Newspapers.com update

[Jimmy Delach]

A recent check in the Publishers Extra section of newspapers.com shows that they're apparently adding the Los Angeles Times archives to their profile. The same L.A. Times that is (in name only) part of the Tribune Corporation.

One would assume this would pave the way for other Tribune papers to be added (like the Chicago Tribune obviously as well as the Baltimore Sun, Hartford Courant and -- hopefully -- Orlando Sentinel as well as the South Florida Sun-Sentinel).

[D.D.Degg]

Jimmy Delach wrote:
> A recent check in the Publishers Extra section
> of newspapers.com shows that they're apparently
> adding the Los Angeles Times archives to their profile.

And as a bit of an assist,
here's Dave Strickler's L.A.Times comics index 1904-2008:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120405210257/http://www.comicsaccess.com/lacomics.php

D.D.Degg

[Jimmy Delach]

Thought I'd bump this up in light of the proposed Gannett/Tribune merger.

Gannett has pretty much all of their newspapers (sans USA Today of course) available on Newspapers.com via Publishers Extra (Detroit Free Press, Louisville Courier-Journal, Tennesseean, Arizona Republic, Cincinnati E------r and a few others have full or nearly full archives available for viewing).

A while back I reported that Newspapers.com had begun archiving Tribune (for now) paper Los Angeles Times. I wonder if the proposed merge had anything to do with that. And given Gannett's recent acquisition of the former Journal/Scripps Howard papers, one wonders if those papers will be available as well. Thoughts?

[Jimmy Delach]

Now they're starting on the Chicago Tribune. It's real, folks. :)

[Jimmy Delach]

Now they're working on the Philadelphia Inquirer (not a Tribune Co. paper unlike the L.A. Times and Chicago Tribune but still worth mentioning).

Here's a sample of the Daily Comics page from 7/27/1988

Brenda Starr
Rex Morgan M.D.
Annie
Dick Tracy
Spider-Man

The Better Half Dennis The Menace Heathcliff Family Circus

Hagar The Horrible
Mother Goose & Grimm
Sally Forth
Hi & Lois
Fred Basset
Cathy
Tank McNamara

Momma
For Better Or For Worse
Broom-Hilda
Funky Winkerbean
Catfish
Marvin
Rivets (that strip was still around back then?!?)

Doonesbury Pavlov Ziggy

Peanuts
Calvin & Hobbes
Herman They'll Do It Every Time
Ernie
Fox Trot

Blondie
B.C.
Beetle Bailey
Andy Capp
Shoe
Gasoline Alley

Sunday (7/31/1988)
Peanuts
Hagar The Horrible
The Family Circus
Garfield
For Better Or For Worse
Beetle Bailey
Doonesbury
Andy Capp
Cathy
Calvin & Hobbes
Momma
Longshots
Hi & Lois
Dennis The Menace
Broom-Hilda
Ziggy
The Better Half
The Far Side
B.C.
Fred Basset
Marvin
Clown Alley
Henry
Sunday With Heathcliff
Nancy
Funky Winkerbean
Blondie
The Wizard Of Id
Bloom County
Shoe
The Lockhorns
Prince Valiant
Puzzles From The Mini-Page
Dick Tracy
Biography
Wit Of The World

[Jimmy Delach]

Some more Inquirer pages from October 1982. Less than nine months after the Bulletin folded.

October 8, 1982

The Better Half Full Disclosure

Brenda Starr
Rex Morgan M.D.
Annie

Gasoline Alley
Dick Tracy
The Amazing Spider-Man
Juliet Jones
Steve Canyon
Rivets

Ziggy Dennis The Menace Heathcliff Herman

Hagar The Horrible

Hi & Lois
Fred Basset
Cathy

Shoe
Jim Henson's Muppets

Momma
For Better Or For Worse
Broom-Hilda
Funky Winkerbean
Catfish

Tank McNamara

Peanuts
Doonesbury
The Family Circus

Beetle Bailey
Pavlov There Oughta Be A Law

Andy Capp
B.C.
Blondie

Sunday (October 10, 1982)

Peanuts
Hagar The Horrible
Doonesbury
The Family Circus
Beetle Bailey
Andy Capp
Blondie
B.C.
Momma

Hi & Lois
Dennis The Menace

Sunday With Heathcliff
Ziggy
Cathy
The Wizard Of Id
Nancy
Brenda Starr
Dick Tracy
Rex Morgan M.D.
The Amazing Spider-Man

For Better Or For Worse

Shoe
Broom-Hilda
The Better Half
Prince Valiant
Fred Basset
Funky Winkerbean
The Lockhorns
Henry
Garfield
The Muppets
Mini Page

And some more from April 1981

April 3, 1981

Ziggy Pavlov Heathcliff Herman

Hagar The Horrible
Briny Deep
Broom-Hilda
Fred Basset
Mutt And Jeff
Cathy
Rivets
Graffiti

Momma
For Better Or For Worse

Tank McNamara
Funky Winkerbean
Catfish

There Oughta Be A Law

Doonesbury
Goosemyer
The Amazing Spider-Man
Shoe
Annie
Dick Tracy
Winnie Winkle
Gasoline Alley
Steve Canyon
Juliet Jones

Sunday (April 5, 1981)

Hagar The Horrible
Doonesbury
Funky Winkerbean
Momma
Mutt & Jeff
The Lockhorns
Fred Basset
Henry
Ziggy
Sunday With Heathcliff

For Better Or For Worse

Cathy

The Amazing Spider-Man
Herman
Annie
Shoe
Dick Tracy
Broom-Hilda
Tank McNamara
Nancy
The Mini-Page
Let's Sew

[Jimmy Delach]

Newspapers.com is now adding the archives of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune to their collection.

Here is the comics page from 4/5/1982 (when the Star-Tribune became one paper):

Sally Forth
Adam's Apple

Hagar The Horrible
Hi & Lois

Wizard Of Id
Judge Parker
Mark Trail

Andy Capp
Beetle Bailey
Blondie
The Far Side Doonesbury
Dunagin's People Dennis The Menace

Peanuts
Gasoline Alley (by King Moores)
The Ryatts
Tiger
Funky Winkerbean
Ziggy The Family Circus

Shoe
B.C.
Cathy
Jim Henson's Muppets
Bloom County
Pavlov The Lockhorns

And from the 4/4/1982 Sunday paper

Blondie
Peanuts
Cappy Dick
The Wizard Of Id
Ziggy
B.C.
Hi & Lois
Shoe
Doonesbury
Beetle Bailey
Andy Capp
Dennis The Menace
The Family Circus
Judge Parker
Mark Trail
Sally Forth
Hagar The Horrible

[Jimmy Delach]

A while ago, Newspapers.com was adding the Philadelphia Inquirer to their collection. Now they've added the Philadelphia Daily News as well.

I can give you sample comics lineups but as of right now I don't have a job and my subscription to Publishers Extra expired as of Monday. I hope to subscribe again as soon as I get a new job. Right now, if anybody wants to tackle these comics lineups, be my guest.

April 7, 1973 (pages 21 - 23)

https://www.newspapers.com/image/184480733/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/184480740/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/184480744/

September 17, 1992 (pages 50 - 51)

https://www.newspapers.com/image/184480736/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/184480741/

[Jimmy Delach]

The Los Angeles Times archives are now fully available to view on Newspapers.com

[Jimmy Delach]

>
> And as a bit of an assist,
> here's Dave Strickler's L.A.Times comics index 1904-2008:
> https://web.archive.org/web/20120405210257/http://www.comicsaccess.com/lacomics.php
>
> D.D.Degg

BTW the site updated L.A. Times comics through 2010.

Updates from October 2010 onward...

10/4/2010: Cathy and Rex Morgan M.D. were dropped

10/10/2010: Stone Soup replaced Cathy on Sundays

10/25/2010: Brewster Rockit: Space Guy and Home And Away were dropped

3/4/2012: Home And Away and Stone Soup dropped from Sundays. Comics section reduced from six pages to four.

2/26/2013: All Daily comic strips were colorized for the first time

6/1/2015: Dilbert moves from Business page to comics page

10/19/2015: Half Full replaces Stone Soup (after Daily version was retired)

[Jimmy Delach]

Another update: It looks like Newspapers.com is working on completing the archives of the Chicago Tribune. Previously I could only find archives from the mid-1990's through the early 2000's. I can't pinpoint how much of the archive they've done but I've seen the early portion of the archives go back as far as 1963.

[Jimmy Delach]

On Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 9:57:01 PM UTC-4, Jimmy Delach wrote:
> Another update: It looks like Newspapers.com is working on completing the archives of the Chicago Tribune. Previously I could only find archives from the mid-1990's through the early 2000's. I can't pinpoint how much of the archive they've done but I've seen the early portion of the archives go back as far as 1963.

FYI, I scouted the later part of the Chicago Tribune archives on Newspapers.com and right now, the latest issue they have is 12/31/2000.

[Jimmy Delach]

>
> FYI, I scouted the later part of the Chicago Tribune archives on Newspapers.com and right now, the latest issue they have is 12/31/2000.

And the earliest of the modern Chicago Tribune archives (post-1963) they have is from 3/18/1994 so the Newspapers.com archives prior to recently only has the Chicago Tribune available from 3/18/1994 through 12/31/2000.

[Jimmy Delach]

I have a feeling we may be seeing the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News papers linked to Newspapers.com very soon if recent adds are any indicator.

Both the Inquirer and Daily News latest archives go through June 2016.

As for the Chicago Tribune, they may possibly be next. Between 2/16/1963 and 3/18/1994, the post 2/16/1963 material (when they went from "Chicago Daily Tribune" to "Chicago Tribune") has archives up from the beginning (2/17/1963) until (as of now) 3/2/1981 before the 1994-2000 material.

Stay tuned.

[Jimmy Delach]

Chicago Tribune archives are up now.

[Jimmy Delach]

Newspapers.com is working on another Tribune/Tronc/future Gannett (???) entity and it's the one paper from that entity I was hoping for - The Orlando Sentinel!

In honor, here are some random comics pages from spending practically all day browsing said paper.

1/15/1952

Out Our Way Our Boarding House
Henry
Orphan Annie
Aggie Mack

Buz Sawyer
Steve Canyon
Dick Tracy
Blondie
Lil’ Abner
Hopalong Cassidy
Donald Duck
Gasoline Alley
Smilin’ Jack
Dixie Dugan

4/2/1963

Our Boarding House Out Our Way
Dixie Dugan
Orphan Annie

On Stage
Buz Sawyer
Steve Canyon
Dick Tracy
Mary Worth
Gasoline Alley
Dr. Kildare
Smilin’ Jack
Judge Parker

Archie
True Life Adventures Donald Duck
Lolly
Henry
Our New Age

Blondie
Rick O’Shay

They’ll Do It Every Time

Dennis The Menace

4/10/1973 (just after the Sentinel merged with the Evening Star)

Gasoline Alley
Wizard Of Id
Andy Capp
Citizen Smith
Family Circus

On Stage
Buz Sawyer
Steve Canyon
Dick Tracy
Mary Worth
Orphan Annie
Judge Parker
The Phantom
Peanuts

Blondie
Broom-Hilda
Lolly
Professor Phumble
Donald Duck
Winnie Winkle
Rick O’Shay
Dennis The Menace

They’ll Do It Every Time

NEW
Health Capsules

The Lockhorns
Moon Mullins
Funky Winkerbean

Beetle Bailey
Alley Oop
Snuffy Smith
Hi & Lois
Mixed Singles
Eb & Flo
Nancy
Half Hitch
Luther

Fred Basset
Henry
Hagar The Horrible
Lil’ Abner
Rex Morgan
Dondi
Frank & Ernest
Brenda Starr
Captain Easy

3/2/1982

Grin & Bear It Heathcliff
Jim Henson’s Muppets
B.C.

Wizard Of Id
Andy Capp
Beetle Bailey
Snuffy Smith
Hi & Lois
Mary Worth
Judge Parker
The Phantom
Cathy

For Better Or For Worse

Broom-Hilda

Hagar The Horrible
Funky Winkerbean
Gasoline Alley
Dick Tracy
Crock
Sally Forth
Brenda Starr
Blondie
Garfield

Peanuts
Spider-Man
Shoe
Fred Basset
Herman Dennis The Menace
The Lockhorns

4/26/1991

The Lockhorns
Kudzu
Shoe
Brenda Starr

Family Circus

Wizard Of Id
Peanuts

That’s Jake

Blondie
Cathy
The Middletons
Mother Goose & Grimm
Beetle Bailey
Fox Trot

Calvin & Hobbes
Hi & Lois
Hagar The Horrible
Fred Basset
Doonesbury

Andy Capp

Dennis The Menace

For Better Or For Worse

Garfield

Grin & Bear It

[Jimmy Delach]

Although it's under an embargo right now, newspapers.com is in the process of adding once and current Tribune/Tronc paper New York Daily News archives.

This site becomes better and better. :)

[Jimmy Delach]

On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 12:13:03 AM UTC-4, Jimmy Delach wrote:
> Although it's under an embargo right now, newspapers.com is in the process of adding once and current Tribune/Tronc paper New York Daily News archives.
>
> This site becomes better and better. :)

And the NY Daily News archives are up now. :)

[Jimmy Delach]

The Boston Globe has just been added to newspapers.com's Publishers' Extra.

[Jimmy Delach]

Looks like newspapers.com is adding the McClatchy newspapers to its' portfolio. The Charlotte Observer archives have been posted and they're working on the Miami Herald archives as well.

[D Heine]

On Monday, December 23, 2019 at 10:21:19 PM UTC-6, Jimmy Delach wrote:
> Looks like newspapers.com is adding the McClatchy newspapers to its' portfolio. The Charlotte Observer archives have been posted and they're working on the Miami Herald archives as well.

Are the McClatchy owned Sacamento Bee and Fresno Bee and Modesto Bee part of newspapers.com ?

[Jimmy Delach]

Just saw the Sacramento Bee archives (albeit under an embargo) while searching for the latest updates.

The Observer is up to 1963 as the latest year for their available archives. I really hope those papers go past 1963 and have their full archives available (some non-existant newspapers such as the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and the Nashville Banner only went up to 1963).

[Jimmy Delach]

I just saw (under an embargo) Miami Herald archives from 1998 and 1999 so the McClatchy papers will most likely have their full archives available. Yay.

[Jimmy Delach]

On Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 12:16:24 PM UTC-5, Jimmy Delach wrote:
> I just saw (under an embargo) Miami Herald archives from 1998 and 1999 so the McClatchy papers will most likely have their full archives available. Yay.

As far as I know, the Miami Herald archives are now available for viewing. :)