Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC history

1801: Gazette of the United States is the rebranded version of the earlier Gazette properties.

1798: True American, and Commercial Advertiser begin publishing daily, continued by the True American in 1815.

1817: United States Gazette merges with True American to form Union, United States Gazette and True American.

1829: the North American begins publishing.

1835: The Daily Transcript begins printing.

1839: Inquirer merges with the Daily Courier, briefly known as “The Pennsylvania Inquirer and Daily Courier.”

February 15, 1845: “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe first published in the Inquirer

1847: American Sentinel rebranded as the Evening Telegraphic Bulletin.***

1850: the North American absorbs the American Daily Advertiser, the frequently renamed ancestor of the Pennsylvania Packet.

1863: Daily Age begins publishing daily.

1876: The Philadelphia Public Ledger absorbs the North American, briefly publishing as “The Public Ledger and North American.”

1884: Philadelphia Tribune begins printing.

1920: The Philadelphia Press is bought by the famed Curtis Publishing Company, which renamed the formerly Ben Franklin-owned Pennsylvania Gazette to the Saturday Evening Post.

April 16, 1934: Inquirer absorbs the Public Ledger, adds a Sunday edition

Philadelphia Daily News in full text from 1/4/1978 – Present (includes sporadic gaps in coverage) Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.

Philadelphia Inquirer in full text from 1/1/1981 – Present (includes sporadic gaps in coverage) Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.

The McClatchy Company bought the Knight Ridder chain in 2006, and has struggled with the debt from that deal.

The Tribune Company, which was taken private in December 2007 by Sam Zell, a real estate mogul, filed for bankruptcy less than a year later.