1888
Edwin Warfield of Howard County starts The Daily Record on Oct. 2, the price is 2 cents, with offices at 124 E. Fayette St. Among the lawyers’ names on the Court of Appeals docket in the first issue: William L. Marbury Sr. and Richard M. Venable. Because of other business interests and political ambitions, Edwin Warfield quickly relinquishes hands-on control of the paper to his brother, John.
1903
Warfield runs for governor on the Democratic ticket and is elected. Serves until 1908.
1904
The Great Fire of Baltimore is on Feb. 7. The paper’s offices are reduced to ashes. It rents temporary space at 321 St. Paul Street and continues to publish without missing an edition.
1909
John Warfield, Edwin’s brother, succeeds him as president of The Daily Record.
1916
St. Paul Street building sold to city, which razes it to widen the street. Newspaper moves to four-story rowhouse at 15 E. Saratoga, where it will remain for nearly 100 years.
1920
Edwin Warfield Sr. dies, leaving an estate worth more than three quarters of a million.
1923
Edwin Jr. succeeds John as president of The Daily Record. Salary: $2,500. Paper is now a broadsheet.
1927
The Daily Record buys its next-door neighbor at 11 E. Saratoga Street to expand its office and printing space. Façade is by Henry A. Knott & Co.
1929
Circulation reaches 2,300 daily, 70 percent delivered by carrier. Sixty percent of subscribers are lawyers. Company has 32 full-time and 5 part-time employees.
1935
Office space expands again with construction of three-story addition at rear.
1938
After years of printing legal and other records with limited news coverage, The Daily Record adds a summary of national and international news, plus syndicated court coverage and articles on insurance. Realty transactions take up almost an entire page.
1944
Frederick D. Godman starts working for The Daily Record as a part-time newspaper carrier. With time out for military service, he will work for the paper until his retirement as senior vice president in 2012.
1952
Edwin Warfield Jr. dies. One day later, Edwin Warfield III, a World War II veteran who had set his heart on a military career, walks into the offices of The Daily Record, sits in his father’s chair, and takes over the running of the company. Frank T. Wallace helps Warfield find his feet and is rewarded with the post of president of the company – the first non-Warfield to hold it, until his death in 1955.
1962
Edwin Warfield III elected to the House of Delegates from Howard County.
1970
Warfield appointed adjutant general of Maryland, in charge of the state’s National Guard, a post he holds until his retirement in 1979.
1983
Edwin Warfield IV joins company. By 1988, paper changes from one primarily devoted to legal notices to one with a mix of staff-written news articles, local columns and cultural reviews. Some features, such as short capsules on personnel moves, are recognizable today. Circulation: 3,800.
1986
Company launches Warfield’s, a glossy magazine with an emphasis on business coverage. Eleven years later it merges with The Daily Record, forging a platform for substantial business coverage in Maryland.
1987
Presses move from Saratoga Street to 1414 Key Highway. The Daily Record begins publishing once again as a tabloid. Supplements and special publications proliferate, on everything from health care to construction.
1988
The Daily Record begins publishing Maryland Family Law Monthly.
1992
Dolan Media Co. (now The Dolan Company), future owner of The Daily Record, is formed by Jim Dolan in Minneapolis.
1994
Warfield family sells The Daily Record to Dolan Media, ending 106 years of family ownership. Dolan names Richard H. Groves publisher.
1995
The Daily Record starts Maryland’s Top 100 Women, a publication and event honoring the achievements of influential women in Maryland.
1997
Christopher A. Eddings takes over as publisher, emphasizing the news side of the business, bringing color to the news pages and modernizing the presses.
1998
The Daily Record launches its first website.
1998
Maryland’s Top 100 Women moves to the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall as event attendance grows to nearly 1,000. The event has been held there ever since.

The first Baltimore County edition of The Daily Record
1999
The Baltimore County edition of The Daily Record debuts. It will later merge with The Daily Record.
2000
Leadership in Law awards event begins.

The Daily Record’s sports edition
2001
In honor of the Ravens’ appearance in Super Bowl XXXV, The Daily Record runs its first-ever sports section.
2002
Innovator of the Year awards event begins.
2003
The Daily Record celebrates its 115th anniversary at The Baltimore Museum of Industry.
2006
Edwin Warfield III is named to the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association’s Hall of Fame.
2006
The Daily Record sends out its first email news blast. The company will later send out emails for breaking news as well as newsletters targeting real estate professionals and lawyers.

The first issue of Maryland Lawyer
2007
The Daily Record launches Maryland Lawyer, a weekly section for lawyers in the state. It will merge with The Daily Record in 2013.
2007
Influential Marylanders awards event begins.
2007
The Daily Record wins a National Newspaper Association award as the best newspaper of its size in the nation.
2010
VIP List awards begin. This event honors those successful before 40 years of age.
Suzanne E. Fischer-Huettner is named The Daily Record’s first female publisher. The announcement is made during the first Leading Women awards, which honor women 40 years of age or younger who have already made outstanding contributions in their fields.
2012
Maryland’s Most Admired CEOs awards begin. The Daily Record launches InfoPoint, a searchable database for new incorporations, construction bids, contracts and real estate transactions.
2013
Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. presents The Daily Record with a proclamation to honor its rich, 125-year history of providing business and legal news to Maryland.
2013
In honor of its 125th anniversary, Daily Record employees pledge to perform a total of 125 hours of community service. By October, they had performed 220 hours of community service.
2014
The Daily Record launches Maryland Family Law Update, a monthly magazine about family law in Maryland. The product added original reporting and other writing to legal reference material that was part of the product’s previous version, Maryland Family Law Monthly.

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