The ''Peninsula Daily News'' is a daily newspaper printed Sundays through Fridays (for publication days of Monday through Saturday), covering the northern

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in the state of

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, United States. The paper's main offices are in

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, with news offices in

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and

Sequim Sequim ( ) is a city in Clallam County, Washington, United States. It is located on the north side of the Olympic Peninsula between the Dungeness River and Sequim Bay. The city is south of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and north of the Olympic Mo ...

. It publishes separate editions for

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and Jefferson County.

History

In 1963, the ''Evening News'' made several innovations to expand of its service to nearby

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and

, 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

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, the largest publisher of

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s in Washington and a division of

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publisher

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, purchased the ''Peninsula Daily News'' for an undisclosed sum in November 2011. The paper's previous owner, Horvitz Newspapers of

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, had held it for 17 years. The same day it purchased the ''Peninsula Daily News'', Sound Publications also bought a competing

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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 {{Washington-newspaper-stub