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name = [[Image:Pnjlogo.gif|centre|200px]] |
type = Daily regional newspaper |
founded = [[1889]] (''Daily News'') |
owner = [[Gannett Company]] |
[[William Marion Loftin]], who moved to Pensacola from Alabama in [[1887]]<ref>Miller, Vivien Mary L. ''Crime, Sexual Violence, and Clemency: Florida's Pardon Board and Penal System in the Progressive Era.'' Page 68.</ref> and worked for a time as city editor at the ''Daily News'',<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.com/~flescamb/direcil.htm 1894 City Directory]</ref> founded the ''[[Pensacola Journal]]'' with two other employees in [[1897]]. Originally a weekly paper, the ''Journal'' converted to a daily format in [[1898]].
The two dailies competed fiercely, each driving the other to edge of bankruptcy in the struggle to be recognized as Pensacola's top daily newspaper. By [[1922]], the ''Journal'' was in dire financial trouble, and was eventually purchased by New York businessman [[John Holliday Perry]], who at about the same time also acquired papers in Jacksonville and Panama City. In [[1924]], Perry bought the ''Daily News'' and merged the two newspapers' operations. For the next six decades, the ''Pensacola Journal'' continued to appear mornings''' ''''''Bold text'''''''''Bold text'''''''''and the ''Pensacola News'' evenings, with a combined Sunday edition as the ''Pensacola News Journal''.
Perry developed the ''News Journal'' into an extremely popular and successful newspaper. By the early 1950s, the ''News Journal'' had developed into one of the most modern and efficient newspaper operations in the Southeast. Under the leadership of Perry's son, [[John Holliday Perry, Jr.]], who succeeded his father in [[1955]], the ''News Journal'' continued to expand. [[Perry Publications, Inc.]], eventually owned 28 newspapers throughout Florida.
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