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 The July 12, 1972 front page ofThe Miami News | |
| Type | Daily eveningnewspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Cox Enterprises (Cox Media Group) |
| Founded | May 15, 1896 (1896-05-15) (asThe Miami Metropolis) |
| Ceased publication | December 31, 1988 (1988-12-31) |
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| OCLC number | 10000467 |
The Miami News was an evening newspaper inMiami, Florida. It was themedia market competitor to the morning edition of theMiami Herald for most of the 20th century. The paper started publishing in May 1896 as a weekly calledThe Miami Metropolis.[1]
The Miami News was founded asThe Miami Metropolis in 1896,[2] and published under that name until 1908. Walter S. Graham served as the newspaper's first editor.[3]In 1903, theMetropolis became a daily newspaper, except Sundays, eight pages in length.[4]
On June 4, 1923, formerOhio governorJames M. Cox bought theMetropolis and renamed it theMiami Daily News-Metropolis.[5] On January 4, 1925, the newspaper became theMiami Daily News, and published its first Sunday edition.[6]
In 1957, the newspaper shortened its name toThe Miami News.[7]
Cox had a new building erected for the newspaper, the Miami News Tower, which was dedicated on July 25, 1925. The building was later renamed and repurposed as theFreedom Tower. Also on July 25, 1925, theNews published a 508-page edition, which still holds the record for the largest page-count for a newspaper.[6]
TheMiami News was edited byBill Baggs from 1957 until his death in 1969.[8] After that, it was edited by Sylvan Meyer until 1973. Its final editor was Howard Kleinberg, a longtime staffer and author of a comprehensive history of the newspaper. The paper had the distinction of posting its own demise on the final obituary page.
In 1966, theMiami News moved in with theKnight Ridder-ownedMiami Herald into a new, state-of-the-art building at One Herald Plaza, sharing production facilities with its morning rival while maintaining a separate editorial staff.[9] A 30-year joint operating agreement inked in 1966 made theHerald responsible for all non-editorial aspects of production, including circulation, advertising and promotion.
Citing losses of $9 million per year and declining circulation, from 112,000 in 1966 to 48,000 in 1988 while households in theDade County area grew 80 percent, Cox put the paper on the market in the fall of 1988.[10] No suitable buyer came forward to saveThe Miami News, and it ceased publication on December 31, 1988.[11][12]
Some of the newspaper's staff and all of its assets andarchives were moved to nearby Cox publicationThe Palm Beach Post, now owned byGannett, inWest Palm Beach, and a small selection of photographs were donated to the Archives and Research Center ofHistoryMiami.[13]
Notable former employees includeDorothy Misener Jurney, journalist and authorHelen Muir,Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonistDon Wright,Boston Globe columnistAdrian Walker, photographerMichael O'Brien, columnistJohn Keasler, and best-selling authorDary Matera, who served as a general assignment reporter from 1977 until 1982.
Over its existence,The Miami News was awarded fivePulitzer Prizes:
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