Grand Rapids Press

Infobox Newspaper
name = Grand Rapids Press


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type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
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owners = Advance Magazine Publishers, Inc. D.B.A. Booth Newspapers, Inc.
publisher = Dan Gaydou
editor = Mike Lloyd
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circulation = 133,107 Daily
182,252 Sunday [cite web | title=2007 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation |publisher=Burrelles"Luce" |url=http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/2007_Top_100List.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-05-31 |date=2007-03-31]
headquarters = 155 Michigan Street NW
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 USA
sister newspapers =The Lakeshore Press
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website = [http://www.mlive.com/grpress/ Articles]
[http://www.gr-press.com/main/ general]

The "Grand Rapids Press" is a daily newspaper published in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is the largest of the eight Booth newspapers. It is sold for $.50 daily and $1.75 on Sunday.

"The Lakeshore Press" is sold in the Holland, Michigan area and competes with "The Holland Sentinel".

WOOD-TV provides weather content to the "Grand Rapids Press".

History

"The Morning Press" was founded by William J. Sproat and appeared on Monday, September 1, 1890. Mr. Sproat was its proprietor until November 5, 1891, when control passed to the Press Publishing company. Soon after, the controlling interest in the company was purchased by George G. Booth, who in 1892 bought the Eagle and merged it with the "Press". January 1, 1893, the "Press" went into the evening daily field, which it has since occupied.

This newspaper at first was published at 63 Pearl Street. Then for a number of years it occupied a building on the Grand River at the southeast end of the Pearl Street bridge. In 1906 it moved to a new home at Fulton Street and Sheldon Avenue.

The paper was published downtown at the corner of Monroe and Michigan until 2004 when the printing facility was moved to the northern suburb of Walker. The editorial and newsroom offices remain downtown. They actively hire aspiring journalists through an intensive internship program.

References

Bibliography

* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/etten1926/newspapers.html Etten, William J., A Citizens' History of Grand Rapids, Michigan]

External links

* [http://www.mlive.com/grpress The Press's articles at Mlive.com]
* [http://www.gr-press.com/main/ Official website]