The Villages Daily Sun

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The Villages Daily Sun
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet and online
Owner(s)Villages Media Management
PublisherPhil Markward
EditorBonita Burton
Founded1997
Headquarters1100 Main Street
The Villages, Florida 32159, United States
Circulation 49,183 Average print circulation [1]
ISSN 1528-2821
OCLC number 43333479
Website www.thevillagesdailysun.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Villages Daily Sun is a daily newspaper in The Villages, Florida, USA, which covers issues of local interest to portions of Sumter, Lake and Marion counties in central Florida. [2] According to a report by the Alliance for Audited Media, the Sun's weekday circulation is 55,700[ when? ] and this is up 169 percent since 2003, during a time when newspaper circulation around the United States has dropped 43 percent. In a 2018 "Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation", The Villages Daily Sun claimed a weekday circulation of 43,610. [3] The Sun also has a 92 percent market penetration share in the retirement community. [4] In 2022, the Sun ranked 23rd on the list of the 25 largest newspapers in America, ranked by their latest average print circulations. [5]

Contents

With the purchase of the Key West Citizen in 2018 by Adams Publishing Group, The Villages Daily Sun became the last family-owned daily newspaper in the state of Florida. [6]

The newspaper is part of a media group that includes AM-640 Radio, Villages News Network TV, and The Villages Magazine.

In early 2021, the yearly subscription was $84 for residents of the community. [7]

Newspaper strategy

The newspaper's strategy is to be a print-first publication, with a recent Sunday issue including a 36-page insert listing the schedules of hundreds of clubs and recreation centers within the Villages, 48 pages of editorial content and 14 pages of classified advertising. The Daily Sun is also bucking the trend by loading its pages with advertisements for real estate, doctors, banks, golf courses, restaurants, and a wide selection of retail outlets. [4]

The Daily Sun has a special projects team that works on more complex issues and in-depth reporting that may take up to a year of investigation before publication. The team had an in-depth feature on Florida's death-penalty sentencing policies in 2016, and the reporting went on to win multiple awards. [4] [8]

Criticism

The Daily Sun's newspaper strategy has been criticized by residents and national media for its lack of coverage of topics of importance to the community. In 2017, over 32 sinkholes were reported in The Villages by media sources, despite The Villages Daily Sun reporting only one of those. [9] According to staff, employees have been instructed not to report on sinkholes and "anything complimentary about President Barack Obama". [10] A resident from The Villages who was selected to receive a private audience with Obama at the Democratic National Convention was told by the editor that the encounter was not newsworthy. [11]

Staff

The Daily Sun has an editorial staff of approximately 50, with many reporters in their 20s and 30s. Most reporters and editors do not meet the age requirement of 55 to live in The Villages community, so they live in nearby cities or towns. [4]

Awards

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