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 The January 4, 2008, front page of Iowa City Press-Citizen | |
| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Gannett |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Headquarters | 123 N. Linn St. Iowa City,IA 52245  United States |
| Circulation | 4,281[1] |
| Website | press-citizen |
TheIowa City Press-Citizen is a dailynewspaper published inIowa City, Iowa, United States that serves most ofJohnson County and portions of surrounding counties. Its primary competitors areThe Gazette ofCedar Rapids, which has a news bureau in Iowa City, andThe Daily Iowan, theUniversity of Iowa's student newspaper.
ThePress-Citizen was formed in 1920 from the merger of two newspapers: theDemocraticIowa State Press, founded in 1860, and theRepublicanIowa City Citizen, founded in 1891. Merritt Spiedel bought thePress-Citizen in 1921;Spiedel's company merged with theGannett Company in 1977.
In 1937, Spiedel hired architect Henry L. Fisk as consulting architect for a newStreamline Moderne style building for the paper.[2] Located at 319 E. Washington Street, the building also housed a mural by artistMildred W. Pelzer,Symphony of Iowa. In 1966, the mural was restored by Forrest Bailey, who was commissioned by Richard Feddersen for the work. The painting was later donated by Fedderson to theCedar Rapids Museum of Art.[3]
ThePress-Citizen switched from afternoon to morning publication on September 15, 1997. On August 29, 1999, thePress-Citizen began publishing a Sunday edition that includes local news and sports sections packaged with the Sunday state edition of another Gannett newspaper,The Des Moines Register.[4]
On February 15, 2015, thePress-Citizen announced that it would be discontinuing the Sunday edition on March 1 of the same year. Subscribers instead receiveThe Des Moines Sunday Register on Sundays which includes articles written byPress-Citizen reporters.
In January 2025, the newspaper announced it will switch from carrier to postal delivery.[5]
and"Twofold Value Seen in Restoring Paintings (pt. 2)".The Iowa City Press-Citizen. Iowa City, Iowa. January 15, 1966. p. 3. RetrievedMarch 14, 2017 – viaNewspapers.com.
