The Akron Press

The Akron Press was a newspaper serving Akron, Ohio. It was founded in 1898.

It began as the Akron edition of the Cleveland Press Penny,[1] printed in Cleveland and was transported to Akron by train. It gained local flavor when it began being printed in Akron.[2] By 1903 it was described as "distinct".[3]

By the early 1920s it was competing with the Akron Times. The two then joined together on March 14, 1925[1] to be The Times-Press,[4][5][6] as the town wasn't big enough for both.[2]

L. E. Judd, Akron-Press editor,[7] since circa 1921,[8] was editor of the combined newspaper.[1][2][9][10]

Its stereotyping department was headed by Joseph J. Metker,[11] an international stereotypers,[12][13] and in 1929 his son Robert succeeded him.[11]

In 1923, for a brief period, Henry C. Segal, worked as a reporter for the Akron Press.[14]

In 1927, the newspaper was named: The Akron Times-Press[15] which existed till 1938.[16]

References

1. The Ohio Newspaper. 1924. p. 13.
2. Price, Mark J. (2015-07-20). Lost Akron. Arcadia Publishing. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-62585-107-9.
3. Fourth Estate: A Weekly Newspaper for Publishers, Advertisers, Advertising Agents and Allied Interests. Fourth Estate Publishing Company. 1903. p. 3.
4. Editor & Publisher. Editor & Publisher Company. 1925. p. 28.
5. Editor & Publisher. Editor & Publisher Company. 1925. p. 25.
6. "Akron Times-Press Building, 1926". www.summitmemory.org. Retrieved 2021-01-11. (in 1926 photo, the building bears both signs: Akron Press and Press-Times).
7. "L. E. Judd, 83, Akron Editor Helped in '26 Murder Case (Published 1975)". The New York Times. 1975-08-14. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
8. Sales Management. Dartnell Corporation. 1933. p. 360.
9. Scripps-Howard News. 1929. pp. 9, 24.
10. Scripps-Howard News. 1928. p. 17.
11. Scripps-Howard News. 1929. p. 5.
12. Typographical Journal. International Typographical Union. 1904. p. 197.
13. International Stereotypers' and Electrotypers' Union Journal. 1919. p. 48.
14. "Henry Segal Dead at 84". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1985-07-23. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
15. "The Times-press". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
16. "The Akron Times-Press (Akron, Ohio) 1927-1938". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-01-10.