Reading Eagle
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 The July 27, 2005 front page of the Reading Eagle |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Reading Eagle Company |
| Publisher | William S. Flippin |
| Founded | 1868 |
| Headquarters | 345 Penn St. Reading, PA 19603-0582 United States |
| Official website | readingeagle.com |
The Reading Eagle is the major daily newspaper in Reading, Pennsylvania, in the United States. This family-owned newspaper has a daily circulation of 64,000 and a Sunday circulation of 100,000.[citation needed] It serves the Reading and Berks County region of Pennsylvania.
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[edit] History
The paper was founded on January 28, 1868.[1]
In 1940, the Eagle acquired the Reading Times, which was a morning paper, but they remained separate papers.[2][3][4] The staff of the two papers was combined in 1982.[5] In June 2002, the Reading Times ceased publishing, and the Eagle became a morning paper.[5][6]
Author John Updike worked at the Eagle as a copyboy in his youth for several summer interships in the early 1950s, and wrote several feature articles.[7][8]
In late April 2009, the newspaper laid off 52 employees, about 12% of its workforce, without severance and with two weeks health benefits. The move was a necessary step to cope with the economy and the troubles the newspaper industry specifically is facing.[9][10]
[edit] Sunday Edition
The banner on its Sunday comics section says "Biggest Comics Section in the Land",[11] although it used to be two full-size sections long. It carries half pages of Prince Valiant and Hagar the Horrible. As of November 2010 it also carries the following comic strips:
[edit] References
- ^ "Newspaper 'Morgue' Vital Need to Editorial Department". Reading Eagle. November 15, 1938. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CHAhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AYgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4266,3335752. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
- ^ "Eagle Buys Reading Times". The New York Times. January 26, 1940. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0716F9355A177A93C4AB178AD85F448485F9. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
- ^ "Reading Eagle Co. to Install New $2.25 Million Color Press". Reading Eagle. December 21, 1969. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19691221&id=ViMrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RKAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2778,6547886. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
- ^ George M. Meiser IX (July 20, 1983). "Newspaper History in Reading had its start in 1789". Reading Eagle. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OsAxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SeMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3818,5596047. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
- ^ a b "A Short History of Reading Eagle Company". Reading Eagle. http://internetservices.readingeagle.com/Editorial_Video/flash/redesign/history.html. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
- ^ Associated Press (June 28, 2002). "Reading (Pa.) Eagle Joins with Times". AP Online. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-53932482.html. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
- ^ Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (January 28, 2009). "John Updike, a Lyrical Writer of the Middle-Class Man, Dies at 76". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/books/28updike.html?%2334;reading%20eagle=&_r=1&sq=&st=cse&scp=8&pagewanted=all. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
- ^ Bruce R. Posten (January 29, 2009). "Before the fame, literary giant John Updike was just a newspaper copy boy". Reading Eagle. http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=123240. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
- ^ Strupp, Joe (May 5, 2009). "'Reading Eagle' Layoffs Offer No Severance". Editor & Publisher. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003969358. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
- ^ "Reading Eagle reduces work force". Reading Eagle. May 1, 2009. http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=136321. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
- ^ "Comics section". Reading Eagle. July 9, 2006. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LWMxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MqIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1799,4125770. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
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