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"FROM THE EDITOR: Changes ahead in Journal content, distribution". "Sioux City Journal sold to Lee Enterprises". Sioux City, Iowa: Sioux City Public Museum.

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"Journal among news publisher's '10 That Do It Right' ". Also, the newspaper will transition from being delivered by a traditional newspaper delivery carrier to mail delivery by the U.S. Starting June 20, 2023, the print edition of the newspaper will be reduced to three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The newspaper founded radio station KSCJ in 1927 and co-founded television station KTIV in 1953. of Davenport, Iowa, bought Howard Publications in February 2002, giving it half-ownership of the paper in June 2002, Lee purchased the remaining half from Hagadone. Shortly after the ownership change, the Journal dropped its afternoon editions and became a seven-day morning paper. of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and Howard Publications of Oceanside, California. On December 14, 1972, the Journal-Tribune Publishing Co. The Journal moved there in November of that year, and the Steele building was demolished soon afterwards. Steele was no longer meeting the paper's needs, and a new plant was built east of downtown at Sixth and Pavonia Streets.

īy 1972, the elegant building designed by William L. Perkins took over publication of the Journal until 1962, and Elizabeth Sammons (daughter of Clara Perkins Sammons) assumed that role in 1962. Since the Journal was a morning paper and the Tribune an evening paper, for over 30 years they continued both papers with a merged staff. One of his accomplishments was purchasing in 1941 the Journal's primary competitor, the erstwhile pro- Democratic Sioux City Tribune. Sammons ran the Journal until his death in 1944. Housing the paper's editorial, reporting, circulation, advertising sales, and printing operations, the building was ready for occupancy in 1915. Steele to design a new four-story building at the southwest corner of Douglas Street and 5th Street. Perkins, and son-in-law, William Sammons. He later won two Pulitzer Prizes for the Des Moines Register and Leader.Īfter George Perkins died early in 1914, the paper was left to his son, William R. Noted political cartoonist Jay Norwood Darling, better known as "Ding," worked for the Journal between 19.

House of Representatives, and "lost a highly contested bid for Iowa's governorship in 1906." Among other offices, he served in the Iowa Senate and the U.S. Continuing the Republican editorial line, George Perkins (1840–1914) served as editor in between terms as a Republican officeholder. George and Henry Perkins bought the Sioux City Weekly Journal in 1869, and within a year converted it to a daily newspaper. With the end of the Union Party after the Civil War, this shifted to a pro- Republican stance. Serving as the first editor, Davis continued until after the election, ensuring a pro-Lincoln perspective.

The Sioux City Journal was founded as a weekly newspaper on Augby Samuel Tait Davis (1828–1900) and others who wanted a strong local voice for the Union Party and the re-election of Abraham Lincoln. The Journal is owned by Lee Enterprises Inc. It was named one of the "10 that do it right" by the publishing trade journal Editor and Publisher in 20. The Journal has won numerous state, regional and national awards. Founded in 1864, the publication now covers northwestern Iowa and portions of Nebraska and South Dakota. The Sioux City Journal is the daily newspaper and website of Sioux City, Iowa.