FAIRFIELD — If residents want to know what is happening in their community, the Daily Republic continues to be the best source of central Solano County news and events.
One of Solano County’s oldest newspapers continues to be one of the best windows on Fairfield, Suisun City and its surrounding communities whether in print or online.
“Community newspapers are as important today as they have ever been in the past,” said Daily Republic Co-Publisher T. Burt McNaughton.
That means advancing as information technology advances.
“With the tremendous growth in apps, social media and other ways to find and consume news, it’s crucial that community newspapers evolve with these platforms and offer local news to whichever platform the user chooses to consume it,” McNaughton said.
The Daily Republic’s news is disseminated through a variety of social media, apps, its website and through print, which allows the newspaper to connect more with the community than it ever has before.
“We’re excited about where we’re headed and how we’ll be able to connect with the community in the future,” McNaughton said. “McNaughton Newspapers takes the responsibility of publishing news that has been edited by numerous editors before publishing seriously. We have been publishing meaningful journalism for almost a 100 years and will continue for another generation.”
The Daily Republic’s roots actually go back even farther. It has been 163 years since the Daily Republic’s predecessor, the Solano County Herald, first hit the streets in Benicia in 1855.
Under one name or another, the Daily Republic has covered central Solano County’s news since before the Civil War – from the area’s rural roots as a jumping off spot for the Gold Rush to today’s much more urban, high-tech society.
The Daily Republic still delivers the news and information on local events and issues that readers rely upon.
The paper moved from Benicia to Suisun City in 1858, and as the Solano County Press, which started printing in Suisun City in 1862. These newspapers consolidated into the Solano Republican not long after.
The Solano Republican was bought in 1919 by David Weir, who was not only a journalist, but a historian who published travel books and the biography of clipper ship captain and Fairfield founder Robert Waterman.
J. Clifton Toney bought the newspaper in 1949 and sold it to Dean McNaughton in 1960. The McNaughton family has been involved in the newspaper business since the 1920s.
Under Dean McNaughton’s guidance, the Solano Republican’s readership grew and changed from a weekly to a five-day paper and then to a daily publication. When it changed to a daily, its name changed to the Daily Republic.
It has since served as the window to the community and the world for its readers, as well as receiving accolades year after year from the California Newspaper Publishers Association.
Whether it is in print or online, the Daily Republic has consistently brought its readers all the news that affects its distribution area, from Fairfield, Suisun City and Travis Air Force Base; to Vacaville, Dixon and Winters; to Rio Vista and back to Suisun Valley and Green Valley.
The paper hits the doorsteps of about 11,500 paid subscribers in Fairfield and Suisun City, as well as Vacaville, Rio Vista and Winters on weekdays and about 14,300 on Sundays.
The Daily Republic went to publishing its print edition six days a week (it doesn’t publish on Tuesdays) in 2013, but keeps its web edition fresh all seven days in the week.
More and more people are turning to the newspaper’s website as well to find out what’s going on.
The Daily Republic prides itself on giving its readers a wide offering of local, state, national and international news along with sports, entertainment, commentary and business.
Daily Republic at a Glance
- President/CEO/Publisher: Foy McNaughton, 427-6962, [email protected]
- Co-Publisher: T. Burt McNaughton, 427-6943, [email protected]
- Chief Operations Officer: Richard Esposito, 427-6937, [email protected]
- Advertising Director: Bill Barno, 427-6937, [email protected]
- Managing Editor: Glen Faison, 427-6925, [email protected].
- Address: 1250 Texas St., Fairfield, P.O. Box 47, Fairfield, CA 94533
- Office hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
- Phone numbers: Circulation: 427-6989 ([email protected]); Classified/Front Office: 427-6936 ([email protected]); Display Ads: 425-4646; Subscriber services and delivery problems: 427-6989; Sports Department: 425-4646 ext. 264; newsroom: 425-4646.
- Website: www.dailyrepublic.com
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/DailyRepublic
