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| Keywords: Pittsburgh newspaper consolidation timeline.svg Valid SVG Pittsburgh newspaper consolidation timeline png Specular lighting is too intense Drop shadow has excessive Gaussian blur en Pittsburgh newspaper consolidation timeline with clickable links to Wikipedia articles 2013-11-21 03 41 40 own Phlegmatic other fields Notes Newspaper names are reduced to their constant and dominant elements Papers with both daily and non-daily editions are shown as daily Very short-lived evening editions of morning papers Dispatch 1848; Post 1854; Commercial 1863 “64; Post-Gazette 1960 are not shown Dates and references wikitable collapsible collapsed List of dates and references - Unless otherwise noted dates below refer to the initial publication date of the new/consolidated/renamed paper not the discontinuation date of the old title s or the announcement date of the change Pittsburgh papers 1786 July 29 Pittsburgh Gazette published as the first newspaper west of the Allegheny Mountains <ref> cite book Andrews J Cutler Pittsburgh's Post-gazette The first newspaper west of the Alleghenies Boston Chapman Grimes 1936 1 http //digital library pitt edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx c pitttext;cc pitttext;idno 00awn8103m;rgn full 20text;didno 00awn8103m;view image;seq 0019;node 00awn8103m 3A1 9 </ref> 1805 July 24 The Commonwealth begins weekly publication <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn84026129/ About The Commonwealth Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1811 September 26 The Mercury begins weekly publication <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn84024533/ About The Mercury Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1818 May 9 The Commonwealth renamed The Statesman after change of ownership <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85054298/ About The statesman Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref><ref>The Commonwealth Pittsburgh PA 25 April 1818 The proprietors of the Commonwealth respectfully inform their patrons that they have disposed of illegible establishment to Mr E Pentland by whom it will hereafter be conducted under the title of the Statesman We hope the transfer will prove beneficial rather than prejudicial to our subscribers; and that the patronage so generously bestowed upon us will be willingly transferred to our successor </ref> 1824 June 22 Allegheny Democrat begins weekly publication as Allegheny Democrat and Farmers' and Mechanics' Advertiser <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85054710/ About Allegheny democrat and farmers' and mechanics' advertiser Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref><ref> cite journal Kehl James A The Allegheny Democrat 1833-1836 Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine 31 3-4 72 September-December 1948 http //ojs libraries psu edu/index php/wph/article/view/2329/2162 </ref> 1829 c Sep 26 Anti-Masonic Examiner later The Pittsburgh Times begins publication Date estimated from earliest available issue data Vol 1 no 12 12 Dec 1829 <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn86072013/ About Anti-Masonic examiner Chronicling America Library of Congress 21 January 2016 </ref><ref name gazette1871 >https //news google com/newspapers id 81tRAAAAIBAJ sjid pGYDAAAAIBAJ pg 3667 2C6446095 Our Own History The Pittsburgh Gazette 21 March 1871 p 1 col 5</ref> 1830 March 6 The American Manufacturer begins weekly publication <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85054615/ About The American manufacturer Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1832 c February 14 Allegheny Republican makes first appearance <ref> cite web http //www library illinois edu/inp/print_results_full_public php oclc 17427438 Allegheny and Pittsburgh Republican Illinois Newspaper Project 26 January 2014 Began in 1832 </ref> Date estimated from earliest available issue data Vol 1 no 9 10 April 1832 <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn88079069/ About Allegheny and Pittsburgh Republican Chronicling America Library of Congress 23 September 2014 </ref> 1832 August 13 Pennsylvanian Advocate begins weekly publication <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn86081016/ About The Pennsylvanian advocate Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> soon afterward becoming a thrice-weekly paper <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85038382/ About The Pennsylvania advocate Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1832 October 12 Merged publication of the Mercury and Allegheny Republican begins under the name Pittsburgh Mercury and Allegheny Republican <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85054549/ About Pittsburgh Mercury and Allegheny republican Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref><ref> cite book Fleming George Thornton History of Pittsburgh and Environs American Historical Society 1922 2 331 http //books google com/books id YaQUAAAAYAAJ pg PA331 lpg PA331 </ref><ref>http //news google com/newspapers id lE8PAAAAIBAJ sjid 2YUDAAAAIBAJ pg 4507 2C4489608 untitled The Pittsburgh Gazette 16 October 1832 p 3 col 3 </ref> 1833 July 30 Gazette puts out first daily edition The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette <ref> cite book Thomas Clarke M Front-Page Pittsburgh Two Hundred Years of the Post-Gazette Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Press 2005 0-8229-4248-8 46-47 </ref><ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85054517/ About The daily Pittsburgh gazette Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1833 October 1 Pennsylvania Advocate goes daily under the name Pennsylvania Advocate and Pittsburgh Daily Advertiser later Daily Advocate and Advertiser <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn86081017/ About Pennsylvania advocate and Pittsburgh daily advertiser Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1836 c March 5 The Advocate having purchased the Statesman <ref>http //news google com/newspapers id ozQPAAAAIBAJ sjid 4IUDAAAAIBAJ pg 6628 2C4525051 The Statesman and the Advocate The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette 24 February 1836 p 2 col 1 </ref> issues a combined paper <ref>http //news google com/newspapers id rDQPAAAAIBAJ sjid 4IUDAAAAIBAJ pg 6671 2C4854184 The Advocate and Statesman The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette 5 March 1836 p 2 col 1 </ref> The name Statesman lives on for a while in the title of the weekly edition <ref>Weekly Advocate and Statesman 21 May 1836 </ref><ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn87078196/ About Weekly advocate and statesman Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1837 c January 18 Weekly Christian Witness begins publication Date estimated from earliest available issue data Vol 1 no 10 22 March 1837 <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn89077081/ About The Pittsburgh Christian witness Chronicling America Library of Congress 21 January 2016 </ref> 1837 April 10 American Manufacturer launches morning daily edition called Daily Commercial Bulletin with subtitle and American Manufacturer <ref>http //news google com/newspapers nid TNEldfgDb5MC dat 18370410 printsec frontpage hl en untitled The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette 10 April 1837 p 2 col 1 </ref> 1838 January 12 Last appearance of Daily Commercial Bulletin <ref>http //news google com/newspapers id 1g0pAAAAIBAJ sjid 4YUDAAAAIBAJ pg 5082 2C6076000 untitled The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette 12 January 1838 p 2 col 1 </ref> 1838 April 30 Western Emporium weekly issues its inaugural number <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn84038546/ About The Western emporium Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1839 April 18 Gazette takes over subscriptions of discontinued Times <ref>https //news google com/newspapers id 2bYnAAAAIBAJ sjid 4oUDAAAAIBAJ pg 5202 358801 untitled The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette 18 April 1839 p 2 col 2 </ref> Characterized as an absorption/merge <ref name gazette1871 /><ref>Harris' Intelligencer 20 April 1839 p 2 col 1 The Pittsburgh Times a well conducted journal is merged in the Pittsburgh Gazette </ref> 1839 c May 1 Daily Pittsburgher is issued in connection with the Allegheny Democrat which is retitled around the same time to Weekly Pittsburgher and Allegheny Democrat <ref> The Pittsburgher The Pittsburgh Mercury 1 May 1839 p 3 col 2 The first number is to appear about the first of May </ref><ref>http //news google com/newspapers id 5LYnAAAAIBAJ sjid 4oUDAAAAIBAJ pg 6362 2C778250 The Pittsburgher The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette 1 May 1839 p 2 col 2 </ref><ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn86081143/ About Weekly Pittsburgher and Allegheny democrat Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1839 November 29 Advocate unites with Western Emporium; weekly edition is renamed from Weekly Advocate and Statesman to Weekly Advocate and Emporium <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85054909/ About Weekly advocate and emporium Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1840 May 11 Daily Pittsburgher switches issue time from morning to afternoon <ref>Daily Pittsburgher Saturday 9 May 1840 The Pittsburgher will hereafter be issued in the afternoon </ref> 1840 between October 28 and December 11 Daily edition of Pittsburgher ends <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn86083281/holdings/ Libraries that Have It Daily Pittsburgher Chronicling America Library of Congress 6 July 2014 Last issue on record is dated 28 October 1840 </ref><ref>Daily Advocate and Advertiser 11 December 1840 p 2 col 4 Letter writer mentions the defunct Daily Pittsburgher </ref> 1841 March 4 The Pittsburgh Mercury and Allegheny Democrat Mercury and Democrat begins publication merging the two titular predecessors <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn86081144/ About The Pittsburgh Mercury and Allegheny democrat Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref><ref>The Pittsburgh Mercury and Allegheny Democrat 3/4 May 1841 p 2 Front page dated March 3; inside dated March 4; issue was delayed until the latter date as explained on p 2 </ref> 1841 June 26 The Chronicle originates as a semi-weekly called The Morning Chronicle <ref name st100 > Chronology of the Sun-Telegraph Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph Centennial Edition 15 September 1941 Anniversary Section p 1 </ref><ref> Our Semi-Centennial Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph 26 June 1891 p 4 cols 1-4 </ref><ref>http //news google com/newspapers id uHtTAAAAIBAJ sjid 54UDAAAAIBAJ pg 2232 2C3831342 The Morning Chronicle Pittsburgh Daily Gazette 26 June 1841 Advertisement on p 2 col 6 </ref> It is alternatively claimed to have been founded as a weekly in May <ref name durant127 > cite book Durant Samuel W History of Allegheny Co Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA L H Everts Co 1876 127 http //books google com/books id AHp6MZFHzOcC pg PA127 lpg PA127 </ref> 1841 September 8 The Morning Chronicle becomes a daily paper <ref name st100 /><ref name durant127 /> 1841 September 25 Spirit of Liberty succeeds Christian Witness <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85054603/ About Spirit of liberty Chronicling America Library of Congress 21 January 2016 </ref> 1842 September 10 The Daily Morning Post and Weekly Mercury and Manufacturer are born from the union of the Mercury and Democrat and American Manufacturer <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn86083225/ About Weekly Mercury and manufacturer Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref><ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85054564/ About Daily morning post Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1843 April 19 Spirit of the Age later Commercial Journal begins publication <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn87062110/ About Spirit of the age Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref><ref> The Spirit of the Age The Morning Chronicle Pittsburgh PA 20 April 1843 p 2 col 5 Messrs Foster M'Millin and Kennedy's new paper made its appearance yesterday under Mr Foster's editorial charge </ref> 1844 March 1 Purchase of the Advocate and Advertiser by the Gazette yields the daily Gazette and Advertiser <ref>http //news google com/newspapers id XVYPAAAAIBAJ sjid 5YUDAAAAIBAJ pg 6775 2C206710 untitled Pittsburgh Gazette Weekly ed 8 March 1844 originally from daily ed of 1 Mar 1844 p 1 col 1 </ref> Weekly edition of the Gazette retains its old name 1844 March 7 Daily Gazette and Advertiser changes from afternoon to morning publication <ref>Pittsburgh Morning Post Monday 4 March 1844 p 2 col 1 On Thursday the Gazette will be issued in the morning The American will then be alone in its evening glory </ref> 1845 July 2 The Temperance Banner makes its first appearance in Mount Pleasant Westmoreland County <ref name tempbanner > cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn86081554/ About The temperance banner Chronicling America Library of Congress 21 January 2016 </ref> 1846 February 9 The Daily Dispatch begins publication <ref>http //news google com/newspapers id EtcMAAAAIBAJ sjid n2YDAAAAIBAJ pg 4885 2C5180000 The Daily Dispatch Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser 10 February 1846 p 2 col 1 'The Daily Dispatch' is the title of a new penny paper which made its appearance on Monday morning February 9 </ref><ref> The Daily Dispatch Pittsburgh Morning Chronicle 10 February 1846 p 2 col 2 made its appearance yesterday morning </ref> 1846 August 12 Evening News daily counterpart of Spirit of Liberty begins publication <ref>https //news google com/newspapers id KwFRAAAAIBAJ sjid J2YDAAAAIBAJ pg 1335 6619789 untitled Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser 13 August 1846 p 2 col 4 </ref> 1846 November 28 Suspended daily Evening News along with weekly Spirit of Liberty merges circulation with Dispatch <ref>https //news google com/newspapers id zwBRAAAAIBAJ sjid J2YDAAAAIBAJ pg 1167 3507106 untitled Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser 28 November 1846 p 2 col 1 </ref><ref> cite book Wilson Erasmus Standard History of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania H R Cornell Co 1898 851 https //books google com/books id 1dcwAQAAMAAJ pg PA851 lpg PA851 a small sheet called the News conducted by Mr Fleeson was merged with the Dispatch </ref> 1847 c February 26 The Temperance Banner restarts in Pittsburgh 2+ months after discontinuing in Mt Pleasant <ref>https //news google com/newspapers id DQFRAAAAIBAJ sjid J2YDAAAAIBAJ pg 2097 2C858757 New Temperance Paper Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser 27 February 1847 p 3 col 2 </ref><ref name tempbanner /> 1847 April 1 Advertiser dropped from Gazette title <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85054514/ About The Pittsburgh daily gazette Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1847 December 20 Saturday Visiter sic begins publication <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85038388/ About Pittsburgh Saturday visiter Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> Ideological successor to but not a direct continuation of abolitionist papers Albatross and Spirit of Liberty <ref>Endres Kathleen L ; Lueck Therese L eds 1996 Pittsburgh Saturday Visiter Women's Periodicals in the United States Social and Political Issues Greenwood Publishing Group pp 284-290 </ref><ref> cite book Hage George Newspapers on the Minnesota Frontier Minnesota Historical Society Press 2004 85 </ref> 1849 April 7 Morning Mercury appears <ref>https //news google com/newspapers id jh9RAAAAIBAJ sjid amYDAAAAIBAJ pg 6080 2C5357541 Pittsburgh Daily Morning Mercury The Pittsburgh Daily Gazette 9 April 1849 p 2 col 1 </ref> 1849 c July 25 Subscriptions of Temperance Banner transferred to weekly edition of Dispatch which is renamed Weekly Dispatch and Temperance Banner <ref> untitled The Washington Reporter 18 July 1849 p 2 col 5 </ref> 1850 April 30 Morning Mercury absorbed by Morning Chronicle;<ref> To the Patrons of the Chronicle Morning Chronicle and Pittsburgh Mercury 30 April 1850 p 2 col 1 </ref> combined title Morning Chronicle and Pittsburgh Mercury used through May 23 1851 August 30 Morning Chronicle becomes Evening Chronicle <ref name st100 /><ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85054638/ About The evening chronicle Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1852 May 12 Daily Union begins publication <ref>The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette 13 May 1852 p 2 col 1 'The Daily Union' is the title of a new Democratic penny paper which made its first appearance yesterday </ref> 1854 February 4 Saturday Visiter unites with the Commercial Journals weekly edition at the time called Family Journal to form The Family Journal and Saturday Visiter <ref>The Family Journal and Saturday Visiter Pittsburgh PA 4 February 1854 </ref><ref>http //news google com/newspapers id VzJRAAAAIBAJ sjid wmYDAAAAIBAJ pg 1253 2C1008303 The Saturday Evening Visitor sic The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette 30 January 1854 p 2 col 2 </ref><ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn84026240/ About The Family journal and Saturday visiter Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1858 July 7 First appearance of the morning daily True Press formerly the Union prior to change of ownership <ref>True Press Pittsburgh PA 7 July 1858 </ref><ref>http //news google com/newspapers nid TNEldfgDb5MC dat 18580708 printsec frontpage hl en untitled The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette 8 July 1858 p 2 col 1 </ref> Continues numbering of the Union 1861 January 8 Gazette swallows the penny True Press replacing it with a new penny evening edition of the Gazette <ref>True Press Pittsburgh PA 7 January 1861 </ref><ref>http //news google com/newspapers nid TNEldfgDb5MC dat 18610108 printsec frontpage hl en To Our Readers The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette 8 January 1861 p 2 col 1 </ref> 1861 May 9 The Gazette having purchased the Commercial Journal merges with that paper under a combined title <ref>http //news google com/newspapers id j0ZRAAAAIBAJ sjid x2YDAAAAIBAJ pg 1646 2C4270278 The Commercial Journal The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette and Commercial Journal 9 May 1861 p 2 cols 1 and 4 </ref> 1863 May 21 Gazette drops Commercial Journal from title <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn84025760/ About The daily Pittsburgh gazette Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1863 September 7 Pittsburgh Daily Commercial begins publication <ref>http //news google com/newspapers nid nazVBdFzvK0C dat 18630907 printsec frontpage hl en The Pittsburgh Daily Commercial 7 September 1863 vol 1 no 1 </ref><ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85054542/ About The Pittsburgh daily commercial Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1864 December 11 Leader debuts as a Sunday weekly <ref name durant129 > cite book Durant Samuel W History of Allegheny Co Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA L H Everts Co 1876 129 http //books google com/books id AHp6MZFHzOcC pg PA129 lpg PA129 </ref><ref> A new paper The Daily Post Pittsburgh PA 12 December 1864 p 3 col 1 A new Sunday paper made its first appearance in the city yesterday It is called The Leader and was got up by a company of gentlemen in this city </ref> 1866 March 19 Gazette drops evening edition <ref>https //news google com/newspapers nid NKlx0PmyA3cC dat 18660319 printsec frontpage To Our Evening Subscribers The Pittsburgh Gazette 19 March 1866 p 2 col 1 </ref> 1870 October 18 Leader launches daily edition called The Evening Leader <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn84026243/ About The evening leader Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref><ref name durant129 /> 1873 April 16 The Pittsburgh Evening Telegraph begins publication <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn84026388/ About The Pittsburgh evening telegraph Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref><ref name st100 /><ref>http //lcweb2 loc gov/diglib/vols/loc gdc sr sn82007064 00101300080/pageturner html page 205 submit Go size 800 American Newspaper Directory New York Geo P Rowell Co 1876 p 205 Telegraph established--daily 1873 weekly 1875 </ref> Unrelated to the short-lived morning or weekly Telegraph of the late 1840s 1877 February 15 Merged publication of the Gazette and Commercial begins under the name Gazette-Commercial changed to Commercial Gazette on February 26 <ref>http //news google com/newspapers id lRxRAAAAIBAJ sjid kWYDAAAAIBAJ pg 1580 2C4623593 To the Patrons of the Pittsburgh Commercial Pittsburgh Gazette-Commercial 15 February 1877 p 2 col 1 </ref> 1880 February 2 The Pittsburg Times unrelated to earlier similarly-named papers issues its first number <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85054548/ About The Pittsburg times Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref><ref>https //archive org/stream/geoprowellcosame1880newy page/336/mode/2up American Newspaper Directory New York Geo P Rowell Co 1880 p 336 TIMES established 1880 </ref> 1884 January 2 Evening Chronicle and Telegraph merge to form the Chronicle Telegraph <ref>Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph 2 January 1884 </ref><ref name st100 /> 1884 June 23 The Evening Penny Press later renamed The Pittsburg Press makes its debut <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn86081025/ About The Evening penny press Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1896 March 16 Pittsburg Daily News begins<ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn86081031/ About The Pittsburg daily news Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> as the evening counterpart of the Pittsburg Times <ref> cite book Fleming George Thornton History of Pittsburgh and Environs American Historical Society 1922 2 346 http //books google com/books id YaQUAAAAYAAJ pg PA346 lpg PA346 </ref> 1896 September 1 The Evening Record begins publication <ref name everec > cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85055230/ About The evening record Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1899 February 4 The Evening Record issues its final number being thereafter absorbed by the Press <ref name everec /><ref>The Evening Record Allegheny PA 4 February 1899 p 4 col 1 With this issue The Allegheny Evening Record as a distinct publication ceases to exist the paper having been merged with the Pittsburg Press </ref> 1900 June 1 George T Oliver buys Commercial Gazette <ref>http //news google com/newspapers id QXlRAAAAIBAJ sjid ZGcDAAAAIBAJ pg 1205 2C5042260 untitled Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette 1 June 1900 p 1 col 1 </ref> 1900 November 28 Chronicle Telegraph announces its purchase by George T Oliver <ref> Announcement Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph 28 November 1900 p 1 A controlling interest in the capital stock of THE CHRONICLE TELEGRAPH has been purchased by Mr George T Oliver who represents a syndicate made up of himself and a few of his friends </ref><ref>http //query nytimes com/mem/archive-free/pdf res F50614F8385A16738DDDA00A94D9415B808CF1D3 Pittsburg Newspaper Sold New York Times 29 November 1900 </ref> 1901 February 1 The Pittsburg Daily News merges into The Pittsburg Press <ref>http //news google com/newspapers id fi0bAAAAIBAJ sjid kUgEAAAAIBAJ pg 5893 2C4897185 Announcement The Pittsburg Press 1 February 1901 p 1 </ref> 1901 November 4 Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette returns to its historic name The Pittsburgh Gazette <ref>http //news google com/newspapers nid eJD0kABLposC dat 19011104 printsec frontpage hl en The Pittsburgh Gazette The Pittsburgh Gazette 4 November 1901 p 6 col 1 </ref> 1906 March 1 Pittsburgh Sun evening sister of the morning Post <ref>http //query nytimes com/mem/archive-free/pdf res FB0617FD385E13738DDDAC0A94DA405B828DF1D3 A J Barr Dies Suddenly New York Times Archive New York Times 25 February 1912 </ref> begins publication <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85054654/ About The Pittsburgh sun Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref><ref name st100 /> 1906 May 1 George T Oliver having acquired the Times unites it with the Gazette to form The Gazette Times <ref>http //news google com/newspapers nid J-ba04ztB30C dat 19060501 printsec frontpage hl en Announcement The Gazette Times Pittsburgh PA 1 May 1906 p 1 col 2 </ref> 1923 February 14 Leader and Dispatch issue their final copies before being dissolved by the owners of the Press the Gazette Times and Chronicle Telegraph and the Post and Sun <ref> cite book Lee Alfred McClung The Daily Newspaper in America The MacMillan Company New York 1937 168 https //archive org/stream/dailynewspaperin007602mbp page/n191/mode/2up </ref><ref>http //news google com/newspapers nid djft3U1LymYC dat 19230214 printsec frontpage hl en Dispatch and Leader Cease Publication The Pittsburgh Press 14 February 1923 p 1 col 6 </ref> 1923 July 28 The Pittsburgh Press becomes a Scripps-Howard paper <ref>http //news google com/newspapers id 6FcbAAAAIBAJ sjid -kkEAAAAIBAJ pg 5814 2C6118565 Col Hershman's Statement The Pittsburgh Press 28 July 1923 p 4 col 1 </ref> 1927 August 2 The morning Post-Gazette and the evening/Sunday Sun-Telegraph begin publication after purchases and mergers by William Randolph Hearst and Paul Block <ref>http //news google com/newspapers id n4FRAAAAIBAJ sjid w2gDAAAAIBAJ pg 4420 2C5515805 Announcement Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2 August 1927 p 1 </ref><ref> Telegraph and Sun Single Paper The Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph 2 August 1927 p 1 </ref><ref>http //news google com/newspapers id x0AbAAAAIBAJ sjid P0oEAAAAIBAJ pg 4248 2C2251398 Papers Merge After Hearst Enters Field The Pittsburgh Press 2 August 1927 p 1 </ref> 1960 April 25 Post-Gazette and Sun-Telegraph merge; purchase of the latter by the former was announced on April 22 <ref>http //news google com/newspapers nid gL9scSG3K_gC dat 19600423 printsec frontpage hl en Publication of New Paper Begins Monday Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 23 April 1960 p 1 </ref> 1961 November 13 Joint Operating Agreement takes effect between Press and Post-Gazette <ref>http //news google com/newspapers id wW0xAAAAIBAJ sjid G2wDAAAAIBAJ pg 5778 2C2453126 To Our Readers Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 12 November 1961 p 1 </ref><ref>http //news google com/newspapers id QGocAAAAIBAJ sjid s04EAAAAIBAJ pg 6556 2C3780431 Notice To Readers Pittsburgh Press 12 November 1961 p 1 col 1 </ref> 1992 December 17 Scaife issues Pittsburgh Tribune-Review <ref name tribrev > cite web http //www pittsburghlive com/pages/helpdesk_pghtrib/history html History of the Tribune-Review 8 January 2014 </ref> 1992 December 30 Sale of Press to Post-Gazette is officially approved <ref> cite book Thomas Clarke M Front-Page Pittsburgh Two Hundred Years of the Post-Gazette Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Press 2005 0-8229-4248-8 296 </ref> 1993 January 18 Post-Gazette resumes publication after strike <ref>http //news google com/newspapers id A1INAAAAIBAJ sjid S24DAAAAIBAJ pg 2962 2C4565 To our readers Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 18 January 1993 p 1 </ref> 2003 late April or early May Trib p m launched <ref> cite web http //www bizjournals com/pittsburgh/stories/2003/05/05/story8 html Tribune-Review tests market for evening publication with 'TRIB p m ' Pittsburgh Business Times 5 May 2003 Schooley Tim </ref> 2011 April 29 Trib p m publishes final edition <ref> cite web http //triblive com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_734546 html Trib p m publishes final edition today TribLIVE 29 April 2011 </ref> 2011 November 14 Pittsburgh Press resurrected as electronic afternoon edition of Post-Gazette <ref> cite web http //www bizjournals com/pittsburgh/news/2011/11/14/Block-Pittsburgh-Press html Block brings back Pittsburgh Press in e-version Pittsburgh Business Times 14 November 2011 Schooley Tim </ref> 2015 September 25 Final issue of online Pittsburgh Press <ref> cite web http //press post-gazette com/pf3 The Press bids farewell The Pittsburgh Press 25 Sep 2015 1 27 November 2015 </ref> 2016 December 1 Tribune-Review Pittsburgh edition becomes online-only; Tarentum Valley News Dispatch and Greensburg Westmoreland editions continue printing Greensburg papers 1811 August 22 Greensburgh sic Gazette begins weekly publication <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85055138/ About Greensburgh gazette Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref><ref> cite book Vogle B F History of Greensburg Westmoreland County Pennsylvania and Greensburg Schools Vogle Winsheimer Greensburg PA 1899 74 http //www mocavo com/History-of-Greensburg-Westmoreland-County-Pennsylvania-and-Greensburg-Schools/975103/82 </ref> Other sources claim a date of 1807 1832 February 3 Greensburgh Gazette becomes Westmoreland Intelligencer <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85038454/ About Westmoreland intelligencer Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref><ref name albert284 > cite book Albert George Dallas History of the County of Westmoreland Pennsylvania L H Everts Co 1882 1 284 http //books google com/books id UKZWAAAAYAAJ pg PA284 lpg PA284 </ref> 1840 May 15 Greensburgh Sentinel begins weekly publication <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn86071345/ About The Greensburgh sentinel Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1842 February Sentinel consolidates with Intelligencer under a combined name <ref> cite book Vogle B F History of Greensburg Westmoreland County Pennsylvania and Greensburg Schools Vogle Winsheimer Greensburg PA 1899 75 http //www mocavo com/History-of-Greensburg-Westmoreland-County-Pennsylvania-and-Greensburg-Schools/975103/83 </ref> 1856 February 7 Intelligencer becomes American Herald later Greensburg Herald <ref name albert284 /><ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn85055171/ About American herald Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1870 July 22 The Greensburg Tribune begins weekly publication <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn86081687/ About The Greensburg tribune Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1872 February 8 The Greensburg Tribune and The Greensburg Herald combine under the name Tribune and Herald <ref name tribhrld > cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn83032091/ About Tribune and herald Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref><ref> cite book Albert George Dallas History of the County of Westmoreland Pennsylvania L H Everts Co 1882 1 285 http //books google com/books id UKZWAAAAYAAJ pg PA285 lpg PA285 </ref> shortened to Tribune Herald in 1888 <ref name tribhrld /> 1878 September or later Weekly National Issue appears <ref name albert287 > cite book Albert George Dallas History of the County of Westmoreland Pennsylvania L H Everts Co 1882 1 287 http //books google com/books id UKZWAAAAYAAJ pg PA287 lpg PA287 </ref> 1881 April 1 or later Daily Evening News daily edition of the National Issue begins publication <ref name albert287 /> 1881 May 18 National Issue and Daily Evening News become the Evening Press daily and Greensburg Press weekly started June 6 <ref name albert287 /> 1889 February 4 The Daily Tribune launched as daily counterpart of weekly Tribune Herald Date assumed from earliest available issue data vol 1 no 5 Friday 8 Feb 1889 <ref> cite web http //chroniclingamerica loc gov/lccn/sn88079420/ About The daily tribune Chronicling America Library of Congress 26 January 2014 </ref> 1903 early April Greensburg Morning Review appears <ref>http //digital library unt edu/ark /67531/metadc9464/m1/16/sizes/ Library of Congress Catalogs Newspapers in Microform United States 1948-1983 Volume 2 P-Z and Title Index Library of Congress 1984 p 14 </ref><ref> cite book Pennsylvania Newspapers A Bibliography and Union List Salisbury Ruth Pennsylvania Library Association 1969 41 </ref><ref>http //lcweb2 loc gov/diglib/vols/loc gdc sr sn91012091 00143501991/pageturner html page 741 size 800 N W Ayer Son's American Newspaper Annual Philadelphia N W Ayer Son 1904 p 739 </ref><ref> Journalistic Connellsville Courier Connellsville PA 11 April 1903 p 4 col 1 The Morning Review is a new paper at Greensburg The salutatory says that the paper will not be run in the interest of any political party the first issues are being well patronized by the advertisers </ref> 1906 January 2 Daily Press becomes morning paper complementing the evening Tribune <ref>http //news google com/newspapers nid RaRNlNDkcy8C dat 19060102 printsec frontpage hl en First Morning Issue - The Press Makes Big Hit with Reading Public Greensburg Daily Tribune Greensburg PA 2 January 1906 p 1 col 6 </ref> Change coincides with the merger of the two papers' publishers to form the Tribune-Press Publishing Co 1908 November 25 Greensburg Morning Press and Greensburg Daily Tribune combine under the latter name as an evening daily paper <ref>http //news google com/newspapers id fSRXAAAAIBAJ sjid lUMNAAAAIBAJ pg 1684 2C5230459 Announcement Greensburg Daily Tribune 25 November 1908 p 1 cols 3-4 </ref> The Press name is later used for the weekly edition <ref name ayer1917 >http //lcweb2 loc gov/diglib/vols/loc gdc sr sn91012092 00143502156/pageturner html page 107 size 800 N W Ayer Son's American Newspaper Annual Philadelphia N W Ayer Son 1917 p 835 </ref> 1915 c January 22 Greensburg News Record later Record begins daily afternoon publication <ref> New Paper Issued Indiana Evening Gazette Indiana PA 22 January 1915 p 1 col 4 </ref><ref name ayer1917 /> 1924 January 1 Merger takes effect between the publishers of the Daily Tribune and Morning Review creating the Tribune Review Publishing Co <ref>http //news google com/newspapers id XzVXAAAAIBAJ sjid 1EMNAAAAIBAJ pg 2068 2C3804 Tribune Review Buys Daily Record Greensburg Daily Tribune 7 November 1924 p 1 col 1 par 5 On January 1 the Review and Tribune interests were consolidated and a new publishing company incorporated known as the Tribune Review Publishing company </ref> Both papers continue under their pre-existing titles 1924 November 7 Subscribers to the Greensburg Record purchased the previous day by the Tribune Review Publishing Co are switched to the Tribune or Review <ref>http //news google com/newspapers id XzVXAAAAIBAJ sjid 1EMNAAAAIBAJ pg 2068 2C3804 Tribune Review Buys Daily Record Greensburg Daily Tribune 7 November 1924 p 1 col 1 </ref> 1955 October 3 Greensburg Daily Tribune and Greensburg Morning Review merge to form the Greensburg Tribune-Review Morning and afternoon editions are issued <ref> Papers Combine The Kane Republican Kane PA 4 October 1955 p 1 Combined Publication of Greensburg's two daily newspapers at the Tribune-Review began here yesterday </ref><ref>http //news google com/newspapers id aJpWAAAAIBAJ sjid qEENAAAAIBAJ pg 5181 2C3302926 To Our Readers Greensburg Daily Tribune City ed 29 September 1955 p 1 </ref> 1969 December 1 Richard Mellon Scaife announces his pending purchase of the Greensburg Tribune-Review <ref> Richard M Scaife Purchasing Stock of the Tribune-Review Greensburg Tribune-Review County ed 2 December 1969 p 1 </ref><ref>http //news google com/newspapers id vRFXAAAAIBAJ sjid akMNAAAAIBAJ pg 3879 2C5785969 Scaife Buys Newspaper The News Dispatch Jeannette PA 2 December 1969 p 8 col 3 </ref> 1978 February 24 Tribune-Review cuts its afternoon edition becoming a strictly morning paper <ref> T-R Cuts P M To Conserve Greensburg Tribune-Review Afternoon ed 23 February 1978 p 1 In the wake of the coal miners' strike and resultant energy problems the Tribune-Review will be published only once on weekdays beginning Friday the 24th </ref> 2016 December 1 Greensburg Westmoreland and Tarentum Valley News Dispatch editions of the Tribune-Review continue printing as Pittsburgh edition becomes online-only References 30em cc-zero Organizational timelines Newspapers of Pittsburgh | ||||
