The Post-Crescent

Infobox Newspaper
name = The Post-Crescent


caption = The July 27, 2005 front page of
"The Post-Crescent"
type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = 1853
(as "The Appleton Crescent")
ceased publication =
price =
owners = Gannett Company
publisher = Genia Lovett
editor = Dan Flannery
language =
circulation = 52,605 Afternoon
68,532 Sunday cite web|url=http://www.gannett.com/about/map/ataglance/appleton.htm|title=About Gannett: The Post-Crescent|publisher=Gannett Co., Inc.|accessdate=2006-11-24]
headquarters = 306 W. Washington St.
Appleton, WI 54911
USA
ISSN =
website = [http://postcrescent.com/ postcrescent.com]

"The Post-Crescent" is a daily newspaper based in Appleton, Wisconsin. Part of the Gannett chain of newspapers, it is primarily distributed in numerous counties surrounding the Appleton area.

History

"The Appleton Crescent" was formed in 1853 as a weekly newspaper, the same year that Appleton became a village. [http://edit.wisinfo.gannettonline.com/contact/xhistory.shtml Myrna Collins "The Post-Crescent History" February 10 2003] , Retrieved January 1 2007] The "Crescent" was a determinedly Democratic newspaper, created by Samuel, James and John Ryan. The "Crescents Jacksonian Democratic politics upset Republicans, and a second newspaper, "The Appleton Motor""', was formed by F.C. Meade on August 18 1859. Meade was soon joined by Ryan's brother Francis.

While the two newspapers were bitter rivals, they did cooperate at times. When the "Crescent" suffered serious damage in 1863 from apparent arson, the "Motor" ran an article condemning the act. The "Motor" changed its name to "The Appleton Post" in 1887 after changing hands several times. The "Post"'s buildings were damaged that year, and donations from the "Crescent" kept the paper open.

"The Appleton Post-Crescent" was formed when the "Post" and the "Crescent" merged on February 2 1920. The first paper was published on February 10 1920. Editors decided to not align with either political party.

"The Appleton Post-Crescent" decided to purchase the "Twin City News-Record", which had been formed when the Menasha Record and the Neenah News Times merged in 1949. The "Appleton" portion of the name was removed in 1964 to reflect that the newspaper reached farther than the city limits.

Publisher V.I. Minahan coined the term "Fox Cities" in 1953, which is now a common term to describe the metropolitan Appleton area.

Ownership

Post Publishing owned the newspaper from 1920 until it was purchased by Gillett Communications on August 1 1984, and was also a former owner of WLUK (Channel 11), Marquette, Michigan's WLUC (Channel 6) and Rochester, New York's WOKR (Channel 13). Gillett sold the newspaper four months later to Thomson Newspapers, while the television stations were sold to Burnham Broadcasting. Thomson owned the paper until it was sold to Gannett on July 21 2000.

Circulation

The circulation at the 1920 merger was 7,000. It grew to 40,000 by 1960 (when Appleton's population was 48,000). The circulation in 2003 was 53,600 on weekdays, more than 61,000 on Saturdays and nearly 70,000 on Sundays.

References

External links

* [http://www.postcrescent.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.gannett.com/ Website for owner Gannett]