The Decatur Daily

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The Decatur Daily

The December 7, 2006 front page of The Decatur Daily
Type	Daily newspaper (except Mondays and Saturdays)
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc.
Publisher	Barrett C. "Clint" Shelton III
Editor	Bruce McLellan
Founded	1912
Headquarters	201 1st Avenue SE Decatur, Alabama 35609  United States
Website	decaturdaily.com

The Decatur Daily is a daily (five days a week) newspaper serving Decatur, Alabama and the Tennessee Valley in the North Alabama area of the United States. As of September 30, 2006, it had an average daily circulation of 20,824 and a Sunday circulation of 23,840. Along with The Anniston Star, it is one of only two family-owned daily newspapers remaining in Alabama.

History[]

For over 100 years, The Decatur Daily has played a major role in the economic and community development of the Tennessee Valley. It was first published on February 26, 1912 under the banner of The Decaturs Daily, serving the towns of Decatur and New Decatur. After 1916, when New Decatur was renamed Albany, the paper was called The Albany-Decatur Daily. When the two towns were consolidated in 1927, it assumed its present title.

The newspaper is published by the Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc., formed in 1911. William R. Shelton was the primary owner and first publisher. He served in this capacity until his death in 1924, and was succeeded by his son has been publisher since 1984, and today serves as general manager.

On April 1, 2009, The Tennessee Valley Printing Company purchased the TimesDaily newspaper in Florence, Alabama, from the New York Times Regional News Group.

In 2018, facing challenges from the switch to digital media and sharp increases in newsprint costs due to a tariff imposed on Canadian newsprint, 'The Decatur Daily' stopped printing editions on Saturdays and Mondays.^[1]

Awards[]

2018 Better Newspaper Contest - Alabama Press Association^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (Mobile)
• Today's The Decatur Daily front page at the Newseum website
• A Brief History of THE DECATUR DAILY
• Family-owned papers — more than bottom line: DAILY, Anniston Star unique among Alabama publications
• Audit Bureau of Circulations eCirc

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