Sioux City Journal
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Lee Enterprises |
| Publisher | Ron Peterson |
| Editor | Mitch Pugh |
| Founded | August 20, 1864 |
| Headquarters | 515 Pavonia St. Sioux City, IA 51105 United States |
| Circulation | 40,626 Daily 41,894 Sunday[1] |
| Official website | SiouxCityJournal.com |
The Sioux City Journal is the daily newspaper and website of Sioux City, Iowa. The publication covers western Iowa and portions of Nebraska and South Dakota.
It is owned by Lee Enterprises Inc.
The paper was named one of the "10 that do it right" by the publishing trade journal Editor and Publisher in 2009.[1]
[edit] History
George and Henry Perkins bought the Sioux City Weekly Journal in 1869. It became a daily newspaper a year later. (George Perkins later served in the U.S. House of Representatives.)
After George Perkins died in 1914, the paper was left to his son, William Perkins, and son-in-law, William Sammons. The paper later merged with the Sioux City Tribune.[2]
The Journal operated on the southwestern corner of 5th and Douglas streets from 1915 to 1972.[3]
The newspaper founded radio station KSCJ in 1927 and co-founded television station KTIV in 1953. Both have been sold off.[4]
Noted political cartoonist Jay Norwood Darling, better known as "Ding," worked for the Journal between 1900 and 1906. He later won two Pulitzer Prizes for the Des Moines Register and Leader. He is buried in Sioux City.[5]
Lee Enterprises Inc., of Davenport, Iowa, bought the paper in 2002. Hagadone Corp., of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and Howard Publications Inc., of Oceanside, Calif., had jointly owned it.
[edit] References
- ^ "Lee Enterprises: Newspapers". Lee Enterprises. http://www.lee.net/newspapers/. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
[edit] External links
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