The Daily Advocate & Early Bird News is a consolidated local news organization based in Greenville, Ohio, that operates as the leading print and digital news authority for Darke County and the surrounding Miami Valley region. The Daily Advocate was originally established on May 3, 1883, as an eight-page weekly before shifting to a Tuesday-through-Friday daily distribution schedule. In 2019, its previous parent company, AIM Media Midwest, acquired The Early Bird, a free Sunday-only community newspaper, and unified the two operations to offer seamless, comprehensive advertising and hyper-local coverage across five days of the week. In August 2026, the joint publication transitioned to new ownership under West Virginia-based HD Media LLC. Operating from its offices at 100 Washington Avenue, the publication provides dedicated, daily-updated print and digital coverage of Darke County municipal government, law enforcement reports, regional school board actions, community events, local obituaries, and high school athletics.