Its front page contained mostly adverts, with no photos in the paper at all. Over the next few years the paper gradually increased in size and circulation, and in 1922 got its first typesetting machine. Cecil King purchased the "Democrat" from the Downey family in 1948. The "Democrat" published a number of books between 1962 and 1988. The paper was put on the market in 1992 following the death of the then managing director, Cecil King jnr. In 1995, the paper was bought by the Derry Journal Newspapers group for an undisclosed sum thought to be in the region of 1 million. The paper was purchased by the 3i holding company Local Press Ltd in 2004, and changed hands again the following year, when Johnston Press took over Local Press. In 2014, Iconic Newspapers acquired Johnston Press's titles in the Republic of Ireland. Both the Tuesday and Thursday editions of the paper share many common features and columns such as 'Gabrielle's Diary', a society column which sees the column's writer Gabrielle McMonagle, attend local charity and social events; an agricultural page entitled 'Farming Week'; a special section called 'Letterkenny in Focus', looking at developments in the county's largest town; local notes for the various towns and villages in the county; death, birth and marriage announcements; and job, motor and property sections in partnership with the Irish sections of the Johnston Press-owned websites, 'Jobs Today', 'Motors Today' and 'Property Today'. The Tuesday edition (available as the "Donegal People's Press" in the north of the county), is in compact format and is seventy-two pages with full colour; through its features, it is a little less 'rigid' than the Thursday paper. It contains a seven-day TV guide, a weekly contribution from the youth media website 'Spun Out', and columnists such as 'Pat's Patch' by Pat McArt. The Thursday paper, which is available throughout the county, is a broadsheet in two sections, each of which are twenty-four pages in size, twenty of which are in colour. It includes features such as 'Mind Yourself', a series of stories on mental health supported by the HSE, as well as an environmental contribution from Donegal County Council and a women's section compiled by the 'Donegal Women's Network'. It also includes a series of columnists and editorials including 'It Occurs To Me' by Frank Galigan, and the 'Thursday Interview', in which high-profile local figures discuss important issues with the paper's journalists.