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1820The Providence Journal. This Rhode Island newspaper first appears. Founded as a nonpartisan paper, it has frequently been referred to as "the conscience of Rhode Island."

 
 
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The Providence Journal
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet

Owner Belo Corp.
Founded 1829
Headquarters 75 Fountain Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02902 Flag of the United States United States
Circulation 148,700 Daily
205,102 Sunday[1]

Website: projo.com

The Providence Journal, nicknamed the ProJo, is a daily newspaper serving the metropolitan area of Providence, Rhode Island and is the largest newspaper in Rhode Island. The newspaper, first published in 1829, is the oldest continually published daily newspaper in the United States. Until its purchase in 1996 by Belo Corp., the paper was also the longest-running locally-held newspaper in the United States as well. The newspaper has won four Pulitzer Prizes.

History

The newspaper began publishing as The Providence Daily Journal in 1829. In 1863, the Journal began to publish the afternoon paper The Evening Bulletin. The Journal dropped "Daily" from its name and became The Providence Journal in 1920. In 1992, the Bulletin was discontinued and its name was appended onto that of the morning paper: The Providence Journal-Bulletin. After beginning online service in 1995, the Journal established projo.com in 1996. In 1998, the paper's name was shortened back to The Providence Journal.[2]

References

  1. ^ 2007 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation (PDF). BurrellesLuce (2007-03-31). Retrieved on 2007-05-30.
  2. ^ "Digital Extra: The Journal's 175th Anniversary", The Providence Journal, 2004-7-21. Retrieved on 14 December 2006.

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