The Topeka Capital-Journal
newspaper in Topeka, Kansas
The Topeka Capital-Journal is a daily newspaper in Topeka, Kansas, owned by the USA Today Co.
History
The paper was formed following numerous name changes and mergers, including the merger of The Topeka Daily Capital and The Topeka State Journal.
Timeline
1858: The Kansas State Record starts publishing.
1873: The Topeka Blade is founded by J. Clarke Swayze.
1879: George W. Reed buys the Blade and changes its name to The Kansas State Journal.
1879: The Topeka Daily Capital is founded by Major J.K. Hudson as an evening paper but changes to morning in 1881.
1885: Frank P. MacLennan buys the Journal and renames it The Topeka State Journal.
1888: The Capital absorbs the Commonwealth, owned by Floyd Perry Baker and his sons, who had earlier bought the Kansas State Record.
1899: Frederick Oliver Popenoe buys a 51 percent controlling interest in the Capital.
1900: Charles M. Sheldon, saying "Newspapers should be operated as Christ would operate them," sends the Capital circulation skyrocketing from 12,000 to 387,000, forcing it to print papers in New York and Chicago.
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