Daily CommercialThe Daily Commercial is a daily newspaper distributed in Lake and Sumter counties, Florida.HistoryThe Daily Commercial was founded in 1875. It was later acquired by members of the Cowles family in 1969. The New York Times Company acquired the paper in 1971 and sold it in 1995 to Better Built. HarborPoint Media acquired the Better Built papers in 2004, and owned the Daily Commercial until 2013, when it was acquired by Halifax Media Group. In 2015, Halifax was acquired by New Media Investment Group.PricesThe Daily Commercial prices are 50 cents daily; $1.00 Sunday.