Iowa City Press-Citizen
 The January 4, 2008, front page of Iowa City Press-Citizen | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gannett Company |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Headquarters | 123 N. Linn St. Iowa City, IA 52245  United States |
| Circulation | 14,353 Daily[1] |
| Website | www.press-citizen.com |
The Iowa City Press-Citizen is a daily newspaper published in Iowa City, Iowa, USA, that serves most of Johnson County and portions of surrounding counties. Its primary competitors are The Gazette of Cedar Rapids, which has a news bureau in Iowa City, and The Daily Iowan, the University of Iowa's student newspaper.
History
The Press-Citizen was formed in 1920 from the merger of two newspapers: the Democratic Iowa State Press, founded in 1860, and the Republican Iowa City Citizen, founded in 1891. Merritt Spiedel bought the Press-Citizen in 1921; Spiedel's company merged with the Gannett Company in 1977.
The Press-Citizen switched from afternoon to morning publication on September 15, 1997. On August 29, 1999, the Press-Citizen began publishing a Sunday edition that includes local news and sports sections packaged with the Sunday state edition of another Gannett newspaper, The Des Moines Register.[2]
References
- ^ Gannett. "2006 Annual Report" (PDF). p. 12. Retrieved 2007-03-03.
- ^ Iowa City Press-Citizen. "Press-Citizen History". Retrieved 2007-03-03.
