Messenger-Inquirer
Type | Daily Circulation 15,087 Monday-Saturday | 20,383 Sunday |
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Website | messenger-inquirer |
The Messenger-Inquirer is a local newspaper in Owensboro, Kentucky. The Messenger-Inquirer serves 15,087 daily and 20,383 Sunday readers in five counties in western Kentucky.[2]
History
The newspaper's roots trace back to 1875, when Lee Lumpkin founded The Examiner. [3]
The newspaper's name was later changed to the Messenger. The Messenger was purchased by the Hager family, owners of the competing Owensboro Inquirer, in 1929.[3]
By 1864, when Thomas S. Pettit purchased the paper, it had changed its name to The Monitor.[4] Immediately after taking control of the paper, Pettit published a series of items vigorously criticizing the Republican Party and its policies during the Civil War.[5] On November 17, 1864, Pettit was arrested on orders from General Stephen G. Burbridge on charges of being "notoriously disloyal" to the Union.[5] He was taken to Memphis, Tennessee, and transferred into Confederate territory.[4]
In May 1865, he returned to Owensboro and found his print shop and printing press had been destroyed by federal authorities.
The newspaper was purchased by
Belo sold the newspaper to Paxton Media Group in 2000.[8][9]
References
- ^ a b "Contact Us". Messenger-Inquirer. Paxton Media Group. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Messenger Inquirer". Kentucky Press Association. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ a b Dooley, Karla. "Messenger-Inquirer marks 125th anniversary". KYPressOnline.com. Kentucky Press Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Connelley and Coulter, p. 158
- ^ a b c Biographical Cyclopedia, p. 141
- ^ Belo sells Kentucky daily
- ^ "A.H. Belo Corp. to acquire The Gleaner newspaper". Associated Press. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Selected Group Sellers of Newspapers Represented by DV&M". Dirks, VanEssen & April. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ Belo sells Kentucky daily
- Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Chicago, Illinois: J.M. Gresham Company. 1896.
- Connelley, William Elsey; Ellis Merton Coulter (1922). History of Kentucky. American Historical Society.