The Daily Citizen (Searcy)
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Paxton Media Group |
| Founded | September 1854 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 723 W. Beebe-Capps Expressway Searcy, AR 72143 United States |
| Website | thedailycitizen |
The Daily Citizen is a newspaper which is published every day except Mondays and Saturdays in Searcy, Arkansas.[1] It is owned by Paxton Media Group.[1] The newspaper's circulation is 6,000.[citation needed]
History
[edit]The newspaper was founded in September 1854 as the Des Arc Citizen.[1] In 1862 during the American Civil War, Union forces destroyed the Citizen's printing facilities; publication didn't resume until 1866.[1] The paper was purchased in 1885 by James J. Baugh, who moved operations to Searcy and renamed it the White County Citizen.[1] Ownership of the newspaper passed to Baugh's son-in-law, M.P. Jones Jr., in 1940.[1] The paper remained in the Jones family until it was sold to Harte-Hanks Communications in 1977.[1] It was later sold to Worrell Enterprises, which sold it to Paxton Media Group in 1991.[1]
The newspaper earned general excellence from the Arkansas Press Association[1] from 2011 to 2013,[citation needed] and the Associated Press awarded the newspaper general excellence and sweepstakes[1] in 2012 and 2013.[citation needed]
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