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''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as ''The Pennsylvania Inquirer'' and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the United States. Owned by Philadelphia Media Network, ''The Inquirer'' has the eighteenth largest average weekday U.S. newspaper circulation and has won nineteen Pulitzer Prizes. It is the newspaper of record of the Delaware Valley.〔"(Inquirer's New Headquarters Won't Have 'Daily News' on the Marquee )." ((Archive )). CBS Philadelphia. April 13, 2012. "In an interview with KYW Newsradio after the vote, the papers' attorney, Michael Sklaroff, described the awning: 'It's the Philadelphia Inquirer. It's our newspaper of record. It's going to be beautiful.'"〕 The paper has risen and fallen in prominence throughout its history. ''The Inquirer'' first became a major newspaper during the American Civil War when its war coverage was popular on both sides. The paper's circulation dropped after the war, then rose by the end of the 19th century. Originally supportive of the Democratic Party, ''The Inquirers political affiliation eventually shifted toward the Whig Party and then the Republican Party before officially becoming politically independent in the middle of the 20th century. By the end of the 1960s, ''The Inquirer'' trailed its chief competitor, the ''Philadelphia Evening Bulletin'', and lacked modern facilities and experienced staff. In the 1970s, new owners and editors turned the newspaper into one of the country's most prominent, winning 20 Pulitzers. The editor is Bill Marimow. Stan Wischnowski is Vice President of News Operations. ==History== ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' was founded as ''The Pennsylvania Inquirer'' by printer John R. Walker and John Norvell, former editor of Philadelphia's largest newspaper, the ''Aurora & Gazette''. An editorial in the first issue of ''The Pennsylvania Inquirer'' promised that the paper would be devoted to the right of a minority to voice their opinion and "the maintenance of the rights and liberties of the people, equally against the abuses as the usurpation of power." They pledged support to then-President Andrew Jackson and "home industries, American manufactures, and internal improvements that so materially contribute to the agricultural, commercial and national prosperity." Founded on June 1, 1829, ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the United States. However, in 1962, an ''Inquirer''-commissioned historian traced ''The Inquirer'' to John Dunlap's ''The Pennsylvania Packet'', which was founded on October 28, 1771. In 1850 ''The Packet'' was merged with another newspaper, ''The North American'', which later merged with the ''Philadelphia Public Ledger''.〔 Finally, the ''Public Ledger'' merged with ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' in the 1930s, and between 1962 and 1975, a line on ''The Inquirers front page claimed that the newspaper is the United States' oldest surviving daily newspaper.〔 Six months after ''The Inquirer'' was founded, with competition from eight established daily newspapers, lack of funds forced Norvell and Walker to sell the newspaper to publisher and ''United States Gazette'' associate editor Jesper Harding. After Harding acquired ''The Pennsylvania Inquirer'', it was briefly published as an afternoon paper before returning to its original morning format in January 1830. Under Harding, in 1829, ''The Inquirer'' moved from its original location between Front and Second Streets to between Second and Third Streets. When Harding bought and merged the ''Morning Journal'' in January 1830, the newspaper was moved to South Second Street. Ten years later ''The Inquirer'' again was moved, this time to its own building at the corner of Third Street and Carter's Alley. Harding expanded ''The Inquirers content and the paper soon grew into a major Philadelphian newspaper. The expanded content included the addition of fiction, and in 1840, Harding gained rights to publish several Charles Dickens novels for which Dickens was paid a significant amount. At the time the common practice was to pay little or nothing for the rights of foreign authors' works.〔 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 Philadelphia Inquirer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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