The Dallas Morning News
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Dallas, Texas |
| Type: | News Media |
| Affiliation: | A.H. Belo Corporation[1] |
| Top official: | James M. Moroney III, Publisher and CEO[2] |
| Founder(s): | Alfred Horatio Belo and George Bannerman Dealey |
| Year founded: | 1885[1] |
| Website: | Official website |
The Dallas Morning News is a daily newspaper published in Dallas, Texas. The paper is owned by the A.H. Belo Corporation and is published under the umbrella of DMN Media.[3] The paper offers print and digital news.
Circulation
As of February 2016, the paper circulates 405,349 copies, making The Dallas Morning News the largest newspaper by circulation in the state of Texas.[1][4]
History
In 1842, Samuel Bangs, a publisher from Boston, Mass., founded the Galveston News in Galveston, Texas. After the Civil War, a Confederate colonel from North Carolina named Alfred Horatio Belo joined the Galveston News as Bangs' bookkeeper. In a short time, Belo became a full partner.[5] In 1885, when efforts to purchase the Dallas Herald proved unsuccessful, Belo sent George Bannerman Dealey north from Galveston to establish a sister publication. That paper was named The Dallas Morning News. The Dallas Morning News began publication on October 1, 1885. The Dallas Morning News and the Galveston News were the first two newspapers in the country to publish simultaneous editions.[5][6]
From its inception, The Dallas Morning News focused on state news and refrained from formal affiliation with any one political party. Beginning with an initial circulation of 5,000, the Morning News soon acquired the Herald and later leased a special train on the Texas and Pacific Railway to carry papers to Fort Worth. By 1887, the paper expanded its reach via a special train on the Houston and Texas Central to deliver papers to McKinney, Sherman, and Denison on the morning they were printed.[6] This was done, in part, to acquire share from the paper's most serious challenger, the far-off St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which had a greater circulation in Texas than any Texas newspaper at the time.[5]
By 1888, the Morning News was printing an eight to twelve page edition daily and sixteen pages on Sunday. Circulation reached 17,000 by 1895.[6] By 1906, The Dallas Morning News had a circulation of 38,000.[5] In 1914, an evening paper, the Dallas Journal, was launched; that paper was sold in 1938.[6] George Bannerman Dealey, who started the Morning News, served as the editor until 1920, when he became president of A.H. Belo Corporation.[7] By 1928, circulation of the Morning News reached 86,000 daily. The paper's circulation stood at 150,000 in 1950 and grew to 346,273 by 1968.[6]
The Dallas Morning News became the only daily paper in Dallas in December 1991, when the A.H. Belo Corporation purchased the Dallas Times Herald and subsequently shuttered that publication.[1] By 1994, circulation was 527,300. In 2001, James M. Moroney III, great-grandson of George B. Dealey, became publisher. The Morning News had a daily circulation of 525,532 in 2003.[6] A.H. Belo Corporation continues to own The Dallas Morning News today, publishing the paper under the umbrella of DMN Media.[3] As of February 2016, the paper circulates 405,349 copies, which makes The Dallas Morning News the largest newspaper by circulation in the state of Texas.[4]
Editorial positions
The following list is a sampling of the paper's editorial positions available on Ballotpedia:
Presidential endorsements
According to the Texas State Historical Association, The Dallas Morning News supported the Republican nominee for president in every general election between 1952 and 2012, save for a neutral position taken in the 1964 election between Lyndon B. Johnson and Barry Goldwater.[6]
Donald Trump
On September 6, 2016, the editorial board of The Dallas Morning News declined to endorse the 2016 Republican nominee, Donald Trump, in an editorial titled “Donald Trump is no Republican.” The editorial board stated, “We have no interest in a Republican nominee for whom all principles are negotiable, nor in a Republican Party that is willing to trade away principle for pursuit of electoral victory. Trump doesn't reflect Republican ideals of the past; we are certain he shouldn't reflect the GOP of the future. Donald Trump is not qualified to serve as president and does not deserve your vote.”[8]
2016 presidential endorsement
✓ The Dallas Morning News endorsed Hillary Clinton for the 2016 presidential general election.[9]
- See also: Endorsements for Hillary Clinton
Statewide ballot measures
- Texas Homestead Exemption for School District Property Taxes Amendment, Proposition_1 (2015), Support
- Texas Property Tax Exemption for Surviving Spouses of Disabled Veterans Amendment, Proposition 2 (2015), Support
- Texas State Capital Residency Repeal Amendment, Proposition 3 (2015), Support
- Texas Sports Team Charitable Foundation Raffles Amendment, Proposition 4 (2015), Support
- Texas Population Requirement for Private Road Work Amendment, Proposition 5 (2015), Support
- Texas Right to Hunt, Fish and Harvest Amendment, Proposition 6 (2015), Support
- Texas Sales and Use Tax Revenue for Transportation Amendment, Proposition 7 (2015), Support
Candidates
- United States Senate elections in Texas, 2014, Endorsed John Cornyn
- United States Senate elections in Texas, 2014, Endorsed David Alameel in the Democratic primary
- Texas gubernatorial election, 2014, Endorsed Greg Abbott
- Texas gubernatorial election, 2014, Endorsed Wendy Davis in the Democratic primary
- Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2014, Endorsed Leticia Van de Putte
- United States Senate elections in Texas, 2012, Endorsed Paul Sadler
Recognition
The Dallas Morning News has earned nine Pulitzer prizes, most recently in 2010 for editorial writing and in both 2004 and 2006 for photography.[10][6] In 2005, the paper was honored for having one of the five best feature sections of any newspaper in the United States by the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors.[10]
Leadership
Below is the list of the leadership of The Dallas Morning News:[11]
- James M. Moroney III, Publisher and CEO
- Grant Moise, Senior Vice President, Business Development and Niche Products
- Joe Weir, Chief Revenue Officer
- Nicki Purcell, Chief Digital Officer and Senior Vice President Consumer Sales
- Rich Alfano, General Manager Business Development
- Alison Draper, President CrowdSource
- Lindsay Jacaman, General Manager Digital Marketing Services and Group Publisher
- Michael Mayer, General Manager, Recruitment, Real Estate and General Classifieds
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Dallas Morning News. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.
See also
- Texas
- Dallas, Texas
- Texas media
- Media influencers
External links
- The Dallas Morning News website
- DMN Media website
- A.H. Belo Corporation website
- The Dallas Morning News Facebook account
- The Dallas Morning News Twitter account
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mondo Times, "The Dallas Morning News," accessed February 3, 2016
- ↑ DMN Media, "James M. Moroney III," accessed February 3, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 DMN Media, "Company info," accessed February 3, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mondo Times, "Highest circulation Texas newspapers," accessed February 3, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, "Dallas Morning News," accessed February 3, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Texas State Historical Association, "Dallas Morning News," accessed February 3, 2016
- ↑ A.H. Belo, "History," accessed December 29, 2015
- ↑ The Dallas Morning News, "Donald Trump is no Republican," July 21, 2016
- ↑ The Dallas Morning News, "We recommend Hillary Clinton for president," September 7, 2016
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 A.H. Belo Corporation, "Awards," accessed February 3, 2016
- ↑ The Dallas Morning News, "Leadership Team," accessed December 29, 2015
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