- Peoria Journal Star
Infobox Newspaper
name = Peoria Journal Star
caption = TheJuly 27 ,2005 front page
of the "Peoria Journal Star"
type = Dailynewspaper
format =Broadsheet
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owners =GateHouse Media
publisher = Ken Mauser
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headquarters = 1 News Plaza
Peoria, IL 61643United States
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website = [http://www.pjstar.com/ PJStar.com]The "Peoria Journal Star" is the major daily
newspaper forPeoria, Illinois and its surrounding area. First owned locally, then employee-owned, it became a Copley-owned entity in 1996. In 2007, the paper was sold toFairport, New York -basedGateHouse Media .cite web|url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/business/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003570644|title=GateHouse Completes $380 Million Purchase Of Copley Midwest Papers|author=Editor & Publisher|accessdate=2007-04-13]First established as the Peoria Daily Transcript in 1855, it has a daily circulation of approximately 65,000 copies and a Sunday circulation of 90,350 copies. When Copley purchased the paper in 1996, the daily circulation was 75,000+. According to a Knight Foundation report in 2005, the Journal Star circulation is now 65,126. The Journal Star is the highest circulation Downstate Illinois newspaper and the fourth highest circulation Illinois newspaper. As of September 2006, the Journal Star was the 136th largest newspaper in the United States.cite web|url=https://www.accessabc.com/products/top200.htm|title=Top 200 Newspapers by Largest Reported Circulation|author=Audit Bureau of Circulations|accessdate=2007-04-13]
The Peoria Journal Star has owned and operated various Television and Radio outlets in Peoria, Bloomington, Lafayette Indiana and Indianapolis Indiana.
The Peoria Journal Star was featued on Lateshow with David Letterman's Small Town News segment on June 11, 2007. A want ad stated AARVARK WANTED, ANT PROBLEM.
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External links
* [http://www.pjstar.com/ PJStar.com] - "Peoria Journal Star" official website
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