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 A late edition of the Springfield Daily News on the day of President Kennedy's assassination, November 22, 1963 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Publisher | Daily News Pub. Co |
| Founded | 1911 |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Springfield, Massachusetts  United States |
The Springfield Daily News was a daily newspaper that was published independently in Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1911 to 1969,[1] and then as a merged paper through 30 May 1987. From 1968 through 2007, it was published by Daily News Publishing Company.[2]
One of the more prominent journalists who worked on the Daily News was Brooks Atkinson, who took a job with the newspaper after graduating from Harvard College. He went on to become the assistant drama critic at the Boston Evening Transcript and chief drama critic at The New York Times. Another prominent journalist, Daniel Golden, who worked at the Daily News from 1978 to 1981,[3] won a Pulitzer Prize as a Wall Street Journal reporter in 2004, and wrote several notable books, including The Price of Admission.[4]
- ^ "Springfield Daily News (Springfield, Massachusetts) Newspaper Archives (1911–1969)". Genealogy Bank. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Historical Newspapers". Massachusetts Government: The Official Website of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Daniel Golden". The Complete Marquis Who's Who Biographies. 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2020 – via Nexis.
- ^ "About Me".