| Type | Tri-Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Journal Register Company |
| Founded | 1879 |
| Headquarters | One Heritage Drive, Suite 100 Southgate, MI 48195 United States |
| Circulation | 74,000 Wednesday 63,150 Sunday 41,000 Friday[1] |
| Official website | thenewsherald.com |
The News-Herald is a newspaper serving the Downriver area, south of Detroit. It is based in Southgate, Michigan, and owned by the Journal Register Company.[2]
The newspaper is published every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. The entertainment-focused Friday edition, first published on March 3, 2006, is their newest addition.
The News-Herald’s history dates back to the 1870s, when the Rev. George W. Owen established it in Wyandotte, MI. The Mellus Newspapers started in the 1920s, subsequently flourished for decades under famous publisher/editor William Mellus. The current News-Herald format was established under the Heritage Newspapers' brand in 1986, when the late industrialist Heinz Prechter brought the old News-Herald (based in Wyandotte, MI) and Mellus Newspapers (based in Lincoln Park, MI) from SEM Newspapers Inc. and combined them into a single Downriver publication each Wednesday. Heritage Sunday, today called The News-Herald Sunday, was added in the early 1990s.