". NewsDaily. Associated Press. 18 Apr 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013. Provo Fire Battalion Chief Tom Augustus told the Provo Daily Herald that. . .[ permanent dead link ]
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  8. ↑ Peterson, Eric (21 Jun 2011). "Video: Provo Daily Herald Burns Competition". Salt Lake City Weekly . Salt Lake City: Copperfield Publishing, IncCopperfield Publishing, Inc. Retrieved 12 May 2013. The Provo Daily Herald sends a clear message. . .
  9. ↑ Times Wire Services (May 7, 1996). "Pulitzer to Purchase Scripps Newspapers". Los Angeles Times .
  10. ↑ "Provo Herald is halting 5 weeklies". Deseret News . Salt Lake City: Deseret Digital Media. 6 Feb 2009. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  11. ↑ "Herald to discontinue print editions of North County weeklies". Daily Herald. Provo, Utah: Lee Enterprises. 6 Feb 2009. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "South County weekly news goes daily". Daily Herald. Provo, Utah: Lee Enterprises. 26 Jan 2011. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  13. ↑ "Daily Herald Sites". Daily Herald. Provo, Utah: Lee Enterprises. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  14. ↑ Horiuchi, Vince (21 Feb 2013). "Provo Daily Herald ends daily opinion page". The Salt Lake Tribune . Salt Lake City . Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  15. ↑ Horiuchi, Vince (14 Feb 2013). "Provo Daily Herald lays off executive editor". The Salt Lake Tribune . Salt Lake City . Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  16. ↑ "Bob Williams succeeds Rona Rahlf as publisher in Provo". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13.
  17. ↑ "Daily Herald announces management changes". Archived from the original on 2015-10-01.
  18. ↑ "Dirks, Van Essen, Murray & April | Press Releases | Lee Enterprises to sell Provo (UT) Daily Herald to Ogden Newspapers". www.dirksvanessen.com.

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