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26-777: The Chicago Herald may refer to the following newspapers: The Chicago Herald (1881–95) , merged with the Chicago Times in 1895 to form the Chicago Times-Herald The Chicago Record-Herald , its successor, published from 1901 to 1914 The Chicago Herald (1914–18) , its successor, known as the Chicago Herald-Examiner from 1918 to 1939 The Chicago Herald-American , its successor from 1939 to 1953 The Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) , published since 1871 Topics referred to by

52-604: A merger with the Chicago Herald , a newspaper founded in 1881 by James W. Scott . After Scott's sudden death in the weeks following the merger, H. H. Kohlsaat took over the new paper. He changed its direction from a "democratic" publication to an "independent republican" one. It supported " sound money " policies (against free silver ) in the 1896 election . Kohlsaat bought the Chicago Record from Chicago Daily News publisher Victor F. Lawson in 1901 and merged it with

78-409: A mural by John W. Norton depicting the newspaper production process . The Art Deco structure became a Chicago landmark, and stands today under the name Riverside Plaza . In 1930, the radio station obtained a license for an experimental television station, W9XAP, but had already begun transmitting from it just prior to its being granted. Working with Sears Roebuck stores by providing them with

104-582: A new corporation, CDN Publishing Co., Inc., based in DuPage County, Weston published a number of special editions of the Chicago Daily News , including one celebrating the Chicago Auto Show . The following year, a Rosemont -based group headed by former Illinois governor Richard B. Ogilvie contracted to purchase CDN Publishing, with the expressed intention of publishing the Chicago Daily News as

130-541: A weekend edition beginning that August. Weston hosted a party celebrating the signing of the contract with Ogilvie at the iconic Pump Room in the Ambassador Chicago Hotel. The gala was attended by hundreds of the city's well-known names in politics, publishing, broadcasting and advertising. The next day, Ogilvie reneged on the deal. The check he signed as payment to Weston bounced and his corporation filed for federal bankruptcy protection. Weston's last edition of

156-429: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chicago Herald (1881%E2%80%9395) The Times was founded in 1854 by James W. Sheahan, Daniel Cameron, and Isaac Cook with the support of Democrat and attorney Stephen A. Douglas , and was identified as a pro-slavery newspaper. In 1861, after the paper was purchased by Democratic journalist Wilbur F. Storey ,

182-492: The Chicago Tribune , which appealed to the city's elites. The Daily News was Chicago's first penny paper , and the city's most widely read newspaper in the late nineteenth century. Victor Lawson bought the Chicago Daily News in 1876 and became its business manager. Stone remained involved as an editor and later bought back an ownership stake, but Lawson took over full ownership again in 1888. During his long tenure at

208-574: The Chicago Daily News featured extensive photo coverage of the October 4, 1979, visit to Chicago of Pope John Paul II . In 1984, Weston sold his rights to the Chicago Daily News trademark to Rupert Murdoch , who, at the time, was owner and publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times . The headquarters of the Daily News and Sun-Times was located at 401 North Wabash before the building was demolished. It

234-530: The Daily News was widely syndicated and boasted a first-class foreign news service. It became known for its distinctive, aggressive writing style which 1920s editor Henry Justin Smith likened to a daily novel. This style became the hallmark of the newspaper: "For generations", as Wayne Klatt puts it in Chicago Journalism: A History , "newspeople had been encouraged to write on the order of Charles Dickens , but

260-912: The Daily News , Victor Lawson pioneered many areas of reporting, opening one of the first foreign bureaus among U.S. newspapers in 1898. In 1912, the Daily News became one of a cooperative of four newspapers, including the New York Globe , The Boston Globe , and the Philadelphia Bulletin , to form the Associated Newspapers syndicate. In 1922, Lawson started one of the first columns devoted to radio. He also introduced many innovations to business operations including advances in newspaper promotion, classified advertising, and syndication of news stories, serials, and comics. Victor Lawson died in August 1925, leaving no instructions in his will regarding

286-700: The Times began espousing the Copperhead point of view, supporting Southern Democrats and denouncing the policies of Abraham Lincoln . During the Civil War , General Ambrose Burnside , head of the Department of the Ohio , suppressed the paper in 1863 because of its hostility to the Union cause, but Lincoln lifted the ban when he received word of it. Storey and Joseph Medill , editor of

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312-544: The Times-Herald to form the Chicago Record-Herald . Frank B. Noyes acquired an interest in the new newspaper at the time and served as publisher, with Kohlsaat as editor. This article about an Illinois newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Chicago -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Chicago Daily News The Chicago Daily News

338-623: The WGN call letters to this second station. The Daily News would eventually take full ownership of the station and absorb shared band rival WQJ, which was jointly owned by the Calumet Baking Powder Company and the Rainbo Gardens ballroom. WMAQ would pioneer many firsts in radio—one of them the first complete Chicago Cubs season broadcast on radio in 1925, hosted by sportswriter-turned-sportscaster Hal Totten . In April 1930, WMAQ

364-514: The Daily News was instructing its staff to present facts in cogent short paragraphs, which forced rivals to do the same." In the 1950s, city editor Clement Quirk Lane (whose son John would become Walter Cronkite 's executive producer) issued a memo to the staff that has become something of a memorial of the paper's house style, a copy of which can be found on Lane's entry. After a long period of ownership by Knight Newspapers (later Knight Ridder ),

390-454: The Field years were mostly a period of decline for the newspaper, partly due to management decisions but also due to demographic changes; the circulation of afternoon dailies generally declined with the rise of television, and downtown newspapers suffered as readers moved to the suburbs. In 1977 the Daily News was redesigned and added features intended to increase its appeal to younger readers, but

416-542: The Republican-leaning Chicago Tribune , maintained a strong rivalry for some time. In 1888, the newspaper saw the brief addition of Finley Peter Dunne to its staff. Dunne was a columnist whose Mr. Dooley satires won him national recognition. After just one year, Dunne left the Times to work for the rival Chicago Tribune . In 1895, the Times became the Chicago Times-Herald after

442-456: The air rights over the railroad tracks that ran along the west side of the Chicago River. He commissioned architects Holabird & Root to design a modern building over the tracks that would have newspaper production facilities and radio studios. The 26-floor Chicago Daily News Building opened in 1929. It featured a large plaza with a fountain dedicated to Strong's mentor, Victor Lawson, and

468-488: The changes did not reverse the paper's continuing decline in circulation. The Chicago Daily News published its last edition on Saturday, March 4, 1978. As reported in The Wall Street Journal , later in 1978, Lloyd H Weston , president, editor and publisher of Addison Leader Newspapers, Inc., a group of weekly tabloids in the west and northwest suburbs—obtained rights to the Chicago Daily News trademark. Under

494-403: The disposition of the Daily News . Walter A. Strong , who was Lawson's business manager, spent the rest of the year raising the capital he needed to buy the Daily News . The Chicago Daily News Corporation, of which Strong was the major stockholder, bought the newspaper for $ 13.7 million (equivalent to $ 238 million in 2023) —the highest price paid for a newspaper up to that time. Strong

520-527: The paper was acquired in 1959 by Field Enterprises , owned by heirs of the former owner of the Marshall Field and Company department store chain. Field already owned the morning Chicago Sun-Times , and the Daily News moved into the Sun-Times ' building on North Wabash Avenue. A few years later Mike Royko became the paper's lead columnist, and quickly rose to local and national prominence. However,

546-473: The receivers, those present at the stores were able to see Bill Hay , (the announcer for Amos 'n' Andy ), present a variety show from the Daily News Building, on August 27, 1930. Ulises Armand Sanabria was the television pioneer behind this and other early Chicago television experiments. In 1931 The Daily News sold WMAQ to NBC . In its heyday as an independent newspaper from the 1930s to 1950s

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572-424: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chicago Herald . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Herald&oldid=699764723 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

598-465: Was an afternoon daily newspaper in the midwestern United States , published between 1875 and 1978 in Chicago , Illinois. The Daily News was founded by Melville E. Stone , Percy Meggy, and William Dougherty in 1875 and began publishing on December 23. Byron Andrews , fresh out of Hobart College , was one of the first reporters. The paper aimed for a mass readership in contrast to its primary competitor,

624-532: Was hired in February 1922 and went on to have a long and distinguished career in broadcasting. What would become WMAQ had its inaugural broadcast April 12, 1922. That same year, the rival Chicago Tribune began to experiment with radio news at Westinghouse -owned KYW . In 1924 the Tribune briefly took over station WJAZ , changing its call letters to WGN, then purchased station WDAP outright and permanently transferred

650-561: Was organized as a subsidiary corporation with Walter Strong as its chairman of the board, and Judith Waller as vice president and station manager. On August 2, 1929, it was announced that the Chicago Daily Journal was consolidating with the Daily News , and the Journal published its final issue on August 21. By the late 1920s, it was apparent to Walter Strong that his newspaper and broadcast operations needed more space. He acquired

676-619: Was the president and publisher of the Chicago Daily News Corporation from December 1925 until his death in May 1931. As Lawson's business manager, Strong partnered with the Fair Department Store to create a new radio station. Strong asked Judith C. Waller to run the new station. When Waller protested that she didn't know anything about running a station. Strong replied "neither do I, but come down and we'll find out." Waller

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