On August 1, 1873, the
Provo Daily Times was established by Robert T. McEwan, Robert G. Sleater, Oscar F. Lyons and Joseph T. McEwan. It was published by Washington hand press. Business was poor, so the paper switched from a daily to a tri-weekly on April 7, 1874, and was soon renamed to the
Provo Tri-Weekly Times. Lyons and R.T. McEwan left, but Sleater and J.T. McEwan launched another newspaper on January 13, 1876, called the
Utah County Advertiser, issued twice a week
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On March 18, 1906, Graham died. A year later his daughter Mrs. Sarah "Sadie" Elmo Graham Haws sold the Enquirer
to brothers Heber C. Hicks and Nephi C. Hicks, who then renamed the paper to the Provo Post. In March 1908, the
Democrat was sold to William M. Roylance and George A. Storrs, with J. David Larson as editor. On January 2, 1909, the
Democrat was renamed to the
Provo Herald. In October 1910, Wilford F. Giles acquired the ''Herald, Soots soon left and J. David Larson bought a half interest a month later. On February 10, 1912, Ira H. Masters and Sam H. Wood bought the
Herald. Wood left the partnership after a few weeks. On March 31, 1921, Masters sold the
Herald to Edward C. Rodgers, and on April 17, 1922, he expanded the paper into a daily. That October, Rodgers sold the paper to W.H. Hornibrook. In 1926, Hornibrook sold the paper to James G. Scripps, eldest son of newspaper magnate
E. W. Scripps. In 1996,
Scripps League Newspapers was sold to
Pulitzer, which in 2005 was acquired by
Lee Enterprises. In February 2009, the
Daily Herald discontinued five weekly papers that covered northern Utah County: the
American Fork Citizen,
Pleasant Grove Review,
Lehi Free Press,
Lone Peak Press and
Orem Times. In January 2011, the
Daily Herald discontinued three weekly newspapers that covered southern Utah County: the
Springville Herald,
Spanish Fork Press, and
Nebo Reporter. The Pyramid in
Mount Pleasant was spared. In February 2013, the
Daily Herald eliminated its opinion section and laid off 10% of staff, including the executive editor. In 2016, Lee Enterprises sold the
Daily Herald to
Ogden Newspapers. Two years later Ogden bought the
Ogden Standard-Examiner. == Notes ==