Another predecessor to the News Journal was the Morning Herald, founded in 1876 by Philadelphia lawyer John O'Byrne.

[2] For most of the 20th century, the Du Pont family owned these two Delaware newspapers, The Morning News and The Evening Journal.

Ownership of both papers was consolidated in 1919 when feuding factions of the family reconciled, forming the News Journal Company.

The Dover Post, Milford Beacon, Sussex Countian/Living, Middletown Transcript, Smyrna-Clayton Sun Times and Hockessin Community News no longer exist as independent voices.

The paper also offers limited coverage of northeast Maryland and southeast Pennsylvania, mostly by means of short news briefs.

[citation needed] DelawareOnline.com was cited in a 2008 Wilkerson and Associates study as the site Delawareans visit first for news and entertainment.

A customized link – offering all types of correspondence from not-for-profits, church leaders and community affairs personnel – is available at the bottom of DelawareOnline.com.

In addition, The News Journal publishes a dedicated not-for-profit customized publication, GET INVOLVED, which is distributed in the paper every other month.