| Daily Chronicle | |
| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Format: | Print, digital |
| Foundation: | 1879 |
| Owners: | Shaw Media |
| Circulation: | 19,968 |
| Headquarters: | DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois, United States |
| Oclc: | 27019477 |
The Daily Chronicle is a newspaper which covers DeKalb County in northern Illinois. Its newsroom and press are located in DeKalb, Illinois, a city about 60 miles west of Chicago along Interstate 88. The paper has a daily circulation of 19,968 and a Saturday/Sunday "Weekend Edition" circulation of 20,719, as of September 30, 2006.[1] It was formerly owned by Scripps League Newspapers, which was acquired by Pulitzer in 1996; Lee Enterprises acquired Pulitzer in 2005.[2] [3] Shaw Newspapers (now Shaw Media) of Dixon, Illinois acquired the newspaper in late 2007.[4]
Prior to 1970, the publication ran under the title The DeKalb Daily Chronicle, which began publication in 1909.[5]