''The Daily Comet'' is a newspaper in Thibodaux,

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. It covers Lafourche,

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, the west bank of St. James and the northern part of Terrebonne parishes. It began publishing in 1889 as the weekly ''Lafourche Comet''. It is the only paper currently published in America named "Comet". Its publisher, a

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, selected the name "Comet" because the rival Republican newspaper was named ''the Star''. The publisher reasoned that a comet is brighter than a star. ''The Daily Comet'' was purchased by

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from

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on January 6, 2012. In 2015, Halifax was acquired by

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.New Media Announces Agreement to Acquire Halifax Media Group for $280.0 Million

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