The Brown Daily Herald history

1899 – H.C. Paddock expands holdings by taking possession with detail of chattel mortgage listed in book of Palatine Justices of the Peace, the Day Journal

1900 – H.C. Paddock established Dupage County Register

In 1920, the Corporation — the University’s highest governing body — saw the need to expand in a structured and comprehensive manner that would see campus development happening on all sides of its then relatively small footprint.

1922 – H.C. Paddock sells the business to his sons, Stuart and Charlie Paddock, changing the firm name to H.C. Paddock Sons

1926 – H.C. Paddock Sons initiates the Arlington Heights edition of the Cook County Herald, which it renames Arlington Heights Herald

1927 – Arlington Heights Herald begins printing Mount Prospect edition

1928 – H.C. Paddock Sons establish the Roselle Register

1935 – H.C. Paddock dies in Arlington Heights

1939 – H.C. Paddock Sons moves into 217 W. Campbell in Arlington Heights

1948 – Paddock incorporates, becoming Paddock Publications, Inc.

1949 – Paddock Publications launches Wheeling Herald

On May 29, 1950, the Providence Journal reported that construction on Wriston Quad had begun, and that the quad would be “bounded by George, Thayer, Charlesfield and Brown Streets” and “house Brown’s 17 fraternities and also will contain nine freshman dormitories.”

1951 – Paddock Publications acquires a new printing press

1955 – Paddock Publications launches Rolling Meadows and Prospect Heights editions

1956 – First edition printed on 32-page Goss Universal press

1957 – Paddock Publications launches Addison Register and Elk Grove edition

1958 – Elk Grove and Rolling Meadows editions of the Arlington Heights Herald renames into Elk Grove Herald and Rolling Meadows Herald respectively

1960 – Paddock Publications launches Itasca Register

The University also purchased the building for Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church at 193 Meeting St, a historically Black congregation, in 1961.

1963 – 32-page Goss Press expanded to 48 pages

1965 – Paddock Publications launches Schaumburg Herald

1968 – Stuart R. Paddock Sr. dies in Dunedin, Florida

1970 – Paddock Publications purchases Day Publications and suburban newspaper operations of Field Enterprises, including Circle Enterprises and the Lake County Shopper

The University would sell him the land once he presented a plan that was supported by Fox Pointers, the Providence Journal reported November 18, 1971.

1972 – Paddock Crescent Newspapers and the Herald Registers sells to a new group called Crescent Newspapers

1975 – Paddock Publications launches Saturday edition for all the dailies

1978 – Paddock Publications initiates final edition of Arlington Heights Daily Herald distribution at newsstands in Chicago Loop, O’Hare Field, and selected locations in DuPage and Lake Counties

1981 – Paddock Publications installs the Third Goss Universal 48-page press

1986 – Formation of the Editorial Graphics department

1989 – Paddock Publications initiates Naperville/Lisle Daily Herald

1992 – Individual Neighbor sections are added for editions in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Carol Stream, Glendale Heights, and Winfield

Since 1995, The Herald has managed to grow its readership immensely by expanding its web presence.

1996 – Editorial Department moves to new building at 155 E. Algonquin Road in Arlington Heights

Daily Herald receives first place Peter Lisagor Award in deadline news writing for “Aftermath of drunken driving crash” – coverage of 1997’s tragedy in which a crash involving a drunk driver left three Waubonsie Valley High School students dead

2000 – Daily Herald begins circulation in Bensenville

2002 – Scott Stone and Colin O’Donnell were appointed to Board of Managers positions at DriveChicago and Reflejos

Ground is broken for new 160,000 square-foot Daily Herald Printing Center in Schaumburg, to be completed in early 2003

All issues are available starting from March 2004.

2006 – The Board of Directors elected Stefanie Anderson to the position of Vice President of Production and Scott Stone as Vice President of Matrix Operations and New Business Development

In 2009, the website was redesigned again.

2015 – Scott Stone was elected President and Chief Operating Officer.

April 2017 – Purchased: Carbondale Times and Thomas Publishing (printing biz).

September 2018 – Purchased: Blue Mound Leader.