Pensacola News Journal
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The Pensacola News Journal is a daily newspaper serving the Pensacola, Florida area. In terms of circulation, the News Journal is Northwest Florida's most widely-read daily.
The News Journal is owned by Gannett Co., a national media holding company that owns newspapers such as USA Today and the Arizona Republic, among others.
The heritage of the News Journal can be traced back to 1889, when a group of Pensacola businessmen founded the Pensacola Daily News. The Daily News printed its first issue on 5 March 1889, with an initial circulation of 2,500 copies. Then, in March 1897, a Pensacolian named M. Loftin founded a newsweekly, the Pensacola Journal. The Journal converted to a daily format a year later.
The two dailies competed fiercely, each driving the other to edge of bankruptcy in the struggle to be recognised as Pensacola's top daily newspaper. By 1922, the Journal was in dire financial trouble, and was eventually purchased by New York businessman John H. Perry. Two years later, Perry purchased the Daily News and merged it with the Journal to form the Pensacola News Journal.
John H. Perry developed the News Journal into an extremely popular and successful newspaper. By the early 1950s, the News Journal had developed into one of the most modern and efficient newspaper operations in the Southeast. Under the leadership of Perry's son, John H. Perry, Jr., the News Journal continued to expand.
On July 1, 1969, John H. Perry Jr. announced that he had sold the News Journal to Gannett for $15.5 million.
As of 2004, the News Journal had a daily circulation of 63,351 and a Sunday circulation of 80,954.
External link
- Official site (http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/)