| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Gannett Company |
| Publisher | Brian Priester |
| Editor | Mickey Hirten |
| Founded | April 28, 1855 |
| Headquarters | 120 E. Lenawee St. Lansing, MI 48919 United States |
| Circulation | 47,716[1] |
| Official website | lsj.com |
The Lansing State Journal is a daily newspaper published in Lansing, Michigan owned by Gannett.
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The Lansing State Journal is the sole daily newspaper published in metropolitan Lansing. It had an average Monday through Saturday readership of 47,716, and a Sunday readership of 66,518 from October 2010 to April 2011.[1]
The paper was started as the Lansing Republican on April 28, 1855 to advance the causes of the newly founded Republican Party in Michigan.[2] Founder and publisher Henry Barns completed only two issues of the weekly abolitionist publication before selling it and returning to Detroit.
Over the next 50 years, the paper saw many name changes and many different owners, finally merging with the rival Lansing Journal forming The State Journal in January 1911. Gannett bought the paper in 1971, and it became the Lansing State Journal on August 25, 1980. On April 15, 1985, it became a morning publication, rather than an afternoon one.
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