Record-Journal

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rdf:langString The Record-Journal is an American daily newspaper based in Meriden, Connecticut, that dates back to the years immediately following the American Civil War. It is owned by the Record-Journal Publishing Company, a family-owned business entity that also owns Westerly, Rhode Island's The Westerly Sun. The Record-Journal dates back to a weekly newspaper called the Weekly Visitor established in 1867. In 1892, E.E. Smith and Thomas Warnock bought it and converted it to a daily. Co-founder Thomas Warnock was editor of the paper for almost half a century. E.E. Smith was the first of four generations to lead the Record-Journal as publisher. E.E. Smith was followed by his son, Wayne C. Smith, who served as publisher until his death in 1966. In 1977, The Morning Record and the Meriden Journal merged and became the Record-Journal. Carter White took over for his stepfather and was publisher until his retirement in 1988. Carter's son Eliot C. White is the current Record-Journal president, and Elizabeth White, a member of the family's fifth generation, is Publisher and Executive Vice President.