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The Detroit Free Press (commonly referred to as the Freep) is a major daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, United States.It is the largest local newspaper owned by Gannett (the publisher of USA Today), and is operated by the Detroit Media Partnership under a joint operating agreement with The Detroit News, its historical rival.
Former Detroit Free Press business editor David Smith served three years in Korea during the Korean War, 1950-53. Smith died Sept. 19, 2024, at age 93. When he returned, he enrolled in Central ...
Joe Hinton Stroud (18 June 1936 – 9 May 2002) was editor and senior vice president of the Detroit Free Press from 1973 to 1998. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in history and political science from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, and a master's degree in history from Tulane University (1959) in New Orleans.
At the age of 17 in 1945, he took a job as a copyboy for the Associated Press. After an apprenticeship of eight years, Falls moved to the Detroit bureau of the AP. In Detroit, Falls flourished. He was hired by the Detroit Times in 1956 to cover the Detroit Tigers. He continued on the Tigers' beat with the Detroit Free Press from 1960 to
Gallagher joined the Detroit Free Press newspaper in 1987, where he remained until 2019. [5] [6] Gallagher documented Detroit's history for more than three decades, including the history of the auto industry. [6] [7] He participated in the Detroit newspaper strike in 1995, as one of the members of the Newspaper Guild labor union. [8]
Pages in category "Detroit Free Press" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
On July 13, 1995, labor practice changes by Giles led to about 2,500 employees of The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press going on strike in the Detroit newspaper strike of 1995–97. The papers lost approximately US$100,000,000 (equivalent to $152,446,103 in 2017) in the first six months of the strike.
George Puscas (Romanian: Puşcaş; April 8, 1927 – April 25, 2008) was an American sports writer for the Detroit Free Press. He joined the Free Press as a copyboy in September 1941 at age 14, was a full-time sports writer until 1992, and continued to be associated with the paper as a columnist until 2006. Puscas was born in Detroit in 1927.