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Newspaper in Topeka, Kansas
The Topeka Capital-Journal
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Type
| Daily
newspaper
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Format
| Broadsheet
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Owner(s)
| Gannett
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Publisher
| Stephen Wade
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Editor
| Tomari Quinn
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Founded
| Topeka Daily Capital: 1879 (with heritage dating to 1858)
Topeka State Journal: 1873
Topeka Capital-Journal: 1981
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Headquarters
| 100 SE 9th Street, Suite 500
Topeka, Kansas
66612
USA
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Circulation
| 18,388
[1]
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Website
| www
.cjonline
.com
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The Topeka Capital-Journal
is a daily newspaper in
Topeka, Kansas
, owned by
Gannett
.
History
[
edit
]
The paper was formed following numerous name changes and mergers, including the merger of
The Topeka Daily Capital
and
The Topeka State Journal
.
Timeline
[
edit
]
- 1858: The
Kansas State Record
starts publishing.
- 1873: The
Topeka Blade
is founded by J. Clarke Swayze.
- 1879: George W. Reed buys the
Blade
and changes its name to
The Kansas State Journal
.
- 1879:
The Topeka Daily Capital
is founded by Major J.K. Hudson as an evening paper but changes to morning in 1881.
Its press is claimed to be the first electric motor press in the United States
[
citation needed
]
- 1885:
Frank P. MacLennan
buys the
Journal
and renames it
The Topeka State Journal
.
- 1888: The
Capital
absorbs the
Commonwealth
, owned by
Floyd Perry Baker
and his sons, who had earlier bought the
Kansas State Record
.
- 1899: Frederick Oliver Popenoe buys a 51 percent controlling interest in the
Capital
.
- 1900:
Charles M. Sheldon
, saying "
Newspapers should be operated as Christ would operate them
," sends the
Capital
circulation skyrocketing from 12,000 to 387,000, forcing it to print papers in New York and Chicago.
- 1901:
Arthur Capper
buys the
Capital
and becomes sole owner in 1904.
- 1940:
Oscar S. Stauffer
buys the
Journal
.
- 1951: Capper dies, and the
Capital
become employee-owned.
- 1956:
Stauffer Communications
buys Capper Publications, including the
Capital
.
- 1962: Former MacLennan home
Cedar Crest
becomes the Kansas governor's mansion.
- 1973:
Brian Lanker
wins the
1973 Pulitzer Prize
for
Feature Photography
for a series of photos of a childbirth, as exemplified by the image titled "
Moment of Life
".
- 1975:
Susan Ford
(daughter of
Gerald Ford
) and
Chris Johns
(future editor of
National Geographic
magazine) intern at paper during the summer.
[2]
- 1981: Stauffer Communications merges the
Capital
and the
Journal
into
The Topeka Capital-Journal
, distributed in the morning.
- 1982: Former owner Oscar S. Stauffer dies at 95.
- 1994: Stauffer Communications merges with
Morris Communications
.
[3]
- 2017: Morris Communications sells its newspapers to
GateHouse Media
.
[4]
- 2019: GateHouse Media's corporate parent company, New Media Investment Group, announces that it will acquire Gannett and assume its name.
[5]
[6]
- 2023: The paper announces it's switching from carrier to mail delivery via the U.S. Postal Service.
[7]
See also
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
"Browse Full Member Database | Kansas Press Association"
.
kspress.com
. Retrieved
2023-04-10
.
- ^
Hall, Mike (December 28, 2006).
"Ford's daughter Susan interned at C-J"
.
Topeka Capital-Journal
.
- ^
Morris buys Stauffer
,
Fort Scott Tribune
, July 27, 1994
- ^
"Morris Announces Sale of Publications to Gatehouse Media"
.
Morris Communications
. 2017-08-09
. Retrieved
2018-02-19
.
- ^
Lombardo, Cara; Trachtenberg, Jeffrey A. (August 5, 2019).
"GateHouse Media Parent to Buy Gannett for $1.4 Billion"
.
The Wall Street Journal
.
- ^
"GateHouse Media enters into agreement to acquire Gannett, forming largest U.S. publishing company"
.
The Topeka Capital-Journal
. 2019-09-05.
Archived
from the original on 2020-10-31
. Retrieved
2020-10-31
.
- ^
"The Topeka Capital-Journal is transitioning to postal delivery in late January"
.
The Topeka Capital-Journal
. December 29, 2023
. Retrieved
December 29,
2023
.
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