The Gleaner

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The Gleaner
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The Gleaner, 29 July 2013
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner Gleaner Company
Founder(s)Joshua and Jacob De Cordova
Founded13 September 1834;191 years ago (1834-09-13)
Language English
Headquarters148–156 Harbour Street, Kingston, Jamaica
City Kingston
CountryJamaica
ISSN 0259-0336
OCLC number 18321104
Website jamaica-gleaner.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Gleaner is an English-language, morning daily newspaper founded by two brothers, Jacob and Joshua de Cordova on 13 September 1834 in Kingston, Jamaica. [1]

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Originally called the Daily Gleaner, the name was changed on 7 December 1992 to The Gleaner. The newspaper is owned and published by Gleaner Company publishing house in Kingston, Jamaica. [2] [3] [4] The Gleaner is still considered a newspaper of record for Jamaica. [5] [6]

History

The Gleaner is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the Western Hemisphere—operating since 1834, [2] and it is still considered a newspaper of record for Jamaica in the 21st century. [6] [5]

The morning broadsheet newspaper is presently published six days each week in Kingston. The Sunday paper edition is called the Sunday Gleaner. The Sunday edition was first published in 1939, and it reaches twice as many readers as the daily paper. The influence, particularly historically, of the newspaper is so large that "Gleaner" has become synonymous in Jamaica for "newspaper". [1]

The Gleaner contains regular sub-sections and features the following:

Overseas weekly editions of The Gleaner are published in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. [1] The Weekly Gleaner in the United Kingdom carries news of interest to the West Indians in United Kingdom. The paper offers coverage of important issues and events in both the Caribbean and the United Kingdom. The current Editor-in-Chief of The Gleaner is Kaymar Jordan. [7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 M. B. Salwen & B. Garrison (5 November 2013). Latin American Journalism. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-136-69133-1 . Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Media and Identity in the Caribbean". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Limited, Unique Media Design. "diGJamaica :: The Story of The Gleaner Company". diGJamaica.com.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ↑ Cameron, Linda D., ed. (2000). The Story of The Gleaner: Memoirs and Reminiscences. Gleaner Company Limited. ISBN   978-976-612-014-6., ISBN   978-976-612-014-6
  5. 1 2 Buckman, Robert T. (28 August 2013). Latin America 2013. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 247. ISBN   978-1475804775.
  6. 1 2 Surlin, Stuart H.; Soderlund, Walter C. (1990). Mass Media and the Caribbean. Taylor & Francis. p.  20. ISBN   9782881244476.
  7. ↑ "The Gleaner names new editor-in-chief". jamaica-gleaner.com. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

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