
It is also the only 19th century Newfoundland newspaper to survive into the 20th (and now 21st) century. The Telegram was notable as the first daily (excluding Sundays) in Newfoundland. When it folded in 1878, Herder purchased one of the presses and began his own newspaper. William Herder began as a printer for the St. Herder and his descendants owned and published The Evening Telegram until it was sold to Thomson Newspapers (now Thomson Corporation) in 1970, and continued as publishers until the departure of Stephen R. It adopted its current name in 1998, although it was also briefly published under this name in 1881. The Evening Telegram was first published on Apby William James Herder. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

The Telegram is a daily newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays (as The Weekend Telegram) in St. For other uses, see Telegram (disambiguation). This article is about a newspaper in Newfoundland, Canada.
