After it publishes its March 7 edition next weekend, the Snyder Daily News will adopt a new name and switch from a six-day-a-week publication to a twice-weekly newspaper, coming out on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The first edition of The Snyder News will be published March 11.
“This isn’t a decision we take lightly, but feel like now is the right time to make the switch,” publisher Bill Crist said. “We feel like this will allow us to focus more of our time getting outside the office and visiting with people, taking pictures and bringing Snyder and Scurry County the news it has repeatedly told us it wants — which is local news about our community. With the change, the newspaper will drop its Associated Press content, which will allow reporters to focus time on local coverage rather than spending time filling pages with wire stories.”
Crist said the newspaper’s website will continue to provide breaking news through social media and that some staples, like obituaries, will be updated daily online.
Current subscribers will have their subscriptions extended to compensate for the schedule change, Crist said. Some customers who live outside the Snyder city limits will also be changed to mail delivery.
“Change isn’t easy for any of us, and I know this is a big one,” Crist said. “But as we’ve always known, what happens in our hometown is important and the community’s newspaper staff should focus its time and energy on their hometown. This change will allow us to do that.”
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