The July 27, 2005 front page of The Providence Journal |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | A. H. Belo Corporation |
| Founded | 1829 |
| Headquarters | 75 Fountain Street Providence, Rhode Island 02902 United States |
| Circulation | 120,783 Daily 171,231 Sunday[1] |
| Official website | projo.com |
The Providence Journal, nicknamed the ProJo, is a daily newspaper serving the metropolitan area of Providence, Rhode Island and is the largest newspaper in Rhode Island. The newspaper, first published in 1829 and the oldest continuously-published daily newspaper in the United States, was purchased in 1996 by the A.H. Belo Corporation. The newspaper has won four Pulitzer Prizes.
In 2010, the Journal launched Politifact Rhode Island, a website that analyses issues relevant to Rhode Island. The feature is produced in conjunction with its creator, the St. Petersburg Times.
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The newspaper began publishing as The Providence Daily Journal in 1832. In 1868, the Journal began to publish the afternoon paper The Evening Bulletin. In 1872 the first diner in America, a horse-drawn wagon serving hot food, was founded to serve the employees of the Providence Journal. The Journal dropped "Daily" from its name and became The Providence Journal in 1920. In 1992, the Bulletin was discontinued and its name was appended onto that of the morning paper: The Providence Journal-Bulletin. After beginning online service in 1995, the Journal established projo.com in 1996. In 1998, the paper's name was shortened back to The Providence Journal.[2]
The Journal bills itself as "America's oldest daily newspaper in continuous publication," a distinction that comes from the fact that The Hartford Courant, started in 1764, did not become a daily until 1837 and The New York Post, which began daily publication in 1801, had to suspend publication during strikes in 1958 and 1978.[3]
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