The ''Peninsula Daily News'' is a daily newspaper printed Sundays through Fridays (for publication days of Monday through Saturday), covering the northern
Olympic Peninsula in the state of
Washington, United States.
The paper's main offices are in
Port Angeles, with news offices in
Port Townsend and
Sequim. It publishes separate editions for
Clallam County and
Jefferson County.
History
In 1963, the ''Evening News'' made several innovations to expand of its service to nearby
Forks and
Sequim, with a dedicated correspondent in each city. Advertising revenue and circulation numbers increased, with the total circulation growing from 6,650 to 7,000.
In the 2000s the ''Daily News'' also produced ''Sequim This Week''.
Sound Publications of
Poulsbo, Washington, the largest publisher of
community newspapers in Washington and a division of
Canadian
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publisher
Black Press, purchased the ''Peninsula Daily News'' for an undisclosed sum in November 2011. The paper's previous owner, Horvitz Newspapers of
Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue ( ) is a city in the Eastside (King County, Washington), Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area, and the f ...
, had held it for 17 years.
The same day it purchased the ''Peninsula Daily News'', Sound Publications also bought a competing
weekly newspaper
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publisher, Olympic View Publishing Company, owner of the ''Sequim Gazette'' and ''Forks Forum'', along with local real estate publications.
Both the ''Daily News'' and the former Olympic View publications are printed at Sound Publications' "state-of-the-art" presses in
Everett. The closure of the ''Daily News'' presses in Port Angeles in November 2011 cost 20 full- and part-time pressroom and mailroom jobs.
References
External links
''Peninsula Daily News''
Newspapers published in Washington (state)
Clallam County, Washington
Jefferson County, Washington
Newspapers established in 1916
1916 establishments in Washington (state)
Black Press newspapers
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