The Miami Herald

The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by Knight Ridder. It primarily serves the Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2004, The Herald has a daily readership of about one million readers with a daily circulation of about 300,000 (almost 450,000 on Sundays), mostly in South Florida, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

History

The first edition was published September 15, 1903, as The Miami Evening Record. The newspaper was renamed The Miami Herald on December 1, 1910. It is South Florida’s oldest newspaper.

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September 15 - 1903 - December 1 - 1910

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The Herald came close to receivership but recovered in the 1930s.

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On October 15, 1937, John S. Knight, son of a noted Ohio newspaperman, bought The Herald from Frank B. Shutts. Knight became editor and publisher and made his brother, James L. Knight, the business manager. The Herald had 383 employees.

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Lee Hills arrived as city editor in September 1942. He later became The Herald's publisher and eventually chairman of Knight-Ridder Inc., a position he held until 1981.

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An international edition for readers in the Caribbean and Latin America began 1946.

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The Herald won its first Pulitzer Prize in 1950, for its reporting on Miami's organized crime. Its circulation was 176,000 daily and 204,000 on Sundays.

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On August 19, 1960, construction began on the present Herald building on Biscayne Bay. Also on that day, Alvah H. Chapman, started work as James Knight’s assistant. Chapman was later promoted to Knight-Ridder chairman and chief executive officer. The Herald moved into its new building at One Herald Plaza without missing an edition on March 23-24, 1963.

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An international edition for readers in Mexico started in 2002.

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As of 2004, The Herald is the country's 24th-largest newspaper, with a Sunday circulation of 447,326, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

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The Herald was once Knight-Ridder's flagship paper, but that position is now held by the San Jose Mercury News.

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On July 27, 2005, former Miami city commissioner Arthur Teele, Jr. walked into the main lobby of the Miami Herald headquarters, dropped off a package for columnist Jim DeFede, and told the security guard to tell his wife Stephanie he 'loved her' before pulling out a gun and committing suicide. His suicide happened the day the Miami New Times, a weekly newspaper, published salacious details of Teele's alleged affairs, including allegations Teele had sex and did cocaine with a transsexual prostitute. Teele at the time was being investigated for federal fraud and money laundering for allegedly taking $59,000 in kickbacks to help a businessman get millions of dollars in contracts at Miami International Airport. The IRS also had an ongoing investigation of Mr. Teele. Teele was suspended from his job in 2004 by Gov. Jeb Bush after being arrested for trying to run a police officer off the road. Teele was also charged in December 2004 with 10 counts of unlawful compensation on charges he took $135,000 from TLMC Inc., and promised they would be awarded lucrative contracts to refurbish neighborhoods in Miami. Teele was also found guilty in March of 2005 for threatening an undercover detective.

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July 27 - 2005 - Miami - Suicide - Cocaine - Transsexual - Prostitute - Money laundering - Miami International Airport - IRS - Jeb Bush - December - 2004 - March

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