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The name finally became The Des Moines Register in 1915. [3] (Cowles also acquired the Des Moines Tribune in 1908. The Tribune, which merged with the rival Des Moines News in 1924 and the Des Moines Capital in 1927, served as the evening paper for the Des Moines area until it ended publication on September 25, 1982).
The Des Moines Register throughout its history has gone to court to protect newsgathering and the public's rights to free speech and a free press. ... the final edition of the Des Moines Tribune ...
As the Des Moines Register marks its 175th year, today's historic front page is from May 1, 1916: The fight over Klan-exalting 'The Birth of a Nation' Historic front page from the Des Moines ...
ISSN. 1055-2715. Website. detroitnews.com. The Detroit News is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. The paper began in 1873, when it rented space in the rival Detroit Free Press 's building. The News absorbed the Detroit Tribune on February 1, 1919, the Detroit Journal on July 21, 1922, and on November 7, 1960 ...
Portrait of James E. Scripps, 1907. Scripps was employed at the Chicago Tribune in 1857 but moved to Detroit in 1859. By 1862 he had become manager of the Detroit Tribune, and he later became part owner and manager of the Detroit Daily Advertiser. When the Advertiser' s premises burned in 1873, Scripps took his $20,000 insurance money and with ...
The heart of any news organization is a skilled, dogged reporting staff. From the 1950s through the 1980s, Des Moines Register reporters won six Pulitzer Prizes for national reporting, and a ...
Photo taken in 2005. The Detroit Newspaper Strike was a major labor dispute which began in Detroit, Michigan on July 13, 1995, and involved several actions including a local boycott, corporate campaign, and legal charges of unfair labor practices. The primary action involved around 2,500 members of six labor unions going on strike from July 13 ...
Russell Cowles (1887–1979), John Cowles Sr. (1898–1983), Gardner "Mike" Cowles Jr. (1903–1982), Bertha, Florence, [2] Helen [3] [1] Parent (s) William Fletcher Cowles and Maria Elizabeth LaMonte. Gardner Cowles Sr. (1861–1946) was an American banker, publisher, and politician. He was the owner of The Des Moines Register and the Des ...