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Along with '' The Detroit News '', the ''Detroit Free Press'' is one of the two major Metro Detroit Newspaper s, sometimes informally called the "Freep". It is owned by Gannett . A winner of eight Pulitzer Prize s, the ''Free Press'' is the larger and more politically liberal of Detroit's two major dailies. It was first published as the ''Democratic Free Press'' and ''Michigan Intelligencer'' on May 5 , 1831 . In 1940 it was sold to the Knight Newspapers (later Knight Ridder ) chain. In 1987, the paper entered into a 100-year Joint Operating Agreement with its rival, combining business operations while maintaining separate editorial staffs. The combined company is called the Detroit Newspaper Agency . The two papers also began to publish joint Saturday and Sunday editions, though the editorial content of each remained separate. At the time, the ''Detroit Free Press'' was the 10th highest circulation paper in the U.S., and the combined ''Detroit News and Free Press'' was the country's fourth-largest Sunday paper. On July 13 , 1995 , "Newspaper Guild"-represented employees of the ''Free Press'' and ''News'' and the pressmen, printers and Teamsters working for the "Detroit Newspapers" distribution arm went on strike. A handful of staffers crossed the picket line after a month, including Mitch Albom , but the majority stayed out for the two and a half years of the strike. The strike was resolved in court three years later, and the unions remain active at the paper, representing a majority of the employees under their jurisdiction. In 1998, the ''Free Press'' vacated its former headquarters in downtown Detroit and moved to offices inside the ''News'' building. On August 3 , 2005 , Knight Ridder sold the ''Free Press'' to the Gannett company, which had previously owned and operated the ''News''. The ''News'', in turn, was sold to MediaNews Group ; Gannett continues to be the managing partner in the papers' joint operating agreement. On May 7 , 2006 , the ''Free Press'' will resume publication of its own Sunday edition, without any content from the ''News.'' A quirk in the operating agreement, however, will allow the ''News'' to continue printing its editorial page in the Sunday ''Free Press.'' EXTERNAL LINK |
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