Detroit Free Press
The March 30, 2010 front page of the
Detroit Free Press |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) |
Gannett Company (Detroit Media Partnership) |
| Publisher | Joyce Jenereaux |
| Editor | Robert Huschka |
| Founded | 1831 |
| Headquarters | 160 W. Fort St. Detroit, Michigan 48226  United States
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| Circulation | 234,579 Daily 639,350 Sunday |
| ISSN | 1055-2758 |
| OCLC number | 474189830 |
| Website | freep.com |
The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The Sunday edition is entitled the Sunday Free Press. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep" (reflected in the paper's web address, www.freep.com). It primarily serves Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston, Washtenaw, and Monroe counties.
The Free Press is also the largest city newspaper owned by Gannett, which also publishes USA Today. The Free Press has received ten Pulitzer Prizes and four Emmy Awards. Its motto is "On Guard Since 1831".
The newspaper was begun by John R. Williams and his uncle, Joseph Campau, and was first published as the Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer on May 5, 1831. The first issues were printed on a Washington press purchased from the discontinued Oakland Chronicle of Pontiac, Michigan. It was hauled from Pontiac in a wagon over rough roads to a building at Bates and Woodbridge streets in Detroit. The press could produce 250 pages an hour, hand operated by two men. The first issues were 14 by 20 inches (360 mm × 510 mm) in size, with five columns of type. Sheldon McKnight became the first publisher with John Pitts Sheldon as editor.
In the 1850s, the paper was developed into a leading Democratic publication under the ownership of Wilbur F. Storey. Storey left for the Chicago Times in 1861, taking a lot of the staff with him. In the 1870s ownership passed to William E. Quinby, who continued its Democratic leanings and established a London, England edition.
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