Lansing State Journal
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| 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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[edit] Overview
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]
[edit] History
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.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Audit Bureau of Circulations". http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/newstitlesearchus.asp. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ^ Justin L. Kestenbaum (1981) Out of a Wilderness, An Illustrated History of Greater Lansing, Woodland Hills, CA: Windsor Publications, p.10-11.
[edit] External links
- Lansing State Journal homepage
- Scanned copies of the Lansing Republican from 1859 and 1860
- Lansing Newspapers in Education program, provides free newspapers to more than 150 classrooms in over 85 schools
- Gannett subsidiary profile of the Lansing State Journal
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