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The Ennis Daily News is a newspaper published in the city of Ennis, Texas. Publication dates are Tuesday through Friday afternoons and Sunday morning. The Sunday morning has traditionally been published on Saturday afternoon dating back to the ownership of Mary Hellen and Charles Gentry. Currently the newspaper is owned by Ellis County Newspapers, Inc. (created in 1997). Publisher is Tre Bischof who has served in that role since July 2009. Editor is Nick Todaro. Circulation of the newspaper has hovered around 3,000 for several years, which represents about a 50 percent saturation rate in the city of Ennis. Unlike many small community newspapers which serve a county-wide audience, the EDN, as it is referred to locally, serves Eastern Ellis County and Ennis is not the county seat of Ellis County. Therefore coverage from the newspaper centers around Ennis and includes cities and towns around it, such as Garrett, Palmer, Bardwell, Ferris, and other smaller communities nearby.

Printing
The Ennis Daily News is one of the remaining newspaper that still print at their own facility. They Goss Community press at their building, located at 213 N. Dallas St. in downtown Ennis dates back to the early 1970s. Likewise, the EDN is one of the few print shops that do not actively seek outside printing jobs, instead preferring to focus on its own product.

Several technological upgrades made in the EDN pre-press department have allowed the Ennis Daily News to improve printing through the years. Computer to Plate (CTP) technology will be introduced in the fall of 2010, eliminating the need for film to be used at the facility. The industries shift to cutting film out of use in newspaper production, the inability to maintain equipment and an attempt to improve the reproduction of the newspaper for the residents of Ennis made this change inevitable. Waste, a major aspect of newspaper printing expenses, is expected to be reduced, as is production time. This upgrade allows the newspaper to improve its look, speed up its delivery, and reduce expenses.

Internet
Much like the other newspapers in the country, the threat of the Internet is something the publishers of the EDN have watched closely over the years. However, unlike medium sized and large newspapers, the EDN has always valued protecting its content by not publishing entire stories on the web. In an effort to protect both its circulation and advertising revenue, the EDN developed a website, www.ennisdailynews.com, in 2005. However, it does not to this day publish its entire newspaper online. In 2010, the publisher of the newspaper began the process of creating a paywall to allow current subscribers to view the newspaper online. Currently an E-Edition is available for its existing customers and for purchase by those who prefer the Internet version and do not receive a home delivery copy.