By 1829, demand for more timely news caused Miller to combine his existing publications into the Providence Daily Journal, published six days per week.

During this period the paper would reach new heights of political influence, aligning itself with the Republican party and against Irish and Catholic immigrants.

[7] During the Danielson/Anthony years, the paper was solidly allied with textile mill owners and big business, and frequently gave support to nativist anti-Irish Catholic sentiment.

[4] Alfred M. Williams, editor from 1884 to 1891, broke from the Republican party and advocated for government reform, women's suffrage, and Indian rights.

[4] It had news bureaus throughout Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, a trend that had been inaugurated in 1925 by then-managing editor Sevellon Brown.

For example, everyone who died in the Journal's coverage area, rich or poor, received a free staff-written obituary.

[13] One source passed on to White evidence that President Richard Nixon had paid taxes amounting to $792.81 in 1970 and $878.03 in 1971, despite earning more than $400,000.

[13] The night he was prepared to write the story, in September 1973, the union representing reporters at the newspaper voted to go on strike.

[14] At an Associated Press Managing Editors convention the following month, Journal reporter Joseph Ungaro asked Nixon about the story.

[13] This set a precedent for Presidents and presidential candidates to release tax returns, a custom that continued to 2016.

[13] White's story forced Nixon to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in owed taxes.

[15][16] In the 1990s, rising production costs and declines in circulation prompted the Journal to consolidate both the bureaus and the editions.

The editors tried to reinvigorate the coverage of city and town news in 1996, but competition from the Internet added fuel to the decline.

[20] He accused management of "assuming a counterproductive attitude toward its staff," which included fights over expenses, and over-reliance on freelancers and interns.

[20] Executive Editor Alan Rosenberg retired in December 2020 after four decades, replaced by David Ng.

On Oct. 10, 2008, the paper stopped publishing all of its zoned editions in Rhode Island and laid off 33 news staffers, including three managers.

The Journal aggressively marketed its news on the web, pushing to get detailed stories onto its website, projo.com, before competing radio, television and other print outlets.

In June 2011, the Journal laid off more than a dozen employees and eliminated its Promotion Department which had internally handled the newspaper's marketing and community affairs events for decades.

On Oct. 18, 2011, with circulation down to about 94,000 on weekdays and 129,000 on Sundays (down from 164,000 and over 231,000 in 2005),[23] the Journal renamed its website providencejournal.com, a move which meant that most of the previous Internet links to its content no longer worked.

The new website was part of a larger rebranding project by Nail Communications which also included a campaign entitled "We Work For The Truth".

On Dec. 4, 2013, A. H. Belo announced that it was seeking a buyer for the Journal, including its headquarters on 75 Fountain St. and its separate printing facility.

[27] The sale was completed on Sept. 3, 2014, as several employees, including widely respected columnist Bob Kerr, were told they would not be transferred to the new company.

(The GateHouse Media news release announcing the appointment [29] incorrectly reported that Hasson was the paper's first female publisher.

[30][31]) In 2019, Journal parent company GateHouse Media purchased Gannett, the publisher of USA Today.

[37] In December 2022, as part of a 6 percent targeted reduction in the Gannett news division, executive editor David Ng was laid-off.

[41] The Journal moved in 1934 to its present building on Fountain Street where the original Benny's store was located.