 The Gleaner, 29 July 2013 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Gleaner Company |
| Founder(s) | Joshua andJacob De Cordova |
| Founded | 13 September 1834; 191 years ago (1834-09-13) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 148–156 Harbour Street, Kingston, Jamaica |
| City | Kingston |
| Country | Jamaica |
| ISSN | 0259-0336 |
| OCLC number | 18321104 |
| Website | jamaica-gleaner |
The Gleaner is an English-language, morning daily newspaper founded by two brothers,Jacob and Joshua de Cordova on 13 September 1834 inKingston, Jamaica.[1]
Originally called theDaily Gleaner, the name was changed on 7 December 1992 toThe Gleaner. The newspaper is owned and published byGleaner Company publishing house in Kingston, Jamaica.[2][3][4]The Gleaner is still considered anewspaper of record for Jamaica.[5][6]
The Gleaner is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the Western Hemisphere—operating since 1834,[2] and it is still considered anewspaper of record for Jamaica in the 21st century.[6][5]
The morning broadsheet newspaper is presently published six days each week in Kingston. The Sunday paper edition is called theSunday Gleaner. The Sunday edition was first published in 1939, and it reaches twice as many readers as the daily paper. The influence, particularly historically, of the newspaper is so large that "Gleaner" has become synonymous in Jamaica for "newspaper".[1]
The Gleaner contains regular sub-sections and features the following:
Overseas weekly editions ofThe Gleaner are published inCanada, theUnited Kingdom and theUnited States.[1]The Weekly Gleaner in the United Kingdom carries news of interest to the West Indians in United Kingdom. The paper offers coverage of important issues and events in both the Caribbean and the United Kingdom. The current Editor-in-Chief ofThe Gleaner is Kaymar Jordan.[7]
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