| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Sound Publishing |
| Publisher | Eran Kennedy |
| Editor | Leah Leach |
| Founded | 1916, asPort Angeles Evening News |
| Headquarters | 305 West First Street,Port Angeles, Washington, U.S. |
| Circulation | 8,087 (as of 2023)[1] |
| ISSN | 1050-7000 |
| OCLC number | 17023385 |
| Website | peninsuladailynews.com |
ThePeninsula Daily News is a daily newspaper printed Sundays through Fridays (for publication days of Monday through Saturday), covering the northernOlympic Peninsula in the state ofWashington, United States.
The paper's main offices are inPort Angeles, with news offices inPort Townsend andSequim. It publishes separate editions forClallam County andJefferson County.[2]
In 1963, theEvening News made several innovations to expand of its service to nearbyForks andSequim, with a dedicated correspondent in each city. Advertising revenue and circulation numbers increased, with the total circulation growing from 6,650 to 7,000.[3]
In the 2000s theDaily News also producedSequim This Week.[4]
Sound Publications ofPoulsbo, Washington, the largest publisher ofcommunity newspapers in Washington and a division ofCanadian publisherBlack Press, purchased thePeninsula Daily News for an undisclosed sum in November 2011. The paper's previous owner, Horvitz Newspapers ofBellevue, Washington, had held it for 17 years.[5]
The same day it purchased thePeninsula Daily News, Sound Publications also bought a competingweekly newspaper publisher, Olympic View Publishing Company, owner of theSequim Gazette andForks Forum, along with local real estate publications.[6]
Both theDaily News and the former Olympic View publications are printed at Sound Publications' "state-of-the-art" presses inEverett. The closure of theDaily News presses in Port Angeles in November 2011 cost 20 full- and part-time pressroom and mailroom jobs.[7]
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