The Manhattan Mercury is the local newspaper for Manhattan, Kansas. The Mercury is a daily newspaper published in the afternoon five days a week, and in the morning on Sunday. No Saturday edition is issued. The newspaper is physically printed on the Mercury's own in-house presses. The newspaper also maintains an online presence.[1]
The Mercury was founded as a weekly publication on May 9, 1884, at a time when Manhattan was already served by two other competing newspapers.[2] It became a daily on February 8, 1909.
After passing through four different owners, the newspaper was purchased by Fay N. Seaton in 1915. He was the founder of the Seaton publishing group, which still owns the paper.[3][4] Fay Seaton ran the paper until his death in 1952. During his time as publisher, The Mercury bought out all of its in-town rivals, beginning with the Morning Chronicle around 1915. Seaton thereafter operated the Chronicle as a separate paper until 1943, when it was merged with the Mercury. In 1926, Seaton purchased the Manhattan Nationalist – the oldest newspaper in Manhattan, dating back to 1859 – and began operating under both names (until 1943). Fay Seaton's son Fred Andrew Seaton ran another newspaper in the Seaton publishing group, the Hastings (Neb.) Tribune, before entering into politics.
manhattan, mercury, local, newspaper, manhattan, kansas, mercury, daily, newspaper, published, afternoon, five, days, week, morning, sunday, saturday, edition, issued, newspaper, physically, printed, mercury, house, presses, newspaper, also, maintains, online,. The Manhattan Mercury is the local newspaper for Manhattan Kansas The Mercury is a daily newspaper published in the afternoon five days a week and in the morning on Sunday No Saturday edition is issued The newspaper is physically printed on the Mercury s own in house presses The newspaper also maintains an online presence 1 The Manhattan MercuryTypeDaily newspaperFormatBroadsheetOwner s Seaton Publishing Co Inc Founder s Jefferson J Davis andClair M PateePublisherNed SeatonFoundedMay 9 1884 1884 05 09 Headquarters318 North 5th StreetManhattan KansasWebsitethemercury wbr com Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe Mercury was founded as a weekly publication on May 9 1884 at a time when Manhattan was already served by two other competing newspapers 2 It became a daily on February 8 1909 After passing through four different owners the newspaper was purchased by Fay N Seaton in 1915 He was the founder of the Seaton publishing group which still owns the paper 3 4 Fay Seaton ran the paper until his death in 1952 During his time as publisher The Mercury bought out all of its in town rivals beginning with the Morning Chronicle around 1915 Seaton thereafter operated the Chronicle as a separate paper until 1943 when it was merged with the Mercury In 1926 Seaton purchased the Manhattan Nationalist the oldest newspaper in Manhattan dating back to 1859 and began operating under both names until 1943 Fay Seaton s son Fred Andrew Seaton ran another newspaper in the Seaton publishing group the Hastings Neb Tribune before entering into politics See also EditMedia in Manhattan Kansas List of newspapers in KansasReferences Edit Official Website Retrieved April 11 2018 Fourth Biennial Report Kansas State Board of Agriculture 1884 1885 p 358 Hall of Fame Fay N Seaton Kansas Press Association Retrieved April 23 2014 Schulte Bret May 1 2011 The Family Owner Rises Again Columbia Journalism Review Retrieved April 23 2014 External links EditThe Manhattan Mercury official website This article about a Kansas newspaper is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Manhattan Mercury amp oldid 1065967691, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
