The Akron Press

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The Akron Press was a newspaper serving Akron, Ohio. It was founded in 1898.

It began as the Akron edition of the Cleveland Press Penny,[1] printed in Cleveland and was transported to Akron by train. It gained local flavor when it began being printed in Akron.[2] By 1903 it was described as "distinct".[3]

By the early 1920s it was competing with the Akron Times. The two then joined together on March 14, 1925[1] to be The Times-Press,[4][5][6] as the town wasn't big enough for both.[2]

L. E. Judd, Akron-Press editor,[7] since circa 1921,[8] was editor of the combined newspaper.[1][2][9][10]

Its stereotyping department was headed by Joseph J. Metker,[11] an international stereotypers,[12][13] and in 1929 his son Robert succeeded him.[11]

In 1923, for a brief period, Henry C. Segal, worked as a reporter for the Akron Press.[14]

In 1927, the newspaper was named: The Akron Times-Press[15] which existed till 1938.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c The Ohio Newspaper. 1924. p. 13.
  2. ^ a b c Price, Mark J. (2015-07-20). Lost Akron. Arcadia Publishing. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-62585-107-9.
  3. ^ Fourth Estate: A Weekly Newspaper for Publishers, Advertisers, Advertising Agents and Allied Interests. Fourth Estate Publishing Company. 1903. p. 3.
  4. ^ Editor & Publisher. Editor & Publisher Company. 1925. p. 28.
  5. ^ Editor & Publisher. Editor & Publisher Company. 1925. p. 25.
  6. ^ "Akron Times-Press Building, 1926". www.summitmemory.org. Retrieved 2021-01-11. (in 1926 photo, the building bears both signs: Akron Press and Press-Times).
  7. ^ "L. E. Judd, 83, Akron Editor Helped in '26 Murder Case (Published 1975)". The New York Times. 1975-08-14. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  8. ^ Sales Management. Dartnell Corporation. 1933. p. 360.
  9. ^ Scripps-Howard News. 1929. pp. 9, 24.
  10. ^ Scripps-Howard News. 1928. p. 17.
  11. ^ a b Scripps-Howard News. 1929. p. 5.
  12. ^ Typographical Journal. International Typographical Union. 1904. p. 197.
  13. ^ International Stereotypers' and Electrotypers' Union Journal. 1919. p. 48.
  14. ^ "Henry Segal Dead at 84". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1985-07-23. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  15. ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the. "The Times-press". Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  16. ^ "The Akron Times-Press (Akron, Ohio) 1927-1938". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2021-01-10.


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