Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | The Daily Gazette Co. |
Publisher | John DeAugustine |
Editor | Miles Reed |
Founded | 1894 |
Headquarters | 2345 Maxon Road Extension Schenectady, New York United States |
Circulation | 57,323(as of 2017) [1] |
ISSN | 1050-0340 |
Website | dailygazette |
The Daily Gazette is an independent, family-owned [2] daily newspaper published in Schenectady, New York. [3] The Daily Gazette also owns and operates The Amsterdam Recorder, The Gloversville Leader-Herald and Your Niskayuna.
The Daily Gazette was founded as a weekly newspaper by the Marlette family in 1894. It was sold to the Schenectady Printing Association in September of that year, and expanded into a daily newspaper, while still publishing its weekly edition. By 1895, it had a circulation of 3,000 copies a day. [4]
In 1990, the paper began publishing a Sunday edition. In 1996, the Gazette launched its free website, which it turned into a subscriber-based website in 2003. As of 2020 [update] , it offers a select number of free articles online per month, with full access available by subscription. [5]
Judith Patrick became editor of the newspaper in 2012. She was the first woman to have the position. [6] The board of directors appointed John DeAugustine as publisher in 2013. [7]
In December 2019, the Gazette Company acquired the Amsterdam Recorder, Courier-Standard-Enterprise and Fulton County Express. [8] In 2021, the Gazette Company acquired The Gloversville Leader Herald. [9] In 2024, the Gazette Company acquired The Register Star in Columbia County and The Daily Mail in Greene County. [10]
In May 2024, the Hume-Lind family agreed to sell the paper to its publisher John DeAugustine. [11]
The Daily Gazette is known for typically using the short form "Sch'dy" for Schenectady in its headlines and headings.
A prop Daily Gazette front page was featured in the 2012 film The Place Beyond the Pines . [12]
In a scene of the 1945 film Objective, Burma! , journalist character Mark Williams remarks that his column is syndicated in the Gazette. [13]
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