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The Miami Herald is an American daily newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and headquartered in Doral, Florida, a city in western Miami-Dade County and the Miami metropolitan area, several miles west of downtown Miami. Founded in 1903, it is the fifth largest newspaper in Florida. It primarily serves Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties, but also circulates throughout South Florida, the Caribbean, Latin America, and throughout the United States.

The first edition was published September 15, 1903, as The Miami Evening Record. After the recession of 1907, the newspaper had severe financial difficulties. Its largest creditor was Henry Flagler. Through a loan from Henry Flagler, Frank B. Shutts, who was also the founder of the law firm Shutts & Bowen, acquired the paper and renamed it the Miami Herald on December 1, 1910. Although it is the longest continuously published newspaper in Miami, the earliest newspaper in the region was The Tropical Sun, established in 1891. The Miami Metropolis, which later became The Miami News, was founded in 1896, and was the Herald's oldest competitor until 1988, when it went out of business.

During the Florida land boom of the 1920s, the Miami Herald was the largest newspaper in the world, as measured by lines of advertising. During The Great Depression in the 1930s, the Herald came close to receivership, but recovered.

On October 25, 1939, John S. Knight, son of a noted Ohio newspaperman, bought the Herald from Frank B. Shutts. Knight became editor and publisher, and made his brother, James L. Knight, the business manager. The Herald had 383 employees. Lee Hills arrived as city editor in September 1942. He later became the Herald's publisher and eventually the chairman of Knight-Ridder Inc., a position he held until 1981.

The Miami Herald International Edition, printed by partner newspapers throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, began in 1946. It is commonly available at resorts in the Caribbean countries such as the Dominican Republic, and, though printed by the largest local newspaper Listín Diario, it is not available outside such tourist areas. It was extended to Mexico in 2002.

The Herald won its first Pulitzer Prize in 1950, for its reporting on Miami's organized crime. Its circulation was 176,000 daily and 204,000 on Sundays.

On August 19, 1960, construction began on the Herald building on Biscayne Bay. Also on that day, Alvah H. Chapman, started work as James Knight's assistant. Chapman was later promoted to Knight-Ridder chairman and chief executive officer. The Herald moved into its new building at One Herald Plaza without missing an edition on March 23–24, 1963.

The paper won a landmark press freedom decision in Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo (1974). In the case, Pat Tornillo Jr., president of the United Teachers of Dade, had requested that the Herald print his rebuttal to an editorial criticizing him, citing Florida's "right-to-reply" law, which mandated that newspapers print such responses. Represented by longtime counsel Dan Paul, the Herald challenged the law, and the case was appealed to the Supreme Court. The Court unanimously overturned the Florida statute under the Press Freedom Clause of the First Amendment, ruling that "Governmental compulsion on a newspaper to publish that which 'reason' tells it should not be published is unconstitutional". The decision showed the limitations of a 1969 decision, Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission, in which a similar "Fairness Doctrine" had been upheld for radio and television, and establishing that broadcast and print media had different Constitutional protections.

Publication of a Spanish-language supplemental insert named El Herald began in 1976. It was renamed El Nuevo Herald in 1987, and in 1998 became an independent publication.

In 2003, the Miami Herald and El Universal of Mexico City created an international joint venture, and in 2004 they together launched The Herald Mexico, a English-language newspaper for readers in Mexico.

On July 27, 2005, former Miami city commissioner Arthur Teele walked into the main lobby of the Herald's headquarters and phoned Herald columnist Jim DeFede (one of several telephone conversations that the two had had during the day) to say that he had a package for DeFede. He then asked a security officer to tell his (Teele's) wife Stephanie that he loved her, before pulling out a gun and committing suicide. This happened the day the Miami New Times, a weekly newspaper, published salacious details of Teele's alleged affairs, including allegations that he had had sex and used cocaine with a transsexual prostitute.

The day before committing suicide, Teele had had another telephone conversation with DeFede, who recorded this call without Teele's knowledge, which was illegal under Florida law. DeFede admitted to the Herald's management that he had taped the call. Although the paper used quotes from the tape in its coverage, DeFede was fired the next day for violating the paper's code of ethics, and he was likely guilty of a felony.

Many journalists and readers of the Herald disagreed with the decision to fire rather than suspend DeFede, arguing that it had been made in haste and that the punishment was disproportionate to the offense. 528 journalists, including about 200 current and former Herald staffers, called on the Herald to reinstate DeFede, but the paper's management refused to back down. The state attorney's office later declined to file charges against the columnist, holding that the potential violation was "without a (living) victim or a complainant".

On September 8, 2006, the Miami Herald's president Jesús Díaz, Jr. fired three journalists because they had allegedly been paid by the United States government to work for anti-Cuba propaganda TV and radio channels. The three were Pablo Alfonso, Wilfredo Cancio Isla and Olga Connor. Less than a month later, responding to pressure from the Cuban community in Miami, Díaz resigned after reinstating the fired journalists. Nevertheless, he continues to claim that such payments, especially if made from organs of the state, violate the principles of journalistic independence. At least seven other journalists who do not work at the Herald, namely Miguel Cossio, Carlos Alberto Montaner, Juan Manuel Cao, Ariel Remos, Omar Claro, Helen Aguirre Ferre, Paul Crespo, and Ninoska Perez-Castellón, were also paid for programs on Radio Martí or TV Martí, both financed by the government of the United States through the Broadcasting Board of Governors, receiving a total of between US$15,000 and US$175,000 since 2001.

In May 2011, the paper announced it had sold 14 acres (5.7 ha) of Biscayne Bayfront land surrounding its headquarters in the Arts & Entertainment District of Downtown Miami for $236 million, to a Malaysian resort developer, Genting Malaysia Berhad. McClatchy announced that the Herald and El Nuevo Herald would be moving to another location by 2013. In May 2013, the paper moved to a new building in suburban Doral. The old building was demolished in 2014.

In November 2018, the Herald broke the story that "in 2007, despite substantial evidence that corroborated (female teenager's) stories of (sexual) abuse by Epstein, the U.S. attorney in Miami, Alexander Acosta, signed off on a secret deal for the multimillionaire, one that ensured he would never spend a day in prison." Thus, the full extent of Epstein's crimes and his collaborators remained hidden and the victims unaware of this arrangement. In July 2019, Epstein was charged with sex trafficking dozens of minors between 2002 and 2005; reporting at the time noted how the Herald brought public attention to accusations against Epstein.

On January 21, 2020 it was announced that the Miami Herald would close its Doral printing plant and move its printing and packaging operations to the South Florida Sun Sentinel's printing facilities in Deerfield Beach. The Herald stopped printing its own editions as of April 26, 2020.

The newspaper employs 2,024 people in Miami and across several bureaus, including Bogotá, Managua, Tallahassee, Vero Beach, Key West, Broward County, and shared space in McClatchy's Washington bureau. Its newsroom staff of about 450 includes 144 reporters, 69 editors, 69 copy editors, 29 photographers, five graphic artists (not including page designers), 11 columnists, six critics, 48 editorial specialists, and 18 news assistants.

The Miami Herald is one of the United States' great metropolitan dailies. A winner of 22 Pulitzer Prizes, including the 2001 Pulitzer for Breaking News Reporting, The Miami Herald is recognized as one of the nation's finest newspapers and was named one of the nation's Top 20 Newspapers by the Columbia Journalism Review. The Herald is clearly the country's leading newspaper in everything related to news from and about Latin America. Launched in 1903 as The Evening Record and re-christened in 1910, The Miami Herald is South Florida's oldest newspaper. It is now the largest circulation daily newspaper in the area, with a weekly readership of nearly 1.3 million.

Daily Sections:
Main News
The Miami Herald's front section includes breaking U.S. and international news and photos - with coverage of the Americas seven days a week. Section A includes major local and regional stories, opinion and editorial pages, a daily news summary and index on Page 3A, plus the highly popular People Column on Page 4A. The Miami Herald redesign in September 2003 incorporated easy-to-use reader formats such as a navigation bar at page top, new typefaces, color-coded sections, story labels and story summaries and smart boxes, giving readers background and sources of more information. Retail and National advertisers benefit from this section's high readership. Though editorial content varies in each edition, advertising in section A runs in both The Miami Herald and The Herald Broward.

Metro & State
The Herald's local news section focusing on education, environment, consumer news, government, crime, obituaries and more. News briefs offer news from around the country, Broward County, Tallahassee, and all of Florida. Readers on the run, will find news briefs in the 5 Minute Herald on the back cover of Metro & State. Mondays and Fridays: Cityscape appears on the front of the section. Cityscape is a column, which captures the offbeat South Florida lifestyle. LastNight column, which was named by New Times as one of South Florida’s best simple pleasures, appears on the front three days a week. Metro also offers readers Report From a twice-weekly feature on 3B, which gives readers a taste of other towns and neighborhoods in Miami-Dade. Herald’s popular Action Line column is featured on the inside back cover with "Who Gets The Blame?" exposing those responsible for eyesores or unsafe conditions around South Florida. The local weather forecast from CBS 4 is highlighted in color on the 5 Minute Herald with national and international weather on the inside back cover under Action Line.

Business
The Herald's daily business section includes financial and corporate news and comprehensive coverage of local, national and international business, technology and financial news, stocks and fund listings, bank rates, personal finance tips, new business leads and more. On Sunday, the focus is on personal finance. The Money section features franchise 6 x 1” banner ad on the page listing mutual funds. Tuesday is “Tech Tuesday”, emphasizing, computers, the online world, technology and gadgets. A 6 x 3” franchise position is available. On Saturday, an international business roundup includes content from the Financial Times of London.

Sports
The Herald's award-winning Sports section covers professional, college and high-school sports with daily news, scores, stats, features, schedules and interviews. Sports skyboxes highlight the latest on newsworthy games, teams and players. Local South Florida teams — Dolphins, Marlins, Heat and Panthers — receive special attention and extra coverage throughout the year. During football season, the Sports section expands to include a second section on Sundays (College Football) and Mondays (Dolphins/NFL Extra). Annual sport-specific sections — Pro Football Preview, NHL Preview, NBA Preview, and Baseball Preview — are also published.

Tropical Life
Tropical Life is tabloid-sized weekday, and broadsheet on Saturday and Sunday, with a special editorial theme and subhead title each day. The sections are produced in a magazine format with striking front cover photography.

Mondays: People
People in the news, both celebrities with national stature and locals – profiles of up-and-coming artists and performers, are the emphasis. Intriguing individuals and groups along with wrap-up of South Florida’s weekend scene.

Tuesdays: Health & Fitness
Fitness, wellness, illness, nutrition, exercise regimen, woman’s, children’s and men’s health, behavior, health product pros and cons, the latest in medical studies and breakthroughs and South Floridian’s active lifestyles.

Wednesdays: Style
Tropical Life shines a spotlight on the fashion, trunk shows, gear, makeovers and design that is South Florida with other interesting features such as travel getaways.

Thursdays: Food & Dining
Features a 12 page pull-out and dining reviews including the local restaurant gossip column, ethnic and Latin American foods and cooking, vegetarian menus, wines and the local wine scene, 7-day menu planners, Dinner In Minutes, cookbooks and new kitchen gear and products.

Fridays: Weekend
Weekend features The Ticket in its center spread, nightlife in Dade and Broward, home electronics, DVD reviews, video games, Critic’s Picks of gallery shows and stage productions, reader’s opinions on restaurants, dining listings, Things To Do focusing on local attractions, day-excursions, sports and other activities.

Saturdays: Family & Values
A showcase for in-depth stories with a strong focus on spirituality, religion, parenting and family. Features include an ethics column, children's book reviews, community activities and the week's upcoming events.

Sundays: Tropical Life/Arts
Sunday showcase of arts, culture and living in South Florida. Covers all aspects of visual and performing arts and entertainment, with features on artists, performers, films and filmmakers, authors, book reviews, plus movie show times.

Classified Solutions
The Herald’s classified advertising sections are published every day, with employment opportunities, new and used merchandise, vehicles and marine craft, homes and property for rent or purchase and more. On Sunday, the Careerbuilder stand-alone employment section is published. Monday and Wednesday, CareerBuilder feature pages provide readers with an in-depth look at the job market and career development. On Thursday, Wheels & Waves -- a special newsroom produced section focusing on automotive and boating, wraps Classified Solutions.

Weekly Sections:
Business Monday (Monday)
The Herald’s weekly business tabloid focuses on South Florida industries, with weekly features on small business, tourism, real estate, media and retail. A variety of weekly features and columns cover real estate transactions, newsmakers, international business, workplace issues, careers, finance, and business books. Business Monday is zoned for Broward county.

Careerbuilder (Monday, Wednesday, Sunday)
The Herald's Careerbuilder section is South Florida's employment marketplace, with the region's most comprehensive listing of employment ads every day. The standard size section includes an editorial feature on the front page with a mix of display and solid set ads. On Sunday in the stand-alone Careerbuilder section, or in the Monday and Wednesday Careerbuilder feature, advertisers can place their ads within the in- depth editorial environment offered by CareerBuilder, featuring articles and tips about career development, interviewing and the job marketplace.

Neighbors (Thursday, Sunday)
Neighbors, a locally zoned tabloid publication delivered with The Miami Herald on Thursday and Sunday, provides businesses and professional practices with a cost-effective way to advertise to specific areas of Miami-Dade and Broward counties — or completely cover it — with ten zoned editions:
Zone 1 / South
Zone 2 / West
Zone 3 / East
Zone 4 / Northwest
Zone 5 / North Central
Zone 6 / North
Zone 7 / Beaches
Zone 8 / Southeast - Hollywood
Zone 9 / Southwest - Pembroke Pines
Zone 10 / West Central - Weston, Davie/Cooper City, some areas north of I-595.

Neighbors' ten zoned editions focus on local people, places, businesses and events in its area of Miami-Dade and Broward counties. For businesses, community organizations and professional practices of all size, advertising by zone in Neighbors uses the marketing power of The Miami Herald to attract new customers within their local trading area, and expand into nearby communities.

Wheels & Waves (Thursday)
Wheels & Waves, a special newsroom-produced section wrapping Thursday's Classified section features informative stories and reviews of automobiles, motorcycles, boats, personal watercraft and accessories. Wheels & Waves is created especially for South Floridians who take to the road and water for business or pleasure.

Home Guide: Homes & Condominiums (Friday)
The Herald's Home Guide: Homes & Condominiums is an advertorial real estate section showcasing new South Florida residential communities. Advertisers can target readers with two zoned editions, Broward/North Dade or South Dade, or may advertise full run in Home Guide: Homes & Condominiums.

Home (Sunday)
On Sunday, The Herald publishes Home, a Classified Real Estate section with new condo and single family home properties for purchase or rent. Within the section readers find the Real Estate Locator map, related features and columns, South Florida Mortgage Market and home pricing comparisons. Home attracts a highly motivated and targeted readership; those seeking new homes in South Florida.

Classified Real Estate Guide (Sunday)
Every Sunday, real estate classifieds are packaged in the Classified Real Estate Guide, a convenient, tabloid-size section devoted to residential and commercial properties for sale or rent. An Open House Directory, for those in the market to buy or rent a home, is one of the convenient features of this section. Classified Real Estate Guide attracts a highly targeted readership, seeking new homes in South Florida.

Travel (Sunday)
The award-winning Sunday section covering cruises, resorts, tourism and travel for South Florida, one of the nation's top travel markets. Readers turn to Travel for information and advice on where to go, how to get there, what to do and more. Last minute travel deals -- fares and packages good for travel during the following two weeks are posted each Wednesday at Herald's website.

Sunday Comics (Sunday)
Doonesbury, Peanuts, Dilbert — the favorites and more — entertain children of all ages in Sunday Comics.

Issues & Ideas (Sunday)
Issues & Ideas is the Sunday Herald's news, perspective and opinions section. A review of the week's significant events, editorial cartoons and readers’ letters are also included.

Parade (Sunday)
Parade, the popular weekly national family feature magazine, distributed exclusively in South Florida in Sunday's Herald.

TV Week (Sunday)
With daily television listings and related features, TV Week is referred to throughout the week.

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El Nuevo Herald is a newspaper published daily in Spanish in Southeast Florida, United States. Its headquarters is in Doral. El Nuevo Herald's sister paper is the Miami Herald, also produced by the McClatchy Company.

El Nuevo Herald is the leading and only daily Spanish-language newspaper in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale and one of the fastest-growing newspapers — English or Spanish-language — in the nation. Since its launch in 1987, El Nuevo Herald has grown side-by-side with South Florida's large Hispanic market, and has been recognized year after year by the National Association of Hispanic Publications as the best Spanish-language daily newspaper in the United States.

El Nuevo Herald, began as a section of The Miami Herald. In 1998, it was spun off and given independent editorial direction and has become the second largest U.S. daily newspaper in Spanish and the largest on Sundays. Its editorial focus is Miami with a decidedly pan-regional hemispheric news report, reflecting the variety of countries and international nature of its South Florida readership.

El Nuevo Herald is written and edited for one of the most affluent and active markets in the United States, the rapidly growing Spanish-speaking population of South Florida.

Daily Sections:
Main News
El Nuevo Herald's main section includes the latest U.S. and international news, in-depth coverage of the most recent events in Cuba, the Caribbean and the world. It also includes a daily news recap, a “people” column profiling politicians, and a news index on page 2A. Perspectiva, the Op/Ed section, features columnists' and readers' points of view on significant issues affecting our community and the world. The main news section of El Nuevo Herald is the first place readers turn for breaking news and in depth journalism. Its daily anchored features attract a large and loyal readership among South Florida's growing Hispanic population. It is the ideal medium for retail and national advertisers seeking access to this active and affluent market.

America Latina
El Nuevo Herald provides daily in-depth international news coverage. America Latina is published daily, and as a stand-alone section (B) with a full-color front-page on Sunday, Monday, Friday and Saturday in El Nuevo Herald. With Latin American news of utmost importance to the Spanish-speaking El Nuevo Herald readers, this high-profile section of El Nuevo Herald is the perfect medium for retail and national advertisers, as well as firms seeking to establish a corporate image or identity. As with all sections, color is available in America Latina for increased impact and response.

Moneda
A business section covering national, local and international financial news, Moneda also provides updates on the stock market and currency Latin American exchanges. South Floridians are active investors and avid followers of business news. Financial services and investment firms will reach this lucrative market with Moneda. Miami is also the de facto financial capital of Latin America, so advertising in El Nuevo Herald's Moneda is the smart way to reach Hispanic decision-makers in South Florida— and the world.

Ovación
South Florida Hispanics love sports! El Nuevo Herald's Ovación covers the world of sports from local teams and little league teams to professional, national and international events. Every day, Ovación is among the most popular El Nuevo Herald sections, especially among male readers. For advertisers seeking customers for sports, gaming, recreational and outdoors-related products and services, Ovación is their best bet.

Clasificados
Classified advertising sections are published every day in El Nuevo Herald, offering employment opportunities, new and used merchandise, vehicles and marine craft, homes and property for rent and purchase, and more. Hogar y Estilo, El Nuevo Herald's classified real estate advertising section is published Saturday. Also on Saturday a stand alone Automotive section and a stand alone Classified Section are published.

Galeria
El Nuevo Herald's lifestyle section, is known collectively as Galería. With its high female readership, Galería is a natural advertising medium for personal care products, entertainment, fashion and food. Advertisers feature their products and services in a specific editorial theme, including:

En Familia (Tuesday)
El Nuevo Herald's "family" section focuses on parents and their children, family traditions, health and well-being as well as parenting tips.

Menu (Tuesday)
The Galeria's food section published on Tuesdays in El Nuevo is called Menú -- which focuses on tempting recipes, menus and fresh produce and food suggestions.

Zoom (Wednesday, Friday, Sunday)
El Nuevo Herald's lifestyle section, Galeria three times a week contains Zoom! where readers will find features and interviews focusing on the entertainment world.

Aplausos (Friday)
El Nuevo Herald's lifestyle section, Galeria readers find Aplausos which profiles actors and musicians, offers entertainment features and previews what's hot in weekend entertainment.

Viva Mas (Saturday)
In Viva Mas, published each Saturday, readers find news and information to help them and their families learn about how to live healthy and active lives.

Con Clase (Saturday)
In Con Clase, published Saturdays, the focus is on fashion and design.

Weekly Sections:
Viernes (Friday)
Viernes is the popular weekend entertainment magazine for young Hispanics, with features on music, nightclubs, movies, videos, celebrities and more. Viernes takes an active role in sponsoring Hispanic events of interest to its young, active readers.

Guía Residencial: Casas y Condominos (Saturday)
On Saturday's El Nuevo Herald publishes their advertorial real estate section - Guía Residencial: Casas y Condominos. Advertisers can target readers with two zoned editions, Broward/North Dade or South Dade, or may advertise full run. In addition, Guía Residencial: Casas y Condominos reaches thousands of Latin American tourists who visit Miami each year and read El Nuevo Herald during their stay.

Artes y Letras (Sunday)
Artes y Letras features interesting stories on literature, art, music and much more. Published every Sunday as a stand-alone section in El Nuevo Herald. Advertisers seeking audiences for music, movies, television shows and live events benefit from Artes y Letras' readership. Television listings, horoscope and color comics anchor this section every day.

Pasaporte (Sunday)
A complete and colorful travel section with informative stories about destinations around the world, hotels, cruises, airfares and much more. South Florida Hispanics are on the move and Pasaporte is just the ticket to reach this affluent and active travel market.

Domingo Social (Sunday)
South Florida's premier Hispanic society magazine covering weddings, celebrations, parties and special events — now with more color and elegant photography. If it's Sunday, it's Domingo Social. South Florida Hispanics are family-oriented and enjoy festive gatherings and events. Domingo Social is just the ticket to reach this affluent and active market.

Guia de Bienes Raices (Sunday)
Every Sunday, real estate classifieds are published in Guia de Bienes Raices, a convenient, tabloid section advertising residential and commercial properties for sale or rent. Guia de Bienes Raices hosts a number of special features in every edition, including the following:
Apartments & Rentals
Open Houses
Realtor Directory
Luxury Homes
Commercial Real Estate

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Published daily, The Miami Herald International Edition is the only U.S. English-language newspaper printed in the region. The Miami Herald International Edition covers the globe with comprehensive coverage of national and international news and sports, as well as business and financial news, stock and mutual fund listings, bank ratings, business leads and more.

The Miami Herald International Edition provides impartial, accurate and reliable news and analysis helping readers gain critical insight to assess the impact of fast-moving events on their lives and business.

The Miami Herald International Edition is published by The Miami Herald Publishing Company and its partners:
La Prensa: Panama
La Voz de Mexico: Cancun, Mexico
El Universal: Mexico City
Diario Hoy: Ecuador
The Tribune: Bahamas
El Listin Diario: Dominican Republic
The Daily Herald: St. Maarten, D.W.I.
Ultimo Noticia: Curaçao
The Royal Gazette: Bermuda