Daily World (Opelousas)
{{short description|Daily newspaper published in Opelousas, Louisiana}}
{{for|the Communist newspaper|People's Weekly World}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Daily World
| type = Daily newspaper
| owners = Gannett
| founder = John R. Thistlethwaite and Ducote Andrepont
| foundation = 1939
| headquarters = Opelousas, Louisiana
| publishing_country = United States
| website = {{URL|dailyworld.com}}
}}
The Daily World is a Gannett-owned daily newspaper in Opelousas, Louisiana, United States.
History
The Opelousas Daily World was founded by John R. Thistlethwaite and Ducote Andrepont. The newspaper was the first offset-printed daily newspaper in the world, and remained the sole offset-printed daily newspaper for nine years.{{Cite book|url=http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w304644/ch7.html#N_21_|title=The Postwar Decline of American Newspapers, 1945-1965|last=Davies|first=David R.|publisher=University of Southern Mississippi Press|year=2006|series=History of American Journalism #6|chapter=7. The Seeds of Long-Term Change: Newspaper Trends, 1950-1963|access-date=2015-01-22|archive-date=2015-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122100552/http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w304644/ch7.html#N_21_|url-status=dead}} Its first edition was published on December 24, 1939. Thistlethwaite later acquired Mr. Andrepont's interest in the operation.
Rigby Owen was the managing editor during World War II while John Thistlethwaite was a Marine aviator flying the F4U Corsair, night fighter squadron, in the South Pacific. Thistlethwaite took over editor and publisher duties on his return from the war.
The Daily World was sold to Worrel Newspapers Inc. in 1972. The New York Times Company acquired 8 daily papers, including the Daily World, from Worrell in 1982, as part of the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group.{{Cite web |title=Harlan Daily Enterprise - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z15BAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FqkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2267,769900 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=news.google.com}} Gannett acquired the Daily World from the Times Company in 2000.{{Cite web |title=Herald-Journal - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3jcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6c8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3755,3503871 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=news.google.com}}
References
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External links
{{Portal|United States|Journalism}}
- [http://www.dailyworld.com/ Official website]
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Category:Newspapers published in Louisiana
Category:St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Category:Newspapers established in 1939
Category:1939 establishments in Louisiana
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