The Midland Daily News is a daily newspaper which serves Midland County, Michigan. The offices for the paper are located at 219 East Main Street in downtown Midland; the paper is widely circulated around Midland County.

Midland Daily News
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Hearst Corporation
EditorDave Clark
Founded1937; 87 years ago (1937)
HeadquartersMidland, Michigan, U.S.
Circulation5,115 (as of 2022)[1]
Websiteourmidland.com

The newspaper also prints the school newspaper for Herbert Henry Dow High School, The Update. The Daily News is the last daily newspaper in the Tri-Cities left with a regular print schedule, since the Bay City Times and Saginaw News cut back their print editions to three times a week in June 2009. It publishes 6 days a week, with a weekend edition.

History

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The paper can trace its lineage to the 1858 founding of the Midland Sentinel, which after a number of ownership and name changes became the Midland Republican in 1881. In 1937, Republican publisher Philip T. Rich founded the Midland Daily News as a successor to the weekly Republican.[2] In 1968, Rich sold the paper to Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers, a company based in Decatur, Illinois. In 1979, Lee Enterprises purchased the Daily News along with other Lindsay-Schaub papers, then immediately resold the paper to the Hearst Corporation.[2]

Awards

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  • AP News Member of the Year (from Michigan Associated Press)
  • Best Circulation Promotion (from The Newspaper Association of America)
  • Best Local Advertising Campaign (from The Newspaper Association of America)

References

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  1. ^ "2022-2023 Michigan Press Association Member Directory". Michigan Press Association. 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  2. ^ a b "Midland Daily News through the years". Midland Daily News. May 1, 2012.
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