1889 – The Pensacola Daily News, the precursor to the Pensacola News Journal printed its first issue on this date. The initial circulation was 2,500 copies. By 1897 a competitor, the Pensacola Journal began publication and by 1924 the two companies were combined with one appearing in the morning and the other in the evening. It was not until 1985 that the two officially combined into one paper. The first paper printed in Pensacola after the U.S. acquired Florida was the Floridian, which appeared in August of 1821.