Initially distributed to 300 subscribers, the publication began under the leadership of Henry Baker Reiley, following his acquisition of the semiweekly Somerset Herald, and was eventually renamed as the Daily American.
It is an information company providing newspapers, websites, books, maps, brochures and place mats and billboards to residents and businesses in Somerset and Cambria counties.
Schurz, whose masthead paper is the South-Bend Tribune, named Jon G. Starn as the publisher of the Daily American.
Starn supervised the Daily American's 10,000 square feet, multimillion-dollar renovation project, which, according to Caldwell, gave the paper local recognition and modern offices.
Caldwell was promoted by Schurz on March 6 to oversee the corporation's latest acquisition in Northern Michigan.