| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gannett |
| Founded | June 7, 1875; 150 years ago (1875-06-07) |
| Headquarters | 891 East Oak Road Vineland, New Jersey 08360 |
| City | Vineland, New Jersey |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 1,113 (as of 2024)[1] |
| OCLC number | 11378844 |
| Website | thedailyjournal |
The Daily Journal is a newspaper printed inVineland, New Jersey from Monday to Saturday. It is distributed throughout most of Cumberland County in Southern New Jersey. Its main competitors areThe Philadelphia Inquirer, theCourier Post andThe Press of Atlantic City. The main focus is on communities in and around Vineland and Millville.[2]
The first daily paper published inVineland, New Jersey,The Daily Journal was established on June 7, 1875, by W.E. Cansdell, 14 years after Vineland's founding. A part of local history almost from the beginning, the original paper consisted of four pages with a yearly subscription rate of $2.[3]
During the same year ofThe Daily Journal's birth, the death of an editor at another local paper,The Vineland Independent, made headlines all over thenortheast.
Max Leuchter and his wife, Cecelia Bass Leuchter foundedThe Vineland Times and merged it withThe Vineland Journal in 1942. The Leuchter family sold the paper toThe Evening News Association in Detroit in 1973.The Millville Daily was acquired at the same time.Gannett bought The Evening News Association in 1985.
The Daily Journal took its current name in 1988 with the merger of theMillville Daily intoVineland Times-Journal.
The Journal's price is $0.75 Monday through Saturday.
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