 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper (Sunday through Friday) |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Carpenter Media Group, LLC |
| Publisher | Joe Imel |
| Managing editor | Wes Swietek |
| Sports editor | Jeff Nations |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 813 College Street,Bowling Green, Kentucky[1] |
| Circulation | 19,566 Daily 23,347 Sunday (March 2013)[2] |
| Website | bgdailynews |
TheDaily News is a daily-except-Saturday newspaper based inBowling Green, Kentucky. It is published Sunday mornings and Monday through Friday evenings.
The current newspaper can trace its roots to theBowling Green Democrat founded in 1854. A rival paper,The Daily Times, was founded by John B. Gaines in 1882 and the newspapers eventually merged into the predecessor to thePark City Daily News; now named theDaily News. The newspaper was still owned by members of the Gaines family until its sale in 2022.[3]
When the paper was called thePark City Daily News, the name was chosen due to a nickname for Bowling Green taken from an 1892 speech byHenry Watterson. Watterson, there to commemorate Fountain Square Park as the city's first park, opined that Bowling Green might come to be known as the "beautiful park city." Local businesses widely adopted the nickname until the town of Glasgow Junction, about 20 miles (32 km) north, changed its name toPark City, Kentucky, and the now-confusing nickname fell from local favor.[3]
TheDaily News acquiredThe Amplifier, a local arts monthly, in 2007.[4]
In 2020, in the face of cuts in advertising revenue that was exacerbated by theCOVID-19 pandemic, theDaily News eliminated its Saturday print edition.[5]
After 140 years of local ownership, the Gaines family sold theDaily News to Carpenter Newsmedia, a subsidiary ofBoone Newspapers inTuscaloosa, Alabama, a family-owned chain of more than 90 papers. The sale took effect on June 30, 2023. TheDaily News was the last independent family-owned daily newspaper remaining in Kentucky.[6]
| Attractions |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Industry | ||
| Education | ||
| Sports | ||
| Newspapers | ||
| Transportation | ||
South Warren High School has a Bowling Green address but is south of the city limits. | ||
  | This article about a Kentucky newspaper is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |