| The Daily Gazette | |
| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Format: | Broadsheet |
| Foundation: | 1894 |
| Owners: | The Daily Gazette Co. |
| Headquarters: | 2345 Maxon Road Extension Schenectady, New York United States |
| Circulation: | 57,323 |
| Editor: | Miles Reed |
| Publisher: | John DeAugustine |
| Circulation Date: | 2017 |
| Circulation Ref: | [1] |
| Issn: | 1050-0340 |
The Daily Gazette is an independent, family-owned[2] daily newspaper published in Schenectady, New York.[3] The Daily Gazette also owns and operates The Amsterdam Recorder, The Gloversville Leader-Herald and Your Niskayuna.
The Daily Gazette was founded as a weekly newspaper by the Marlette family in 1894. It was sold to the Schenectady Printing Association in September of that year, and expanded into a daily newspaper, while still publishing its weekly edition. By 1895, it had a circulation of 3,000 copies a day.[4]
In 1990, the paper began publishing a Sunday edition. In 1996, the Gazette launched its free website, which it turned into a subscriber-based website in 2003., it offers a select number of free articles online per month, with full access available by subscription.[5]
Judith Patrick became editor of the newspaper in 2012. She was the first woman to have the position.[6] The board of directors appointed John DeAugustine as publisher in 2013.[7]
In December 2019, the Gazette Company acquired the Amsterdam Recorder, Courier-Standard-Enterprise and Fulton County Express.[8] In 2021, the Gazette Company acquired The Gloversville Leader Herald.[9] In 2024, the Gazette Company acquired The Register Star in Columbia County and The Daily Mail in Greene County.[10]
In May 2024, the Hume-Lind family agreed to sell the paper to its publisher John DeAugustine. The family had owned the paper since 1984[11]
The Daily Gazette is known for typically using the short form "Sch'dy" for Schenectady in its headlines and headings.
A prop Daily Gazette front page was featured in the 2012 film The Place Beyond the Pines.[12]
In a scene of the 1945 film Objective, Burma!, journalist character Mark Williams remarks that his column is syndicated in the Gazette.[13]