The Representative (newspaper) The Representative (newspaper) The Representative was a spectacularly unsuccessful daily newspaper published in London, England, from 25 January 1826 to 29 July 1826. In autumn 1825 the young Benjamin Disraeli convinced his father's friend, the publisher John Murray, that the time was ripe for a Canningite morning paper that would challenge "The Times." Murray agreed to supply half of the capital, with Disraeli and John Diston Powles, a City speculator, each contributing one-quarter. Disraeli travelled to Chiefswood (near Melrose) to persuade John Gibson Lockhart (Sir Walter Scott's son-in-law) to edit the paper; Lockhart declined, but agreed to serve as editor
The Herald Times Reporter press was brought on a schooner from Milwaukee. A weekly newspaper called the "Weekly Press" was printed; it was renamed the "Weekly Herald" in 1955. In 1898, the "Weekly Herald" became a daily newspaper; the Herald-Press Publishing Company was formed and it printed the "Daily Herald" and "Weekly Press". The "Weekly Press" was absorbed into the "Daily Herald" in 1953 and the newspaper became known as the "Herald Times". It purchased the "Two Rivers Reporter" based in nearby Two Rivers in 1970 and the newspaper took its current name "Herald Times Reporter". It was purchased by Gannett Company in 2000.