The Pilot News
| Type | Daily Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Horizon Publications |
| Editor | Recommended |
| Founded | 1851 |
| Political alignment | Republican |
| Language | Only if not English |
| Headquarters | Plymouth, Indiana |
| Circulation | 4,435 |
| Website | www |
The Pilot News is a six day a week daily newspaper serving Plymouth, Indiana and the surrounding area, with a circulation of 4,435.[1] It was founded out of the merger of the Plymouth Pilot and the Plymouth News.
The Pilot was founded in 1851 by John Q. Howell.[2] It had the odd quirk of publishing its first issue as number 13, which was explained by Howell as an effort to retain continuity of numbering with his previous paper, the Rochester Republican. The Pilot announced its politics as Jacksonian, but pledged to "never descend to that abuse of our opponents in Opinion which is too often resorted to by partizan Presses."[3] According to one story, Howell moved his paper form Rochester to Plymouth when some townspeople in Plymouth offered him $200 to relocate.[2]
The Pilot went through multiple owners and many different names, and ultimately switched from being a Democratic paper to a Republican one. It returned to the original name and eventually bought out its Democratic rival, the News in 1940. Under a unique arrangement, the Republican Pilot initially published a copy under the News name and masthead with all the articles the same, but the editorial content from a Democratic perspective.[4]
The paper was sold to Park Newspapers in March of 1977.[5] In 2003, Horizon Publications purchased it from Community Newspaper Holdings.[6]
References
- ^ "Plymouth Pilot News newspaper". Mondo Times.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b McDonald, Daniel (1908). A Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana. Lewis Publishing Company.
- ^ "The Pilot". The Pilot. 16 April 1861.
- ^ "Plymouth Daily News Is Going Out Of Business". The Bremen Enquirer. 28 November 1940.
- ^ "New York chain buys Plymouth Pilot news". Arizona Daily Star. 27 January 1977.
- ^ "Illinois company buys three state newspapers". NewsOK.com. 22 May 2003.