Wisconsin State Journal

Infobox Newspaper
name = Wisconsin State Journal


caption = The July 27, 2005 front page of the
"Wisconsin State Journal"
type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = 1839
(as the "Madison Express")
price =
owners = Capital Newspapers
publisher = William K. Johnston
editor = Ellen Foley
circulation = 89,932 Daily
148,489 Sundayscite news | title = Generac Expects To Hire 200 Workers | publisher = Wisconsin State Journal | date = 2006-06-01 | url = http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/wsj/2006/06/01/0605310267.php | accessdate = 2007-03-31 ]
headquarters = 1901 Fish Hatchery Road
Madison, WI 53713
United States
ISSN = 0749-405X
website = [http://www.madison.com/wsj/ madison.com/wsj]

The "Wisconsin State Journal" is a daily newspaper published in Madison, Wisconsin by Capital Newspapers. The newspaper, the second largest in Wisconsin, is primarily distributed in a 19 county region in south-central Wisconsin. [cite web | title = The Capital Region's primary sources | publisher = Capital Newspapers | url = http://www.capitalnewspapers.com/mediakit/sources.php | accessdate = 2007-03-31 ] As of March 2006, the "Wisconsin State Journal" had an average weekday circulation of 89,932 and an average Sunday circulation of 148,489.

History

Founded as afternoon weekly, "The Madison Express" was first published in Madison on December 2, 1839. It changed its name in 1852 to the "Wisconsin Daily Journal" in 1852 and to its current name in 1860. In 1919, the newspaper was sold to Lee Newspaper Syndicate (now Lee Enterprises) by publisher Richard Lloyd Jones.cite web | title=Madison, WI | url=http://www.lee.net/walk/visit/madison.htm | accessdate=2007-03-28 | publisher=Lee Enterprises ]

The newspaper's long-time rival, "The Capital Times", was founded in 1917 after the State Journal's managing editor, William T. Evjue, quit during the summer of 1917. The "Wisconsin State Journal" had been a supporter of the progressive Robert La Follette until he began publicly opposing World War I. Evjue disagreed with the newspaper for abandoning La Follette. By mid-December of that year, he founded "The Capital Times".

However, in 1947, Lee Enterprises and Evjue's The Capital Times Company, owner of "The Capital Times", began discussing a partnership to operate both newspapers. The new partnership began on November 15, 1948 as Madison Newspapers, Inc. On February 1, 1949, the "Wisconsin State Journal" moved from afternoons to mornings and was the sole newspaper published on Sunday in the partnership. [cite web|url=http://www.capitalnewspapers.com/about/jobs/ |title=History |accessdate=2007-03-28 |publisher=Capital Newspapers]

Columnists

* Andy Baggot (sports)
* Melanie Conklin (local)
* Ellen Foley (editor)
* Scott Milfred (opinion)
* Tom Oates (sports)
* Nicole Rogers (entertainment)
* Bill Wineke (local)
* Doug Moe (news and features)

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