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The newspaper was founded by a Mr. Irwin, who sold it in its first year to the Melvin family. George Melvin sold it in the 1960s, after briefly closing it, to Gene Shaw. Shaw ran the company until 1973, when he sold it to "Buck" and Betty Jones. They continued the newspaper until it was sold in 1982 to Douglas Teagarden.
Altoona Mirror - Altoona; Beaver County Times - Beaver; Bedford Gazette - Bedford; The Bradford Era - Bradford; Butler Eagle - Butler; Bucks County Courier Times - Langhorne; Bucks County Herald - Plumstead Township
The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5] The site attracts more than 30 million unique visitors per month and is among the top 40 trafficked websites in the world. [4]
The first daily newspaper in Somerset, the Somerset Daily Herald made its first appearance on July 1, 1929, with the headline, "'Polish John pleads today." Initially distributed to 300 subscribers, the publication began under the leadership of Henry Baker Reiley, following his acquisition of the semiweekly Somerset Herald, and was eventually renamed as the Daily American.
The Patriot-News is the largest newspaper serving Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area in central Pennsylvania. In 2005, the newspaper was ranked in the top 100 in daily and Sunday circulation in the United States. It has been owned by Advance Publications since 1947.
Newspapers often publish obituaries as news articles. Although obituaries tend to focus on positive aspects of the subject's life, this is not always the case. [2] According to Nigel Farndale, the Obituaries Editor of The Times, obituaries ought to be "balanced accounts" written in a "deadpan" style, and should not read like a hagiography. [3]
The Tribune-Democrat is a five-day morning daily newspaper published in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.It is owned by CNHI LLC. The newspaper's coverage area includes all or parts of Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Indiana, Somerset and Westmoreland counties in Pennsylvania.
It was founded in 1925 as the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association (PNPA) by John L. Stewart, the publisher of two newspapers in Washington, Pennsylvania. [ 3 ] The name was changed to Pennsylvania Newspaper Association (PNA) in the late 1990s to deemphasize the association's relationship with publishing management . [ 1 ]