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''The Columbus Dispatch'' is a daily newspaper based in Columbus, Ohio. Its first issue was published on July 1, 1871, and has been the only mainstream daily newspaper in the city since ''The Columbus Citizen-Journal'' ceased publication in 1985. In a sale announced on June 3, 2015, ownership of the ''Dispatch'' was transferred to New Media Investment Group. The Dispatch Broadcast Group, comprising WBNS-AM-FM-TV in Columbus and WTHR in Indianapolis, will remain in the hands of the Wolfe family. As of October 26, 2015, Bradley M. Harmon is the newspaper's president and publisher.〔((Oct. 16, 2015) "Bradley Harmon named president and publisher of 'Dispatch'," ) ''The Columbus Dispatch.'' Retrieved Nov. 19, 2015.〕 Alan D. Miller is the editor.〔(Aug. 11, 2015) ("‘Dispatch’ promotes Alan D. Miller to Editor." ) ''The Columbus Dispatch''. Retrieved Nov. 19, 2015. 〕 ==History== The paper was founded in June 1871 by a group of 10 printers with 900 in financial capital. The paper published its first issue as ''The Daily Dispatch'' on July 1, 1871, as a four page paper which cost 0.04 per copy. The paper was originally an afternoon paper for the city of Columbus, Ohio, which at the time had a population of 32,000. For its first few years, the paper rented a headquarters on North High Street and Lynn Alley in Columbus. It began with 800 subscribers. On April 2, 1888, the paper published its first full-page advertisement, for the Columbus Buggy Company. In 1895, the paper moved its headquarters to the northeast corner of Gay and High streets, a larger building on a site which was previously a grocer. On April 10, the paper published a 72-page edition to mark the move. On December 17, 1899, the paper published its first Sunday edition, a 36-page paper which cost 0.03, and the daily editions were reduced in price to 0.02. Two years later on March 3, 1901, the paper published its first color comic strips.〔 The paper, renamed ''The Columbus Evening Dispatch'', changed hands several times in its early years. In 1905, it was purchased by the Wolfe family, with brothers Harry Preston Wolfe and Robert Frederick Wolfe. The Wolfes, who originally ran a shoe company, had purchased the ''Ohio State Journal'' two years before. On December 16, 1906, the paper published its first color ad, for Beggs Store. On April 9, 1907, the ''Dispatch'' offices were destroyed in a fire, and the building was demolished and rebuilt. In the interlude, the paper ran its offices out of 34/36 North High Street.〔 The paper's editorial staff traditionally has had a conservative slant.〔Lucia Moses, ''"The Columbus Dispatch"'', ''Brandweek'', April 30, 2001 ((article ) at findarticles.com)〕〔, ''CNN'', October 24, 2004〕〔Terry Smith, ("Wearing Thin: Thanks for your letters! Without you, this page would be, yikes, just me" ), ''Athens News'', January 10, 2005〕 The paper's last endorsement of a Democrat as a Presidential candidate, was for the re-election of Woodrow Wilson in 1916.〔Kevin Anderson, ("Papers back Kerry — but does that help?" ), ''BBC News'', October 26, 2004〕 The Dispatch endorsed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland in the 2006 Ohio elections,〔("For governor: Strickland has qualities needed to promote cooperation, progress" ), ''Columbus Dispatch'', Sunday, October 8, 2006〕 but endorsed John Kasich, the Republican candidate running against his reelection, in 2010〔("Endorsement: Kasich for governor" ), ''Columbus Dispatch'', Monday October 11, 2010.〕 A competitor paper, ''The Columbus Citizen-Journal'' ("C-J", pronounced "See-Jay"), as it was known, was beholden to the ''Columbus Dispatch'' for its printing facilities, and controversy surrounded the C-J's demise in 1985. On June 16, 2015, the ''Dispatch'' ceased to be the last major family-owned newspaper in the United States when it was purchased by the New Media Investment Group. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Columbus Dispatch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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