Iowa City Press-Citizen
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| Iowa City Press-Citizen | |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Gannett Company |
| Publisher | Mike Beck |
| Editor | Jim Lewers |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Headquarters | 1725 N. Dodge St. Iowa City, IA 52245  United States |
| Circulation | 14,353 Daily[1] |
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| Website: www.press-citizen.com | |
The Iowa City Press-Citizen is a daily newspaper published in Iowa City, Iowa, that serves most of Johnson County and portions of surrounding counties. Its primary competitors are The Gazette of Cedar Rapids, which has a news bureau in Iowa City, and The Daily Iowan, the University of Iowa's student newspaper.
[edit] History
The Press-Citizen was formed in 1920 after the merger of two newspapers: the Democratic Iowa State Press, founded in 1860, and the Republican Iowa City Citizen, founded in 1891. Merritt Spiedel bought the Press-Citizen in 1921; Spiedel's company merged with the Gannett Company in 1977.
The Press-Citizen switched from afternoon to morning publication on September 15, 1997. On August 29, 1999, the Press-Citizen began publishing a Sunday edition that includes local news and sports sections packaged with the Sunday state edition of another Gannett newspaper, The Des Moines Register.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Gannett. 2006 Annual Report (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-03-03.
- ^ Iowa City Press-Citizen. Press-Citizen History. Retrieved on 2007-03-03.
