St. Paul Pioneer Press
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Pioneer Press

The July 27, 2005 front page
of the Pioneer Press
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner MediaNews Group
Editor Mike Burbach
Founded 1849
Circulation 191,591 Daily
251,838 Sunday[1]
ISSN 0892-1083
Official website twincities.com

The St. Paul Pioneer Press is a newspaper based in St. Paul, Minnesota, primarily serving the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Circulation is heaviest in the eastern metro region, including Ramsey, Dakota, and Washington counties, along with western Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota and Anoka County, Minnesota. The paper's main rival is the Star Tribune, based in neighboring Minneapolis. The Pioneer Press has been owned by MediaNews Group since April 2006.

History
 

 
James. M. Goodhue

The Pioneer Press traces its history to both the Minnesota Pioneer, Minnesota's first daily newspaper (founded in 1849 by James M. Goodhue), and the Saint Paul Dispatch (launched in 1868). Ridder Publications acquired the Pioneer and the Dispatch in 1927. Ridder merged with Knight Publications to form Knight Ridder in 1974. The two papers were operated for many years as separate morning and evening papers, but in 1985 were merged into the all-day publication the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch, which made the transition to a morning-only paper in 1990, when the words "and Dispatch" were dropped. The paper is sometimes called the "Pi Press", just as "Strib" is used for the Star Tribune.
From 1947 to 1949, the newspaper printed the comic strip Li'l Folks, by St. Paul native Charles M. Schulz. This comic introduced a number of characters who would later return in 1950 in the syndicated comic strip Peanuts, including Charlie Brown and a dog strongly resembling Snoopy.
In 1952, the Dispatch began sponsoring a treasure hunt as part of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. Clues to finding a medallion are printed in the paper, and the first person to find and return it with the clues and a registered carnival button wins a sum of money. The prize started off at $1,000 and as of 2004 rose to $10,000.
The paper has won three Pulitzer Prizes, in 1986, 1988, and 2000.
The McClatchy Company acquired the paper in June 2006 when it bought Knight Ridder. As owner of the Star Tribune, McClatchy had to sell the Pioneer Press because of antitrust concerns.[2] The Pioneer Press was subsequently sold by McClatchy to MediaNews Group later in the year.

Notable reporters
  • Mark Kellogg, the first Associated Press correspondent to die in the line of duty when he was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
  • John Sandford/John Camp, author of the "Prey" series of crime novels.
  • Bob Sansevere, sports columnist and member of the KQRS-FM morning show with Tom Barnard.
  • Joe Soucheray, general columnist and host of the KSTP afternoon program, Garage Logic.
     
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