The ''Olney Daily Mail'' is an American

daily newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...

published in

Olney, Illinois Olney ( ) is the county seat in Richland County, Illinois. The population was 9,115 at the time of the 2010 census. History Settlement of the Richland County area began around 1815 when Thaddeus Morehouse, a native of Vermont, arrived by w ...

, and covering Richland County. The newspaper does not publish a Sunday edition. The current title began publication in 1910, at which time it supplanted or absorbed parts of four other newspapers. , the paper had a circulation of 4,330. In 1998, then owner

Hollinger International Hollinger Inc. was a Canadian media company based in Toronto which was established in 1985 by businessman Conrad Black. At one time, the company was the third-largest media empire in the world. In 1996, through stock purchases, it took over co ...

sold the newspaper to

Leonard Green & Partners Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (LGP) is an American private equity investment firm founded in 1989 and based in Los Angeles. The firm specializes in private equity investments. LGP has invested in over 95 companies since its inception, including ...

as part of a 40% overall divestment of Hollinger's United States newspaper holdings; the newspaper was published through Leonard Green's Liberty Group Publishing. Liberty Group Publishing was subsequently sold in 2005 to

Fortress Investment Group Fortress Investment Group, LLC is an American investment management firm based in New York City. It was founded as a private equity firm in 1998 by Wes Edens, Rob Kauffman, Pete Briger, Michael Novogratz, and Randal Nardone. Overview When ...

and renamed to

GateHouse Media GateHouse Media Inc. was an American publisher of locally based print and digital media. It published 144 daily newspapers, 684 community publications, and over 569 local-market websites in 38 states. Its parent company, New Media Investment Group ...

. Among newspapers noted as predecessors to the ''Daily Mail'' is ''Olney Times'', which was published weekly on Fridays and began circulation c. 1856. In November 1857, a note to readers of the Olney ''Republican'' indicated that they would henceforth receive ''Olney Times'' instead, indicating the termination of the former periodical. The slogan for ''Olney Times'' was "Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty."

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* {{Gannett Newspapers published in Illinois Richland County, Illinois Newspapers established in 1910 1910 establishments in Illinois Gannett publications