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The Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pennsylvania)
Encyclopedia
The Intelligencer is a daily (except Saturday) morning broadsheet
newspaper
published in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
. The newspaper serves central and northern Bucks County
as well as adjacent areas of eastern Montgomery County
. It is owned by Calkins Media, Inc.
In 1886, the newspaper became a daily, which called itself The Doylestown Daily Intelligencer.
In 1973, The Daily Intelligencer moved to its current headquarters at 333 N. Broad St. in Doylestown, and dropped the "Daily" part of its name in the 1990s.
Up until the 1970s, it published as an afternoon newspaper Monday through Saturday. It dropped the Saturday edition for a short time in the late 1970s when it added a Sunday morning edition.
It also published a sister newspaper, the Montgomery County Record (later The Record) in the 1980s and 1990s. As the Montgomery County Record, it was an independent subsidiary competing with its parent newspaper, arriving on the same doorsteps as The Daily Intelligencer.
Later, as The Record, that sister paper was merely a Montgomery County
edition of The Daily Intelligencer.
Owned by Calkins Media, Inc.
, The Intelligencer now publishes a morning edition six days a week, publishing it seven days a week until February 7, 2009, when it dropped its Saturday edition.
In addition to its daily newspaper publication, The Intelligencer also posts news online. The newspaper has its own website on phillyBurbs.com, a site it shares with sister Calkins Media newspapers Bucks County Courier Times and Burlington County Times
. On June 22, 2008, The Intelligencer changed its website from phillyBurbs.com/intell to intelligenceronline.com and also launched intelligencerNOW.com, a continuous news website that updates the news throughout the day.
A timeline of the paper's mastheads is as follows:
Broadsheet
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newspaper
Newspaper
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published in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Doylestown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 8,380. The borough is the county seat of Bucks County.- History :...
. The newspaper serves central and northern Bucks County
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Industry and commerce :The boroughs of Bristol and Morrisville were prominent industrial centers along the Northeast Corridor during World War II. Suburban development accelerated in Lower Bucks in the 1950s with the opening of Levittown, Pennsylvania, the second such "Levittown" designed by...
as well as adjacent areas of eastern Montgomery County
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010, the population was 799,874, making it the third most populous county in Pennsylvania . The county seat is Norristown.The county was created on September 10, 1784, out of land originally part...
. It is owned by Calkins Media, Inc.
Calkins Media
Calkins Media is a media company based in Levittown, Pennsylvania, which owns 8 newspapers and 3 television stations, all of them are ABC affiliates. It was established in 1937 as Calkins Newspapers, Inc...
History
The newspaper started in 1804 as the Pennsylvania Correspondent and Farmers' Advertiser, a weekly newspaper in Doylestown. In 1876, the Bucks County Intelligencer moved to an ornate building at 10 E. Court St. in Doylestown, where it was located until 1973.In 1886, the newspaper became a daily, which called itself The Doylestown Daily Intelligencer.
In 1973, The Daily Intelligencer moved to its current headquarters at 333 N. Broad St. in Doylestown, and dropped the "Daily" part of its name in the 1990s.
Up until the 1970s, it published as an afternoon newspaper Monday through Saturday. It dropped the Saturday edition for a short time in the late 1970s when it added a Sunday morning edition.
It also published a sister newspaper, the Montgomery County Record (later The Record) in the 1980s and 1990s. As the Montgomery County Record, it was an independent subsidiary competing with its parent newspaper, arriving on the same doorsteps as The Daily Intelligencer.
Later, as The Record, that sister paper was merely a Montgomery County
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010, the population was 799,874, making it the third most populous county in Pennsylvania . The county seat is Norristown.The county was created on September 10, 1784, out of land originally part...
edition of The Daily Intelligencer.
Owned by Calkins Media, Inc.
Calkins Media
Calkins Media is a media company based in Levittown, Pennsylvania, which owns 8 newspapers and 3 television stations, all of them are ABC affiliates. It was established in 1937 as Calkins Newspapers, Inc...
, The Intelligencer now publishes a morning edition six days a week, publishing it seven days a week until February 7, 2009, when it dropped its Saturday edition.
In addition to its daily newspaper publication, The Intelligencer also posts news online. The newspaper has its own website on phillyBurbs.com, a site it shares with sister Calkins Media newspapers Bucks County Courier Times and Burlington County Times
Burlington County Times
The Burlington County Times is a daily newspaper located in Willingboro Township, New Jersey, USA. The Times is owned by Calkins Media....
. On June 22, 2008, The Intelligencer changed its website from phillyBurbs.com/intell to intelligenceronline.com and also launched intelligencerNOW.com, a continuous news website that updates the news throughout the day.
A timeline of the paper's mastheads is as follows:
- 1804 - 1822 Pennsylvania Correspondent and Farmers' Advertiser
- 1822 - 1824 Correspondent and Farmers' Advertiser
- 1824 - 1826 Bucks County Patriot and Farmers' Advertiser
- 1827 - 1842 The Bucks County Intelligencer and General Advertiser
- 1843 - 1886 Bucks County Intelligencer
- 1886 - 1955 Doylestown Daily Intelligencer
- 1955 - 1998 The Daily Intelligencer
- 1998 - present The Intelligencer