The Daily Herald

The earliest predecessor of the Daily Herald was founded in 1873 under the name Provo Daily Times. It was the first newspaper to be published in Provo, when Utah was still a frontier territory. Statehood was not granted to Utah until 1896. In the 1870s and throughout the final quarter of the 19th century, the two major Salt Lake City newspapers -- the Mormon Church-owned Deseret News and the anti-Mormon Salt Lake Tribune -- were continually at war. The Mormon owners of the new newspaper in Provo supported the News, and a running battle with the Tribune was a regular feature in the Provo Times and its successors until about 1900. Other newspapers were started over the years, but none had the necessary staying power. The Provo Times eventually changed its name to the Enquirer, and then to the Provo Post. A competitor, the Utah County Democrat, was founded in 1898 and renamed the Provo Herald in 1909. In 1924 the Post and the Herald merged, forming a final foundation for the later Daily Herald. The company was purchased in 1926 by James G. Scripps, eldest son of newspaper magnate E.W. Scripps. The Scripps family held the newspaper until the mid-1990s, when it was sold to Pulitzer Newspapers Inc., which held it for a decade. In 2005 it was sold, along with a number of other Pulitzer properties, to Lee Enterprises. In August 2016, the Daily Herald was sold to Ogden Newspapers Inc., which owns and operates dozens of newspapers and magazines in 14 states from Utah to New Hampshire. Today's offices of the Daily Herald are at 86 N. University Ave. #300 in Provo. Related: