| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | The New York Times Company |
| Publisher | Miles Forrest |
| Editor | Keith Magill |
| Founded | 1889 (as the Lafourche Comet) |
| Headquarters | 705 West Fifth Street Thibodaux, Louisiana 70302 United States |
| Official website | dailycomet.com |
The Daily Comet is a newspaper in Thibodaux, Louisiana, United States. It covers Lafourche, Assumption, the west bank of St. James and the northern part of Terrebonne parishes.
It began publishing in 1889 as the weekly Lafourche Comet. It is the only paper currently published in America named "Comet". Its publisher, a Democrat, selected the name "Comet" because the rival Republican newspaper was named the Star. The publisher reasoned that a comet is brighter than a star.
It was purchased by The New York Times Company in 1980[1].
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