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=Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois newspaper)=

The Daily Herald is a Chicago suburban newspaper printed in the suburb of Arlington Heights. The newspaper is distributed mainly to the northwest suburbs of Chicago. The paper started in 1871 and is independently owned and run by Paddock Publications, Inc.

Location
The Daily Herald is printed in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, which is about 20 miles northwest of Chicago. It serves the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, and McHenry and has a coverage area of about 1,300 square miles. Within these counties, it serves over 90 communities. With a daily circulation of 151,028. The Daily Herald is the largest exclusively suburban newspaper in the Chicagoland area.

History
The Daily Herald was started in 1871 by Hosea C. Paddock and was driven by the motto, “To fear God, tell the truth and make money.” Paddock Publications, Inc. was started as an independent publishing company and continues to be one today. With a large number of independent publishing companies being bought or going out of business, the success of Paddock Publishing and the Daily Herald has been impressive. The Daily Herald has been developed by four generations of Paddocks and is now the third largest newspaper in Illinois. It ranks as number 80 on the list of newspapers in the United States by circulation. The Paddock Family doesn’t have any plans to sell the company in the future. They look to continue a circulation growth of 19.9% over the past ten years in the Chicago suburban market. Today, the Daily Herald’s motto is, “Big picture. Local Focus” because it claims to have superb national and international articles as well as the most detailed, relevant and timely local news of the suburbs.

Sections
The Daily Herald sections include local headlines, sports, business, and arts & entertainment. Within the local headlines, the Daily Herald is unique in that it has 29 “Neighbor” section zones. These 29 zones of circulation all receive different neighbor sections which target focus on schools, community events, local government and more. The local sports section is popular among student athletes who enjoy reading about high school sports teams in their area.

The Daily Herald can also be read using the paper’s website. The website contains all the sections that the print version has. It enables the user to perform detailed searches as well as pick the town he or she lives in, or lives close to, in order to receive information about local news and events. It is free for the user to register to use the online version of the Daily Herald.

Important People
Daniel E. Baumann Chairman / Publisher

Douglas K. Ray President / CEO

Robert Y. Paddock, Jr. Executive Vice President

John Lampinen Senior Vice President / Editor

James J. Galetano Vice President - Circulation

Kent L. Johnson Vice President - Treasurer

Colin O'Donnell Vice President - Operations and Planning