The Telegraph is an American daily newspaper published seven days a week in Alton, Illinois, serving the St. Louis Metro-East region. It was owned by Civitas Media, based in Davidson, North Carolina, a subsidiary of Philadelphia-based Versa Capital Management, which owned about 100 daily and weekly newspapers across 12 states but sold The Telegraph to Hearst Corp. in 2017.
It was founded in 1836, as the Alton Telegraph by Lawson A. Parks.[2] It is published seven days a week.[3] Until the 1970s, the Telegraph was known as the Alton Daily Telegraph and then the Alton Evening Telegraph.[4]
In 1969 the Alton Telegraph was sued for defamation by a local builder, James C. Green. A jury awarded $9 million. The newspaper could not appeal unless it posted a $10 million bond, and instead declared bankruptcy, eventually settling for slightly more than its insurance limits.[5]
The Cousley family controlled the paper from 1889 to 1985, when they sold the paper to Ingersoll Publications, who had acquired the Suburban Journals the previous year.[6] When Ingersoll successor Journal Register exited the St. Louis market, The Telegraph was sold to Freedom Communications.[7]
Along with The Telegraph, Civitas Media also owned the Journal-Courier in nearby Jacksonville, Illinois, which was sold to Hearst at the same time as the Telegraph, and the Sedalia Democrat in Missouri. These three newspapers, along with The Lima News in Ohio, constituted the Central Division of Freedom Communications before being sold to Ohio Community Media in May 2012 before becoming part of Civitas Media.[1][8]
News publishing corporation Hearst Media Company acquired The Telegraph in August 2017.[9]
In December 2017, The Telegraph moved its offices from 111 East Broadway, after 90 years at that location, to 219 Piasa St. in Alton. “Our current building was great as a manufacturing facility, but as the newspaper business has evolved and technology has improved, staffing is now office-based and we need a more modern space to operate the business,” former Telegraph Publisher Jim Shrader said.[10]
References
^ abWursthorn, Michael (May 17, 2012). "News Release: Versa Buys Four Papers From Freedom Communications". Dow Jones LBO Wire. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
^Lawson A. Parks Retrieved on October 7, 2007 September 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
^Alton Telegraph - daily newspaper in Alton, Illinois USA with local news and events
^Ramsey, Donna. "Chronology of Alton Newspapers, 1832-1976." The Telegraph, July 3, 1976, Sec. D
^PointofLaw.com | PointOfLaw Forum: Maag attorney Rex Carr's Green v. Alton Telegraph libel verdict
telegraph, alton, illinois, telegraph, american, daily, newspaper, published, seven, days, week, alton, illinois, serving, louis, metro, east, region, owned, civitas, media, based, davidson, north, carolina, subsidiary, philadelphia, based, versa, capital, man. The Telegraph is an American daily newspaper published seven days a week in Alton Illinois serving the St Louis Metro East region It was owned by Civitas Media based in Davidson North Carolina a subsidiary of Philadelphia based Versa Capital Management which owned about 100 daily and weekly newspapers across 12 states but sold The Telegraph to Hearst Corp in 2017 The TelegraphTypeDaily newspaperFormatBroadsheetOwner s Hearst NewspapersPublisherDenise VonderHaarFounded1836 as the Alton Telegraph LanguageEnglishHeadquarters219 Piasa St Alton Illinois 62002 United StatesCirculation19 554 daily 1 ISSN0897 456XWebsitewww wbr thetelegraph wbr comIt was founded in 1836 as the Alton Telegraph by Lawson A Parks 2 It is published seven days a week 3 Until the 1970s the Telegraph was known as the Alton Daily Telegraph and then the Alton Evening Telegraph 4 In 1969 the Alton Telegraph was sued for defamation by a local builder James C Green A jury awarded 9 million The newspaper could not appeal unless it posted a 10 million bond and instead declared bankruptcy eventually settling for slightly more than its insurance limits 5 The Cousley family controlled the paper from 1889 to 1985 when they sold the paper to Ingersoll Publications who had acquired the Suburban Journals the previous year 6 When Ingersoll successor Journal Register exited the St Louis market The Telegraph was sold to Freedom Communications 7 Along with The Telegraph Civitas Media also owned the Journal Courier in nearby Jacksonville Illinois which was sold to Hearst at the same time as the Telegraph and the Sedalia Democrat in Missouri These three newspapers along with The Lima News in Ohio constituted the Central Division of Freedom Communications before being sold to Ohio Community Media in May 2012 before becoming part of Civitas Media 1 8 News publishing corporation Hearst Media Company acquired The Telegraph in August 2017 9 In December 2017 The Telegraph moved its offices from 111 East Broadway after 90 years at that location to 219 Piasa St in Alton Our current building was great as a manufacturing facility but as the newspaper business has evolved and technology has improved staffing is now office based and we need a more modern space to operate the business former Telegraph Publisher Jim Shrader said 10 References Edit a b Wursthorn Michael May 17 2012 News Release Versa Buys Four Papers From Freedom Communications Dow Jones LBO Wire Retrieved June 8 2012 Lawson A Parks Retrieved on October 7 2007 Archived September 1 2006 at the Wayback Machine Alton Telegraph daily newspaper in Alton Illinois USA with local news and events Ramsey Donna Chronology of Alton Newspapers 1832 1976 The Telegraph July 3 1976 Sec D PointofLaw com PointOfLaw Forum Maag attorney Rex Carr s Green v Alton Telegraph libel verdict Ingersoll Buys Alton Telegraph Freedom Communications to buy Telegraph in Alton OCM Purchases the Lima News News Democrat Georgetown Ohio Archived from the original on June 4 2012 Retrieved June 11 2012 Hearst media company acquires The Telegraph Journal Courier Telegraph to relocate offices to Piasa Street location MondayExternal links Edit Illinois portal Journalism portalOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Telegraph Alton Illinois amp oldid 1139415511, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
