- St. Paul Pioneer Press
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Pioneer Press 
The July 27, 2005 front page
of the Pioneer PressType Daily newspaper Format Broadsheet Owner MediaNews Group Editor Thom Fladung Founded 1849 Headquarters 345 Cedar Street
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
United StatesCirculation 191,591 Daily
251,838 Sunday[1]ISSN 0892-1083 Official website twincities.com The St. Paul Pioneer Press is a newspaper based in St. Paul, Minnesota, primarily serving the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Circulation is heaviest in the eastern metro region, including Ramsey, Dakota, and Washington counties, along with western Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota and Anoka County, Minnesota. The paper primarily competes with the Star Tribune, based in neighboring Minneapolis. It has been owned by MediaNews Group since April 2006.
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History
James. M. Goodhue
The Pioneer Press traces its history back to both the Minnesota Pioneer, Minnesota's first daily newspaper (which was founded in 1849 by James M. Goodhue), and the Saint Paul Dispatch (which was launched in 1868). Ridder Publications acquired the Minnesota Pioneer and the Dispatch in 1927. Ridder merged with Knight Publications to form Knight Ridder in 1974. The two papers were operated for many years as separate morning and evening papers, but were merged into an all-day publication in 1985 as the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch and made the transition to morning-only newspaper in 1990, when they dropped the word "Dispatch". It is sometimes referred to as the "Pi Press", by reference to the nickname of "Strib" used for the Star Tribune.
From 1947 to 1949, the newspaper printed the comic strip Li'l Folks, by St. Paul native Charles M. Schulz. This comic introduced a number of characters who would later return in 1950 in the syndicated comic strip Peanuts, including Charlie Brown and a dog strongly resembling Snoopy.
In 1952, the Dispatch began sponsoring a treasure hunt as part of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. Clues to finding a medallion are printed in the paper, and the first person to find it wins a sum of money. The prize started off at $1,000, but has risen to $10,000 as of 2004.
The paper has won three Pulitzer Prizes in 1986, 1988, and 2000.
The McClatchy Company acquired the paper in June 2006 when it bought Knight Ridder. As owner of the Star Tribune, McClatchy had to sell the Pioneer Press because of antitrust concerns.[2] The Pioneer Press was subsequently sold by McClatchy to MediaNews Group later in the year.
Notable reporters
- Mark Kellogg, the first Associated Press correspondent to die in the line of duty when he was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
- John Sandford/John Camp, author of the "Prey" series of crime novels.
- Bob Sansevere, sports columnist and member of the KQRS-FM morning show with Tom Barnard.
- Joe Soucheray, general columnist and host of the KSTP afternoon program, Garage Logic.
See also
References
- ^ "2007 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation" (PDF). BurrellesLuce. 2007-03-31. http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/2007_Top_100List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
- ^[dead link]http://www.medianewsgroup.com/companynews/2006/McClatch%20MNG%20Release.pdf
External links
Newspapers of Minnesota Major Daily Duluth News Tribune · Mankato Free Press · Minnesota Daily · Rochester Post-Bulletin · St. Paul Pioneer Press · Star TribuneAlternative Community Austin Daily Herald · Owatonna People's Press · Red Wing Republican Eagle · West Central Tribune · Western GuardCategories:- Knight Ridder publications
- Newspapers published in Minnesota
- MediaNews Group publications
- Media in Saint Paul, Minnesota
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