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The Galveston News was founded in 1842 by Samuel Bangs.
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Alfred H. Belo aquired control and was investigating the possibility of establishing a sister paper in rapidly developing North Texas
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The Dallas Daily Morning Newspaper began publication in October 1, 1885
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In a courageous move, the paper condemned the Ku Klux Klan in the early 1920s.
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1928 circulation had increased to 86,000
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The Dallas Morning News has been accused of inflating its circulation numbers to keep advertiser revenue high.[citation needed] In the mid-1980s, the paper was sued by the rival Times Herald, charging that the News was overstating circulation increases
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1986: National Reporting :ulitzer Prize
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1989: Explanatory Journalism
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1990: Gayle Reaves, David Hanners, and David McLemore for regional reporting
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In late 1991, the DMN became the lone major newspaper in the Dallas market, when its rival the Dallas Times Herald was closed after several years of hard-fought circulation wars between the two papers, especially over the then-burgeoning classified advertising market.
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1991: Feature Photography
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1992: Investigative Reporting
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In April 2005, The Dallas Morning News launched four editions of a weekly community newspaper called Neighbors
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2006: Breaking News Photography
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2010: Editorial Writing
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circulation of 264,459 subscribers, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported in September 2010.
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As of August 2011, neighborsgo (a part of DMN) publishes 11 weekly print editions and is distributed to more than 340,000 households in the Dallas area.
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Alive and well!
