Founded on October 2, 1950 by Cecil Harmsworth King Jr. of the London Daily Mirror Group, the Daily Graphic came into being as Ghana's first professionally run daily newspaper, launching under the name West African Graphic Company Limited despite fierce resistance from the local Ghanaian press. The paper was acquired by the Ghana government in 1964 and has operated as a state-owned entity ever since, now under the Graphic Communications Group Limited, which is owned by the Ministry of Finance. Graphic Online, the digital platform at graphic.com.gh, was relaunched in 2012 as the group's primary web presence. Today, Graphic Online is mainly focused on Ghanaian politics, national news, business, sports, entertainment, and current affairs from their headquarters in Accra, Ghana, operating six publications including the Daily Graphic, The Mirror, Graphic Sports, Graphic Showbiz, Graphic Business, and Junior Graphic. One interesting fact: In Ghana, the word "Graphic" has become so synonymous with newspapers that it is commonly used as a general term for any newspaper, a testament to the Daily Graphic's dominant position in the country's media landscape for over 75 years.