The July 27, 2005 front page of The Conway Daily Sun |
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| Type | Free daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Country News Club, Inc. |
| Publisher | Mark Guerringue |
| Editor | Adam Hirshan |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | 64 Seavey Street North Conway, New Hampshire 03860 United States |
| Circulation | 16,100 in 2005[1] |
| Official website | conwaydailysun.com |
The Conway Daily Sun is a five-day (Tuesday through Saturday) free daily newspaper published in the town of Conway, New Hampshire, U.S., covering the Mount Washington Valley area. It has been published since 1989 by Country News Club, which also prints two other free Daily Sun tabloids in eastern New Hampshire.
Mark Guerringue and Adam Hirshan founded Country News Club. In early 2007, they were still serving as publisher and editor, respectively, of The Conway Daily Sun.
The Daily Sun circulates in several towns of Carroll County, New Hampshire, including Albany, Bartlett (including Glen), Conway (including Intervale and North Conway), Eaton, Freedom, Jackson, Madison (including Silver Lake), Moultonborough, Tamworth (including Chocorua), Ossipee and Wolfeboro; and two towns in Oxford County, Maine: Fryeburg and Lovell.[2]
A complete PDF of the newspaper is also available for free online; for an extra subscription fee, readers can even access the online version the night before the print edition is distributed. Online subscribers also have access to newspaper's stories on Web pages.
Lloyd Jones, Nate Giarnese, Casey Conley and Tom Eastman are the Conway Daily Sun's staff writers. Several stringers and part-time writers also contribute regularly. Bart Bachman is the managing editor and Terry Leavitt edits community and opinion pages. Lloyd Jones also serves as the sports editor. Alec Kerr edits the wire pages and entertainment sections and serves as the paper's entertainment critic.
The Conway Daily Sun was the first United States daily to publish the popular numbers puzzle Sudoku.[3]
Citing advertisement revenue issues, the Conway Daily Sun printed its final Monday edition on October 26, 2009. The paper continues to be published Tuesday through Saturday.
Conway was Country News Club's first daily newspaper. It has since been joined by The Berlin Daily Sun. In 2000, two of the partners of Country News Club partnered with Ed Engler to launch The Laconia Daily Sun, in neighboring regions of New Hampshire. The Conway Daily Sun's Website is part of the company's regional portal, mountwashingtonvalley.com.
No other daily newspaper is based in Carroll County. Country News Club's closest competitor is The Citizen of Laconia.