The Daily Comet
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Type | Daily newspaper |
Format | Broadsheet |
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Owner | The New York Times Company |
Publisher | Miles Forrest |
Editor | Keith Magill |
Founded | 1889 |
Headquarters | Thibodaux, LA, United States |
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Website: [1] |
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.
Corporate officers: Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. (COB) | Janet L. Robinson (President & CEO) | Michael Golden | James Follo | Martin A. Nisenholtz | David K. Norton | Kenneth A. Richieri | Hussain Ali-Khan | R. Anthony Benten | Rhonda L. Brauer | Philip A. Ciuffo | Jennifer C. Dolan | Robert Kraft | Ann S. Kraus | James C. Lessersohn | Catherine J. Mathis | Stuart P. Stoller | David A. Thurm | Michael Zimbalist | Laurena L. Emhoff | Scott Heekin-Canedy | Bill Keller | Gail Collins | Michael Oreskes | Serge Schmemann | Richard J. Daniels | Mary Jacobus | Martin Baron | Renée Loth | P. Steven Ainsley | Robert H. Eoff | Brenda C. Barnes | Raul E. Cesan | Lynn G. Dolnick | William E. Kennard | James M. Kilts | David E. Liddle | Ellen R. Marram | Thomas Middelhoff | Janet L. Robinson | Cathy J. Sulzberger | Doreen A. Toben Daily newspapers: The Boston Globe | The Courier | The Daily Comet | The Dispatch | The Gadsden Times | The Gainesville Sun | International Herald Tribune | The Ledger | The New York Times | Petaluma Argus-Courier | The Press Democrat | Sarasota Herald-Tribune | Spartanburg Herald-Journal | Star-Banner | The Star-News | Telegram & Gazette | Times Daily | Times-News | The Tuscaloosa News Radio stations: WQEW1 | WQXR Television stations: ABC: WNEP4 • WQAD | CBS: KFSM • WHNT • WREG • WTKR | NBC: KFOR • WHO | MyNetworkTV: KAUT Cable assets: New England Sports Network2 | SNN News 63 Interactive assets: About.com | The New York Times Syndicate & News Service Other assets:2 Boston Red Sox | Donohue Malbaie Inc. | Fenway Park | Madison Paper Industries | Metro Boston 1Sale to Disney/ABC is awaiting FCC approval. Radio Disney operates the station via a local marketing agreement while the sale is being finalized. 2The New York Times hold some ownership interests in these companies through joint ventures. 3Owned by The Sarasota Herald-Tribune, which in turn The Times owns and operates. 4Sale to Oak Hill Capital Partners has been granted FCC approval and should be finalized shortly. [2] Annual revenue: $831.8 million USD (First Quarter 2006) | Employees: 11,965 | Stock symbol: NYSE: NYT | Website: www.nytco.com |