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Orlando Sentinel
Central Florida's daily newspaper since 1876
- Since
- 1876
- Service area
- Orlando and Central Florida
- Location
- Florida
- Languages
- English
Story
The Orlando Sentinel traces its roots to 1876, when the first edition of the Orange County Reporter was printed. In 1913 Orlando's South Florida Sentinel became a morning daily. In 1931 the Orlando Morning Sentinel acquired the Reporter Star, and Martin Andersen came to Orlando to manage both papers. He bought them in 1945 and sold them to the Tribune Company of Chicago in 1965.
In 1973 the Morning Sentinel and Reporter Star merged into a single daily, the Sentinel Star. It was renamed The Orlando Sentinel in 1982 and became simply Orlando Sentinel in 2000. In 2021 the paper was acquired by MediaNews Group.
Pulitzer Prizes
- 1988: Jane Healy's editorial series on mismanaged growth in Central Florida
- 1993: a series on the Volusia County sheriff's drug squad and unjust cash seizures
- 2000: John Bersia's series on cash-advance businesses that prey on people
Today
- A daily print newspaper and the E-Edition, a digital replica of the paper
- OrlandoSentinel.com, launched on the web in 1996
- More than 67,000 digital subscribers as of 2023
- Community programs such as One Book One Community and the Family Fund
Products & services
Daily print newspaper, E-Edition, digital subscriptions, newsletters, advertising and branded content, and events.