The
Daily Gazette was founded in 1894 as a weekly newspaper by the Marlette family. It was sold to the Schenectady Printing Association in September of that year, and expanded into a daily newspaper, while still publishing its weekly edition. By 1895, it had a circulation of 3,000 copies a day. From 1902 to 1989 inclusively, the newspaper's title was
Schenectady Gazette. In 1990, the paper changed its name to
The Daily Gazette (thus reverting to its initial title but including the definite article in the title). Also in 1990, it began publishing a Sunday edition. In 1996, the
Gazette launched its free website, which it turned into a subscriber-based website in 2003. , it offers a select number of free articles online per month, with full access available by subscription. Judith Patrick became editor of the newspaper in 2012. She was the first woman to have the position. The board of directors appointed John DeAugustine as publisher in 2013. In December 2019, the Gazette Company acquired the
Amsterdam Recorder, Courier-Standard-Enterprise and
Fulton County Express. In 2021, the Gazette Company acquired
The Gloversville Leader Herald. In 2024, the Gazette Company acquired
The Register Star in Columbia County and
The Daily Mail in Greene County. In May 2024, the Hume-Lind family agreed to sell the paper to its publisher John DeAugustine. In September 2025, DeAugustine purchased
Spotlight Newspapers. In February 2026, he acquired the
Adirondack Daily Enterprise and
Lake Placid News from
Ogden Newspapers. == Particular Schenectady notation ==