Grand Rapids Press - Definition and Overview

The Grand Rapids Press is a daily newspaper published in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is the largest of the eight Booth newspapers. It is sold for $.50 daily and $1.75 on Sunday. At the end of 2002, the daily circulation was 139,890 and Sunday circulation 190,784.

History

The Morning Press was founded by William J. Sproat and appeared on Monday, September 1st, 1890. Mr. Sproat was its proprietor until November 5, 1891, when control passed to the Press Publishing company. Soon after, the controlling interest in the company was purchased by George G. Booth, who in 1892 bought the Eagle and merged it with the Press. January 1, 1893, the Press went into the evening daily field, which it has since occupied.

This newspaper at first was published at 63 Pearl street. Then for a number of years it occupied a building on the Grand River at the southeast end of the Pearl street bridge. In 1906 it moved to a new home at Fulton street and Sheldon avenue.

Many staff members still operate from this location in downtown Grand Rapids, but newspaper production has sinced moved to a new plant in Walker, Michigan.

Bibliography

• Etten, William J., A Citizens' History of Grand Rapids, Michigan (http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/etten1926/newspapers.html)

External links

• The Press at Mlive.com (http://www.mlive.com/grpress)
• Official website (http://www.gr-press.com/main/)