Maj. Charles Gordon Newman, former co-owner of the Pine Bluff Press, established the Pine Bluff Commercial as a weekly on April 18, 1881. Newman operated the paper until his death in 1911, except in 1882, when Chester Flourney published The Commercial. The newspaper became a daily for a short period in 1887 and then permanently in 1888. For several years, a weekly edition appeared on Saturdays....
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The Pine Bluff Commercial is the dominant source of news for Southeast Arkansas, and has been since it was founded more than 129 years ago