The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer is a daily newspaper that is read primarily in Philadelphia and the US state of Pennsylvania .
The newspaper currently has the tenth largest circulation among US newspapers and is the third oldest still-published daily newspaper in the United States.
history
Edition | weekday | Sunday |
---|---|---|
1936 | 280.093 | 369.525 |
1938 | 345,422 | 1,035,871 |
1968 | 648,000 | 905,000 |
1984 | 533,000 | 995,000 |
1990 | 511,000 | 996,000 |
1999 | 402,000 | 802,000 |
2002 | 373.892 | 747,969 |
2006 | 350.457 | 705.965 |
2007 | 338,049 | 645.095 |
The newspaper was founded in June 1829 by John R. Walker and John Norvell. From 1936 it was published by Moses Annenberg and after his death in 1942 by his son Walter Annenberg . The newsroom , which was set up in autumn 1994, is one of the first in the world.
The staff included the future science fiction writer Nelson Bond , who provided reviews of plays in the early 1930s.
Awards
In the course of its history, the newspaper has received the Pulitzer Prize 18 times .
Individual evidence
- ^ Edgar Williams: A history of The Inquirer . The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 20, 2003. Archived from the original on February 19, 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2006.
- ^ William A. Henry III: The Ten Best US Dailies . In: Time . April 30, 1984, p. 61. "no"
- ↑ Frank Lewis: Sinking Ship Archived from the original on June 23, 2006. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Philadelphia City Paper . . Retrieved on May 4, 2008. "no"
- ^ Gerry Wilkinson: The History of the Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia Press Association. Retrieved May 27, 2006.
- ^ Joseph N. DiStefano: Shrinking only on paper . In: The Philadelphia Inquirer . May 9, 2006.
- ↑ Maria Panaritis: audit reaffirms Inquirer's circulation as top gain . In: The Philadelphia Inquirer . March 1, 2008. "no" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Norbert Neininger-Schwarz : The journalist on the assembly line. The trend towards the multimedia newsroom reflects the industrialization of the media . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , January 5, 2010.
Web links
Commons : The Philadelphia Inquirer - Collection of Images
- The Philadelphia Inquirer Online (English)
- Philadelphia Media Holdings (English)