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St. Paul Pioneer Press

March 22, 2023

The St. Paul Pioneer Press is a newspaper based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It serves the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. Circulation is heaviest in the east metro, including Ramsey, Dakota, and Washington counties, along with western Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota and Anoka County, Minnesota. The paper's main rival is the Star Tribune, based in neighboring Minneapolis. The Pioneer Press has been owned by MediaNews Group since April 2006. It no longer includes "St. Paul" as part of its name in either its print or online edition, but its owner still lists the paper's name as the St. Paul Pioneer Press[2] and the paper also calls itself the St. Paul Pioneer Press on its Facebook[3] and Twitter pages. Its URL and digital presence is TwinCities.com.[4][5]

Pioneer Press
The July 27, 2005, front page
of the Pioneer Press
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Digital First Media
PublisherNorthwest Publications
EditorMike Burbach
Founded1849
Headquarters10 River Park Plaza, 7th Floor
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101
USA
Circulation
  • 208,280 Daily
  • 284,507 Sunday (March 2013)[1]
ISSN0892-1083
OCLC number48259426
Websitewww.twincities.com

History

 
A St. Paul Sunday Pioneer Press front page dated August 12, 1945 featuring the first publication of the mushroom cloud during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.

The Pioneer Press traces its history to both the Minnesota Pioneer, Minnesota's first daily newspaper (founded in 1849 by James M. Goodhue), and the Saint Paul Dispatch (launched in 1868). Ridder Publications acquired the Pioneer and the Dispatch in 1927. Ridder merged with Knight Publications to form Knight Ridder in 1974. The two papers were operated for many years as separate morning and evening papers, but in 1985 were merged into the all-day publication the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch, which later dropped the "and" from "and Dispatch" in 1986, simply becoming the St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch. The publication eventually made the transition to a morning-only paper, and on March 26, 1990, the word "Dispatch" was dropped. The paper is sometimes called the "Pi Press", just as "Strib" is used for the Star Tribune.

During World War II the paper had war correspondents in the field. There were 30 correspondents from various papers at Iwo Jima, including A.J. Crocker of the Pioneer Press.[6]

From 1947 to 1949, the newspaper printed the comic strip Li'l Folks, by Twin Cities native Charles M. Schulz. This comic introduced a number of characters who would later return in 1950 in the syndicated comic strip Peanuts, including Charlie Brown and a dog strongly resembling Snoopy.

In 1952, the Dispatch began sponsoring a treasure hunt as part of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. Clues to finding a medallion are printed in the paper, and the first person to find and return it with the clues and a registered carnival button wins a sum of money. The prize started off at $1,000 and as of 2004 rose to $10,000.

The paper has won three Pulitzer Prizes: in 1986, 1988, and 2000.

On March 10, 1999, the day before the University of Minnesota men's basketball team was to begin play in the NCAA Tournament, the Pioneer Press published a story written by George Dohrmann with allegations that a staffer wrote coursework for many Minnesota basketball players within the past five years.[7] Immediately, Minnesota suspended four players suspected of academic fraud, and in 2000, the NCAA vacated all postseason appearances by Minnesota from 1994 to 1998 and docked scholarships for four years, among other penalties.[8] Dohrmann would win a Pulitzer Prize for beat reporting in 2000 for his reports on the scandal.[9] Dohrmann and his editor prepared for hostile reactions to the newspaper from the local community.[10] Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura accused the Pioneer Press of timing the article to be published around NCAA Tournament time for the sake of "sensationalism journalism," and the Pioneer Press got many hostile calls and letters in response to the story.[11]

In 2004 the Pioneer Press made news itself. The great-great-grandson of George Thompson, a former owner/editor of the paper, took a 1914 pocket watch of his grandfather's to the Antiques Roadshow when it came to St. Paul.[12] There he learned it was not ordinary, with an estimated value of $250,000. Afterward, the grandson sent the watch to Sotheby's, where it sold for $1.5 million.[12] The Pioneer Press Patek Philippe is on display at the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva.[12] In 2020 the show updated its appraisal of the watch's value to $2–3 million.

The McClatchy Company acquired the paper in June 2006 when it bought Knight Ridder. As owner of the Star Tribune, McClatchy had to sell the Pioneer Press because of antitrust concerns.[13] The Pioneer Press was subsequently sold by McClatchy to MediaNews Group later in the year.

The hedge fund Alden Global Capital now owns a controlling share of the Pioneer Press.[14] In its operating year of 2017, The Pioneer Press under Alden announced a profit of $10 million with a 13% operating margin after Alden cut the newspaper's workforce to around 60 people. Alden has faced notable criticism for this from editorial staff of The Denver Post.[15]

Notable journalists

Gallery

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    James. M. Goodhue

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    The old Pioneer Press Building main entrance in downtown St. Paul

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    1908 US editorial cartoon on Theodore Roosevelt and conservation

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    Pioneer Press & Endicott Buildings

See also

References

  1. ^ "Total Circ for US Newspapers". Alliance for Audited Media. March 31, 2013. Archived from the original on March 6, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  2. ^ "Our Brands". medianewsgroup. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  3. ^ "About Pioneer Press". Facebook. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  4. ^ "PioneerPress". Twitter. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  5. ^ "About the Pioneer Press". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  6. ^ Appendix 10, Annex Charlie, VACLF Special Action Report, Iwo Jima Campaign, Eight Marine Field Depot April 1945, p.61 [1]
  7. ^ Dohrmann, George (March 10, 1999). . St. Paul Pioneer Press. Archived from the original on December 30, 2001. Retrieved May 13, 2007.
  8. ^ Drape, Joe (October 25, 2000). "COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Minnesota Penalized by N.C.A.A." New York Times. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  9. ^ "The 2000 Pulitzer Prize Winners, Beat Reporting Citation". Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  10. ^ Overholser, Geneva (2003). . Project for Excellence in Journalism. Archived from the original on January 24, 2003.
  11. ^ Robertson, Lori (May 1999). "Body slam". American Journalism Review. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  12. ^ a b c One Complicated Patek Philippe Pocket Watch from the US Antiques Roadshow in 2004, NICK GOULD, January 3, 2017, Depolyant website [2]
  13. ^ [3] May 26, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Lawsuit calls out Pioneer Press owner for its tactics". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  15. ^ Collins, Bob. "Big profits at Pioneer Press as corporate parent destroys it". NewsCut. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  16. ^ "Media mogul was owner of hockey team". Tribune Democrat. Johnstown, Pennsylvania. June 26, 2000. p. 21. 

External links

 
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The St Paul Pioneer Press is a newspaper based in Saint Paul Minnesota United States It serves the Minneapolis Saint Paul metropolitan area Circulation is heaviest in the east metro including Ramsey Dakota and Washington counties along with western Wisconsin eastern Minnesota and Anoka County Minnesota The paper s main rival is the Star Tribune based in neighboring Minneapolis The Pioneer Press has been owned by MediaNews Group since April 2006 It no longer includes St Paul as part of its name in either its print or online edition but its owner still lists the paper s name as the St Paul Pioneer Press 2 and the paper also calls itself the St Paul Pioneer Press on its Facebook 3 and Twitter pages Its URL and digital presence is TwinCities com 4 5 Pioneer PressThe July 27 2005 front pageof the Pioneer PressTypeDaily newspaperFormatBroadsheetOwner s Digital First MediaPublisherNorthwest PublicationsEditorMike BurbachFounded1849Headquarters10 River Park Plaza 7th FloorSaint Paul Minnesota 55101USACirculation208 280 Daily284 507 Sunday March 2013 update 1 ISSN0892 1083OCLC number48259426Websitewww wbr twincities wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Notable journalists 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory Edit A St Paul Sunday Pioneer Press front page dated August 12 1945 featuring the first publication of the mushroom cloud during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima Japan The Pioneer Press traces its history to both the Minnesota Pioneer Minnesota s first daily newspaper founded in 1849 by James M Goodhue and the Saint Paul Dispatch launched in 1868 Ridder Publications acquired the Pioneer and the Dispatch in 1927 Ridder merged with Knight Publications to form Knight Ridder in 1974 The two papers were operated for many years as separate morning and evening papers but in 1985 were merged into the all day publication the St Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch which later dropped the and from and Dispatch in 1986 simply becoming the St Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch The publication eventually made the transition to a morning only paper and on March 26 1990 the word Dispatch was dropped The paper is sometimes called the Pi Press just as Strib is used for the Star Tribune During World War II the paper had war correspondents in the field There were 30 correspondents from various papers at Iwo Jima including A J Crocker of the Pioneer Press 6 From 1947 to 1949 the newspaper printed the comic strip Li l Folks by Twin Cities native Charles M Schulz This comic introduced a number of characters who would later return in 1950 in the syndicated comic strip Peanuts including Charlie Brown and a dog strongly resembling Snoopy In 1952 the Dispatch began sponsoring a treasure hunt as part of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival Clues to finding a medallion are printed in the paper and the first person to find and return it with the clues and a registered carnival button wins a sum of money The prize started off at 1 000 and as of 2004 rose to 10 000 The paper has won three Pulitzer Prizes in 1986 1988 and 2000 On March 10 1999 the day before the University of Minnesota men s basketball team was to begin play in the NCAA Tournament the Pioneer Press published a story written by George Dohrmann with allegations that a staffer wrote coursework for many Minnesota basketball players within the past five years 7 Immediately Minnesota suspended four players suspected of academic fraud and in 2000 the NCAA vacated all postseason appearances by Minnesota from 1994 to 1998 and docked scholarships for four years among other penalties 8 Dohrmann would win a Pulitzer Prize for beat reporting in 2000 for his reports on the scandal 9 Dohrmann and his editor prepared for hostile reactions to the newspaper from the local community 10 Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura accused the Pioneer Press of timing the article to be published around NCAA Tournament time for the sake of sensationalism journalism and the Pioneer Press got many hostile calls and letters in response to the story 11 In 2004 the Pioneer Press made news itself The great great grandson of George Thompson a former owner editor of the paper took a 1914 pocket watch of his grandfather s to the Antiques Roadshow when it came to St Paul 12 There he learned it was not ordinary with an estimated value of 250 000 Afterward the grandson sent the watch to Sotheby s where it sold for 1 5 million 12 The Pioneer Press Patek Philippe is on display at the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva 12 In 2020 the show updated its appraisal of the watch s value to 2 3 million The McClatchy Company acquired the paper in June 2006 when it bought Knight Ridder As owner of the Star Tribune McClatchy had to sell the Pioneer Press because of antitrust concerns 13 The Pioneer Press was subsequently sold by McClatchy to MediaNews Group later in the year The hedge fund Alden Global Capital now owns a controlling share of the Pioneer Press 14 In its operating year of 2017 The Pioneer Press under Alden announced a profit of 10 million with a 13 operating margin after Alden cut the newspaper s workforce to around 60 people Alden has faced notable criticism for this from editorial staff of The Denver Post 15 Notable journalists EditJoseph H Ball who was a columnist for the Pioneer Press before becoming a Republican U S Senator for Minnesota Jacqui Banaszynski writer editor and winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing Jim Caple Nick Coleman George Dohrmann winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for beat reporting for stories about the University of Minnesota basketball scandal Dick Gordon Herb Greenberg Deborah Howell executive editor and vice president who died in 2010 Mark Kellogg the first Associated Press correspondent to die in the line of duty when he was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn Katherine Lanpher columnist and later co host of The Al Franken Show James Lileks Robert Ridder former reporter later a director for Knight Ridder 16 Jim Romenesko Internet reporter for the Pioneer Press from 1996 to 1999 now blogger at JimRomenesko com John Sandford John Camp author of the Prey series of crime novels and winner of the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing Joe Soucheray general columnist and host of the KSTP afternoon program Garage Logic Charley Walters sports columnistGallery Edit James M Goodhue The old Pioneer Press Building main entrance in downtown St Paul 1908 US editorial cartoon on Theodore Roosevelt and conservation Pioneer Press amp Endicott BuildingsSee also Edit United States portal Journalism portalList of newspapers in Minnesota Defunct newspapers of MinnesotaReferences Edit Total Circ for US Newspapers Alliance for Audited Media March 31 2013 Archived from the original on March 6 2013 Retrieved June 18 2013 Our Brands medianewsgroup Retrieved January 24 2020 About Pioneer Press Facebook Retrieved January 24 2020 PioneerPress Twitter Retrieved January 24 2020 About the Pioneer Press Chronicling America Library of Congress Retrieved January 24 2020 Appendix 10 Annex Charlie VACLF Special Action Report Iwo Jima Campaign Eight Marine Field Depot April 1945 p 61 1 Dohrmann George March 10 1999 U basketball program accused of academic fraud St Paul Pioneer Press Archived from the original on December 30 2001 Retrieved May 13 2007 Drape Joe October 25 2000 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Minnesota Penalized by N C A A New York Times Retrieved June 25 2014 The 2000 Pulitzer Prize Winners Beat Reporting Citation Pulitzer Prizes Retrieved June 25 2014 Overholser Geneva 2003 Minnesota s basketball cheating scandal Project for Excellence in Journalism Archived from the original on January 24 2003 Robertson Lori May 1999 Body slam American Journalism Review Retrieved June 25 2014 a b c One Complicated Patek Philippe Pocket Watch from the US Antiques Roadshow in 2004 NICK GOULD January 3 2017 Depolyant website 2 3 Archived May 26 2006 at the Wayback Machine Lawsuit calls out Pioneer Press owner for its tactics Star Tribune Retrieved 2018 05 02 Collins Bob Big profits at Pioneer Press as corporate parent destroys it NewsCut Retrieved 2018 05 02 Media mogul was owner of hockey team Tribune Democrat Johnstown Pennsylvania June 26 2000 p 21 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Paul Pioneer Press Official website Coordinates 44 56 34 N 93 05 00 W 44 942647 N 93 083415 W 44 942647 93 083415 D St Paul Pioneer Press Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Paul Pioneer Press amp oldid 1131629701, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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