''The News Herald'' is a daily newspaper serving the city of Panama City, Florida in the

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. It is located at 501 W. 11th St. in Panama City.

History

Forerunners to the current newspaper were ''The St Andrews Bay News'', founded in 1915, published by Frank Stitzer and edited by G.M. West. This paper was a daily, except Sunday. A second paper, also publishing daily except Sunday, was the ''Panama City Herald'', founded in 1935 under the direction of John H. Perry with editorship by Charles T. White. In 1937 the two papers merged as ''The News Herald'', printing daily except Sunday by Bay County Publishers. Later this was revised to daily except Saturday. In 1952 the papers split into ''The News'', publishing seven days a week, and ''The Herald'', publishing daily except Saturday. In 1970 ''The News Herald'' reunited as a seven-day a week daily under Freedom Newspapers. ''The News Herald'' was owned by Freedom Communications until 2012, when Freedom sold its Florida and North Carolina papers to Halifax Media Group. In 2015, Halifax was acquired by New Media Investment Group. The publication was awarded the 1962

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"for its three-year campaign against entrenched power and corruption, with resultant reforms in Panama City and Bay County."The Pulitzer Prizes for 1962
pulitzer.org; retrieved April 2008

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