The Daily News is the primary newspaper of Longview, Washington, Kelso, Washington, an much of Cowlitz County, Washington. It is owned by Lee Enterprises, which acquired the newspaper with its 2002 purchase of Howard Publications. Howard, in turn, had purchased the paper from Ted and John Natt, grandsons of John M. McClelland, who had purchased it from Robert A. Long, the lumber magnate and father of Longview. Long founded both Longview and The Daily News in 1923.