The ''Daily Commercial'' is a daily

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distributed in

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and Sumter counties,

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History

The ''Daily Commercial'' was founded in 1875. It was later acquired by members of the Cowles family in 1969.

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acquired the paper in 1971 and sold it in 1995 to Better Built. HarborPoint Media acquired the Better Built papers in 2004, and owned the ''Daily Commercial'' until 2013, when it was acquired by Halifax Media Group. In 2015, Halifax was acquired by

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Prices

The ''Daily Commercial'' prices are 50 cents daily; $1.00 Sunday.

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* {{Gannett Newspapers published in Florida Newspapers established in 1875 Daily newspapers published in the United States 1875 establishments in Florida Gannett publications