Springfield Daily News
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 Pub. Company.[2]
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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  |
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.
Merger
The newspaper merged with the Springfield Morning Union and the Springfield Republican, becoming the Springfield Union News & Sunday Republican. The Morning Union and the Daily News were published as morning and evening editions under their own names, with their own editorial stances, before becoming simply the Union-News in 1988. The Sunday paper was called The Sunday Republican. The papers were part of the Newhouse Newspapers chain and were owned by a corporate entity called Springfield Newspapers. In 2001, the newspaper was merged with The Republican entirely, with the Daily News name dropped altogether.
In popular culture
- In 1975 horror-mystery film The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, a mockup of the Springfield Daily News featuring an obituary of the films' protagonists' past life serves as a key plot device.[3]
See also
References
- "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.
- The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975) ORIGINAL TRAILER. Bing Crosby Productions (original); HD Retro Trailers. 1975. Event occurs at 0:27 – via Youtube.
