Front Page of The Vindicator. |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | The Vindicator Printing Co. WFMJ-TV |
| Editor | Todd Franko, Editor |
| Founded | 1869 |
| Political alignment | neutral news coverage center-right opinion |
| Headquarters | Youngstown, Ohio |
| Circulation | 62,100 daily 87,000 Sunday |
| Official website | www.vindy.com |
The Vindicator, also known at times as The Youngstown Vindicator, is a daily newspaper serving Youngstown, Ohio and the Mahoning County Region as well as southern Trumbull County and northern Columbiana County. Founded in 1869, the newspaper currently has a circulation of 62,100 daily and 87,000 Sunday. The Vindicator remains family-owned by the Maag family and is run by the Vindicator Printing Company, which also runs local NBC affiliate WFMJ-TV and WFMJ's digital subchannel, CW affiliate WBCB.
Its primary competitor is the Tribune Chronicle in nearby Warren, though their news has more of a slant towards the Trumbull County and parts of northeastern Portage County areas as opposed to the more broad Vindicator.
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Monday through Saturday the newspaper publishes four sections:
Each Thursday The Vindicator prints a tabloid style entertainment guide for the coming weekend called Vibe.
On Saturdays a TV listings magazine is included.
The Sunday edition is, like most other newspapers, greatly expanded. In addition to the sections mentioned, there is also sections dedicated to business, entertainment, life and work, and health, among others.
The Vindicator was established in 1869 and is still around today.
The Youngstown Vindicator is notable for the first recorded advertisement for the Klondike bar on February 5, 1922.[1]
The Vindicator operates four primary websites: the news and information site vindy.com, a local employment portal vindyjobs.com, vindywheels.com a local automotive shopping site and vindyhomes.com a local real estate site.
The vast majority of content available on vindy.com is provided at no charge. There is, however, a "digital edition" available on the site at the same subscription rate as the printed edition. It is delivered in PDF format.
The Vindicator breaks local news on its primary website, vindy.com, around the clock. This feature is branded "News Watch" and is updated more frequently than the general site.
The paper's staff has gone on strike twice. The first strike was in 1964 and lasted nearly eight months; the strikers published the Steel Valley Times during this time. The second strike lasted from November 2004 to July 2005, and the strikers published their own paper, The Valley Voice, during this time. The latter strike was settled although the demands of the union were not met, mostly because the Vindicator had announced that if the strike was not settled when it was, they would begin hiring an entirely new staff to replace them.
Todd Franko, metro editor of The Rockford Register Star in Illinois, was named editor of The Vindicator on February 12, 2007. He succeeds Paul C. Jagnow, who retired in 2006.
The Vindicator upgraded to a new press in March 2010. The previous press was used from 1972 to March 2010.
On March 3, 2010, the new press was installed and The Vindicator receives a brand new look. The Vindicator flag is similar to the one that was used in the 1980s