Taranaki Daily News

Taranaki Daily News

Infobox Newspaper
name=Taranaki Daily News
type=Daily (Mon-Sat)
foundation=1857
format=Broadsheet
owners=Fairfax Media
headquarters=New Plymouth
language=English
editor=Jonathan MacKenzie

The Taranaki Daily News is a daily morning newspaper published in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

The paper was founded as the "Taranaki News" on May 14, 1857, by friends of former Taranaki Province Superintendent Charles Brown following his defeat.J.S. Tullett, "The Industrious Heart: A History of New Plymouth", New Plymouth City Council, 1981.] Brown was the first proprietor of the newspaper and he appointed his political supporter and former "Taranaki Herald" editor Richard Pheney as its editor. The paper, initially housed in a small wooden building on the east side of Brougham Street opposite the present library, became a strident critic of the "Herald" and the provincial government. The paper began publishing on Saturdays and in 1885 changed its name to the "Taranaki Daily News" when it began publishing daily.

The "Taranaki" was dropped from the masthead about 1862, when the paper's ownership was merged with that of the "Herald" to become Taranaki Newspapers Ltd, and reinstated in 2004. [ [http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/media/presshist.htm Taranaki newspaper history article at Puke Ariki museum website] ] As of 31 March 2005 the circulation was 26,754. [Cite web|url=http://www.fairfaxnz.co.nz/publications/general/info86.html|title=Fairfax Media:Publications|retrieved=2008-03-17]

Taranaki Newspapers Ltd was bought by Independent Newspapers Ltd in 1989 and is now part of the Fairfax Media group. An electronic version of the paper is available on the stuff.co.nz website. [Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/|title=Stuff:Taranaki Daily News|retrieved=2008-03-17]

TNL also publishes two free weekly newspapers in the Taranaki region: The "North Taranaki Midweek" (Wednesdays) and the "South Taranaki Star" (Thursdays).

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