''The Macomb Daily'' is a

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with its headquarters in Clinton Township, Macomb County,

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, United States, in

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. It is the only daily newspaper serving Macomb County, making the county the largest in

in terms of population with only one daily newspaper. It is owned by

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History

''The Macomb Daily'' is co-owned with the ''

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'' and the (

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) '' Daily Tribune'', both in Oakland County, the ( Southgate) ''News-Herald'' and ''The Voice'' in northern Macomb and St. Clair counties. As a result of their co-ownership, staff writers from those newspapers often appear in The Macomb Daily, and staff writers of the ''Macomb Daily'' appear in those same newspapers in return. ''The Macomb Daily'' was formed by the merger of ''The Mt. Clemens Monitor Leader'', ''The South Macomb News'' and ''The Tri City Progress'' in 1964. Panax Newspapers owned the newly merged paper until owner John McGoff got into legal problems accepting money from the South African government. ''The Macomb Daily'' was part of Global Communications and later SEM Newspapers in the late 1970s and 1980s. ''The Macomb Daily'' operated Monday through Saturday and grew rapidly from 38,000 to 56,000 newspapers daily. ''The Macomb Daily'' was one of the first daily newspapers to automate its circulation onto computers. The paper has a large fleet of 20 delivery vans that date back to 1977, with the Ford ''Macomb Daily'' in blue with white strips. In 1982 ''The Macomb Daily'' decided to make ''The Community News'' its TMC edition in the south end and ''The Advisor'' in the northern end of the county. ''The Macomb Daily'' leased a new editorial and business operation center at 100 Macomb Daily Lane on the shores of the Clinton River in Mt. Clemens, just outside the city's downtown core in 1994. In 2013, the paper moved to 19176 Hall Road in Clinton Township.

Operations

The newspaper was previously headquartered in Mount Clemens.Contact Us

Archive
. ''The Macomb Daily''. February 18, 2012. Retrieved on July 5, 2015. "100 Macomb Daily Drive Mount Clemens, MI 48043"

In popular culture

''The Macomb Daily'' is the newspaper which appears at the end of the current policy trailer for MJR Theatres, a regional movie theater chain.

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