Grand Rapids Press
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| Grand Rapids Press | |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Booth Newspapers |
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| Headquarters | 155 Michigan St. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503  United States |
| Circulation | 134,426 Daily 182,810 Sunday[1] |
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| Website: mlive.com/grpress | |
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. As of March 2006, daily circulation is 134,426 and Sunday circulation is 182,810, making it the 79th largest in the United States.[1]
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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] References
- ^ a b 2006 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation (PDF). BurrellesLuce (2006-03-31). Retrieved on March 2, 2007.
