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''The Indianapolis Star'' is a morning daily newspaper that began publishing on June 6, 1903. It has won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting twice, in 1975 and 1991. It is currently owned by the Gannett Company. ==History== ''The Indianapolis Star'' was founded on June 6, 1903, by Muncie industrialist George F. McCulloch as competition to two other Indianapolis dailies, the ''Indianapolis Journal'' and the ''Indianapolis Sentinel''. It acquired the ''Journal'' a year and two days later, and bought the ''Sentinel'' in 1906. Daniel G. Reid purchased the ''Star'' in 1904 and hired John Shaffer as publisher, later replacing him. In the ensuing court proceedings, Saffer emerged as the majority owner of the paper in 1911 and served as publisher and editor until his death in 1943. Central Newspapers, Inc. and its owner, Eugene C. Pulliam--maternal grandfather of future Vice President Dan Quayle--purchased the ''Star'' from Shaffer's estate on April 25, 1944 and adopted initiatives to increase the paper's circulation. In 1944, the ''Star'' had trailed the evening ''Indianapolis News'' but by 1948 had become Indiana's largest newspaper.〔 In 1948, Pulliam purchased the ''News'' and combined the business, mechanical, advertising, and circulation operations of the two papers, with the ''News'' moving into the ''Star's'' building in 1950. The editorial and news operations remained separate. Eugene S. Pulliam took over as publisher upon the death of his father in 1975, a role he retained until his own death in 1999.〔 In 1999, the ''News'' ceased publication, leaving the ''Star'' as the only major daily paper in Indianapolis. Soon thereafter the trustees of Central Newspapers, Inc., the owner of the ''Star'' and other newspapers in Indiana and Arizona, began investigating the sale of the small chain to a larger entity.〔 In 2000, the Gannett Company acquired the paper, leaving Indianapolis with no locally owned daily newspaper〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Gannett Co., Inc. )〕 other than the ''Indianapolis Recorder'', a weekly mainly circulated in the African-American community. On July 27, 2012, it was announced that ''The Indianapolis Star'' would relocate from its headquarters at 307 North Pennsylvania Street to accommodate more employees. It was later announced that the new location would be the former Nordstrom department store in Circle Centre Mall. This move took place from the summer to fall of 2014. The former location had been used since 1907. 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 Indianapolis Star」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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