The
Daily News began publication on 25 June 1878. From 1881 to 1938, G.S. Griswold served as publisher along with partner McWain. A prominent member of the community, he was one of the charter members of the Associated Press and its one-time president. In 1897, the
Daily News bought
The Batavian, a rival weekly that had operated since 1868. Enlarging it, they turned it from an independent paper to a
Republican one. In 1984,
The Daily News won a
USA Today printing contract for regional printing of
USA Today serving Western New York, resulting in a printing plant expansion. This contract was ended in summer 2009. Tom Turnbull was publisher from 2002 to 2013. On 17 February 2010, the
Batavia Daily News joined the
YouTube Channel. Then on 30 August the
Buffalo News started to print the
Batavia Daily News among other papers. On 20 September 2014, the newspaper's historic headquarters building was sold to an outside buyer. During 2015, long time Managing Editor Mark Graczyk left and was succeeded by Tiffany Towner; in September 2017, John Anderson replaced Towner as managing editor. Then later in 2019 Ben Beagle took over the job. The
Batavia Daily News switched in 2019 from publishing six days a week to a five day cycle, Tuesday–Saturday. A 2009 poll in
The Batavian, an online news site and a competitor to the
Batavia Daily News founded in 2008, indicated that 37.2 percent of respondents felt that partisanship did not figure into
The Daily News coverage, while 23.4 percent of respondents felt it leaned Republican, and 17.9 percent felt it leaned
Democrat. 21.1 percent answered, "not sure." ==Awards and recognition==