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The Daily Advertiser was co-founded as the Weekly Advertiser in 1865 by a Confederate States Army veteran, William B. Bailey, who subsequently served from 1884 to 1892 as mayor of his native Lafayette. [2] Louisiana journalist Robert Angers (1919–1988) worked at times for The Daily Advertiser, including his ultimate position as business ...
It is primarily funded by Lafayette-area individuals and foundations, but it has also received donations from the Google News Initiative, the Facebook Journalism Project, the Solutions Journalism Network, the Local Media Foundation, and the Fund for Nonprofit News at The Miami Foundation. [11] In 2020, it reported annual revenue of $90,930.
It is based in Lafayette [1] and is the largest newspaper chain by number of publications in the state. [2] The chain began in 1963, when Braxton "B.I." Moody III purchased The Rayne Acadian-Tribune and The Church Point News for $100,000. [3] [4] The company was incorporated as Louisiana State Newspapers in 1973. [5]
Another newspaper, the Louisiana Capitolian, was established in 1868 and soon merged with the then-named Weekly Advocate. By 1889 the paper was being published daily. In 1904, a new owner, William Hamilton, renamed it The Baton Rouge Times and later The State-Times, a paper with emphasis on local news. [2]
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The Daily Advertiser may refer to the following newspapers: The Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga), Australia; The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana), United States; Boston Daily Advertiser, United States; Daily Gazetteer, London, 1735–1797; also issued under other, related, names
Lafayette's major daily newspaper is The Daily Advertiser, owned by Gannett (publishers of USA Today). Established in 1865 as the Weekly Advertiser , it purchased the local alternative paper, The Times of Acadiana in 1998.