Daily Herald (Utah)

The earliest predecessor of the Daily Herald, the Provo Daily Times, was founded in 1873. It was the first newspaper to be published in Provo, when Utah was still a frontier territory. The paper eventually changed its name to the Enquirer, and then to the Provo Post. A competitor, the Utah County Democrat, was founded in 1898 and renamed the Provo Herald in 1909. In 1924 the Provo Post and the Provo Herald merged, forming a final foundation for the later Daily Herald.{{refn|group="Note"|Even though the official name of the newspaper is the Daily Herald and "Provo" has not been part of the official name for nearly a century, local residents (and others) still frequently refer to the newspaper as the "Provo Daily Herald".{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/55781999-79/herald-lee-daily-departments.html.csp|title=Provo Daily Herald cuts staff in newsroom, other departments|last=Beebe|first=Paul|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|location=Salt Lake City|quote=The Provo Daily Herald newspaper announced. . .|date=6 Feb 2013|access-date=11 May 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/author/9042/Dick-Harmon.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310083738/http://www.deseretnews.com/author/9042/Dick-Harmon.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 10, 2012|title=Dick Harmon|quote=He previously worked for. . . the Provo Daily Herald for 26 years.|newspaper=Deseret News|publisher=Deseret Digital Media|location=Salt Lake City|access-date=12 May 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705363292/Provo-Daily-Herald-reporter-named-Lockharts-chief-deputy.html?pg=all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042925/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705363292/Provo-Daily-Herald-reporter-named-Lockharts-chief-deputy.html?pg=all|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|title=Provo Daily Herald reporter named Lockhart's chief deputy|newspaper=Deseret News|publisher=Deseret Digital Media|location=Salt Lake City|quote=A Provo Daily Herald reporter and blogger will serve as deputy chief. . .|date=20 Dec 2010|access-date=12 May 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.newsdaily.com/article/6ea88f2827e55f4e472e13ae1740b48e/hazmat-crew-snuffs-out-chemical-spill-in-provo|title=Hazmat crew snuffs out chemical spill in Provo|newspaper=NewsDaily|agency=Associated Press|quote=Provo Fire Battalion Chief Tom Augustus told the Provo Daily Herald that. . .|date=18 Apr 2013|access-date=12 May 2013}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://milagrosutah.com/provo-daily-herald-milagros-mexican-food-utah|title=Provo Daily Herald Milagros Mexican Food|last=Tuomisto|first=Dave|date=5 March 2012|publisher=Milagros|quote=The Provo Daily Herald is having their annual "Best Of" voting.|access-date=12 May 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/blog-25-5879-video-provo-daily-herald-burns-competition.html|title=Video: Provo Daily Herald Burns Competition|last=Peterson|first=Eric|newspaper=Salt Lake City Weekly|publisher=Copperfield Publishing, IncCopperfield Publishing, Inc|location=Salt Lake City|quote=The Provo Daily Herald sends a clear message. . .|date=21 Jun 2011|access-date=12 May 2013}}

}} The company was purchased in 1926 by James G. Scripps, eldest son of newspaper magnate E. W. Scripps. Scripps League Newspapers held the newspaper until 1996, when it was sold to Pulitzer, which held it for almost a decade.{{cite news |author= Times Wire Services |date= May 7, 1996 |title= Pulitzer to Purchase Scripps Newspapers |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-07-fi-1356-story.html |newspaper= Los Angeles Times}} In 2005 Pulitzer was sold to Lee Enterprises.

In February 2009, the Daily Herald announced it would discontinue five weekly papers that had covered northern Utah County: the American Fork Citizen, Pleasant Grove Review, Lehi Free Press, Lone Peak Press and Orem Times.{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705283104/Provo-Herald-is-halting-5-weeklies.html?pg=all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001245/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705283104/Provo-Herald-is-halting-5-weeklies.html?pg=all|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|title=Provo Herald is halting 5 weeklies|newspaper=Deseret News|publisher=Deseret Digital Media|location=Salt Lake City|date=6 Feb 2009|access-date=12 May 2013}}{{cite news|title=Herald to discontinue print editions of North County weeklies|newspaper=Daily Herald|url=http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/herald-to-discontinue-print-editions-of-north-county-weeklies/article_0adee376-a77c-5a6a-9a99-ff6ced5984f6.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629102848/http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/herald-to-discontinue-print-editions-of-north-county-weeklies/article_0adee376-a77c-5a6a-9a99-ff6ced5984f6.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2013|publisher=Lee Enterprises|location=Provo, Utah|date=6 Feb 2009|access-date=6 May 2013}} Subscribers to those papers, which were published every Thursday and had a combined circulation of 5,800, instead began receiving Thursday issues of the Herald, leading to a higher subscription count that day. At that time the weekly papers in southern Utah County were not affected. However, by January 2011, it announced that it would entirely discontinue the weekly newspapers that covered southern Utah County (Springville Herald, Spanish Fork Press, and Nebo Reporter) and incorporate their content into daily publication of the Daily Herald.{{cite news|title=South County weekly news goes daily|newspaper=Daily Herald|url=http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/south-county-weekly-news-goes-daily/article_9b5ea704-2995-11e0-95d5-001cc4c002e0.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629103334/http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/south-county-weekly-news-goes-daily/article_9b5ea704-2995-11e0-95d5-001cc4c002e0.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2013|publisher=Lee Enterprises|location=Provo, Utah|date=26 Jan 2011|access-date=6 May 2013}} By April 2013, the online editions of all the northern Utah County publications, except the American Fork Citizen have been discontinued. However, an online edition of The Pyramid (Mount Pleasant in Sanpete County) is also published.{{cite web|title=Daily Herald Sites|newspaper=Daily Herald|publisher=Lee Enterprises|location=Provo, Utah|url=http://www.heraldextra.com/sites/|access-date=6 May 2013|archive-date=11 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411234202/http://www.heraldextra.com/sites/|url-status=dead}}

In February 2013, the Daily Herald announced that it would no longer publish a daily opinion page. This change came shortly after 10 percent of its workforce was laid off, including the executive editor.{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/55877006-79/daily-herald-opinion-community.html.csp|title=Provo Daily Herald ends daily opinion page|last=Horiuchi|first=Vince|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|location=Salt Lake City|date=21 Feb 2013|access-date=12 May 2013}} As of May 2013, a replacement executive editor, nor an interim executive editor, had not been identified, leaving the possibility that the position may be permanently eliminated.{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/55833660-79/daily-editor-executive-wright.html.csp|title=Provo Daily Herald lays off executive editor|last=Horiuchi|first=Vince|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|location=Salt Lake City|date=14 Feb 2013|access-date=12 May 2013}}

In April 2014, Bob Williams was named publisher,{{cite web| url = http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/bob-williams-succeeds-rona-rahlf-as-publisher-in-provo/article_81864afa-c008-11e3-954e-0019bb2963f4.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140413011426/http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/bob-williams-succeeds-rona-rahlf-as-publisher-in-provo/article_81864afa-c008-11e3-954e-0019bb2963f4.html| archive-date = 2014-04-13| title = Bob Williams succeeds Rona Rahlf as publisher in Provo}} and in September 2015, the Daily Herald named Scott Tittrington and Jordan Carroll as co-managing editors.{{cite web| url = http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/daily-herald-announces-management-changes/article_1eb7065d-62f0-5161-a23d-8c8abd59ea1d.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151001013648/http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/daily-herald-announces-management-changes/article_1eb7065d-62f0-5161-a23d-8c8abd59ea1d.html| archive-date = 2015-10-01| title = Daily Herald announces management changes}} In 2016, Lee Enterprises sold the Daily Herald to Ogden Newspapers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dirksvanessen.com/press_releases/view/220/lee-enterprises-to-sell-provo-/|title=Dirks, Van Essen, Murray & April | Press Releases | Lee Enterprises to sell Provo (UT) Daily Herald to Ogden Newspapers|website=www.dirksvanessen.com}}

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• (1994) [https://web.archive.org/web/20230920143938/https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/j/JOURNALISM.shtml "Journalism in Utah"] article in the [https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/ Utah History Encyclopedia.] The article was written by Sherilyn Cox Bennion and the Encyclopedia was published by the University of Utah Press. ISBN 9780874804256. Archived from [https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/j/JOURNALISM.shtml the original] on September 20, 2023 and retrieved on May 20, 2024.

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