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The Plain Dealer is the major daily newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio. It also has the largest circulation of any Ohio newspaper, and is a top 20 newspaper for circulation in the United States.[1] The Plain Dealer currently boasts more than 785,000 readers on weekdays and 1 million readers on Sunday.[2] The Plain Dealer reported an average daily paid circulation of 336,939 for the six-month period ending in September, 2006.[3] The Plain Dealer's media market, Greater Cleveland, is ranked #1 in the country for Sunday newspaper readership percentage (75.4% of total adults) and #2 in daily newspaper readership percentage (62.6% of total adults), second only to New York Times in the weekday editions.[4] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area Ranked 34th - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²) - Width 220 miles (355 km) - Length 220 miles (355 km) - % water 8. ...
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Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area Ranked 34th - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²) - Width 220 miles (355 km) - Length 220 miles (355 km) - % water 8. ...
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History and Ownership
The newspaper was established in 1842, less than 50 years after Moses Cleaveland landed on the banks of the Cuyahoga River in The Flats, and is currently owned by Advance Publications (Newhouse Newspapers).[5] The Plain Dealer is under the direction of Terrance C.Z. Egger, who serves as President and Publisher, Robert M. Long, Executive Vice President, as well as Douglas C. Clifton, who is the current Editor. Clifton announced his pending retirement to be effective June 1, 2007, and no replacement has yet been named.[6] The paper employs over 1,500 people.[7] The paper is referred to in short by Clevelanders as the "P.D.," as well as the "PeeDee" (the latter sometimes in a derogatory manner by critics of the paper). The City of Cleveland, Ohio was named after Moses Cleaveland, a surveyor of the Connecticut Land Company. ...
Cuyahoga River in Cuyahoga Valley National Park The Cuyahoga River (IPA pronunciation: , or kuy-a-HAW-ga) is located in Northeast Ohio. ...
The Flats is a mixed-use industrial, entertainment, and increasingly residential area of Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The area was given its name due to its mostly flat appearance and is defined as being the lower lying areas that line the banks of the Cuyahoga River. ...
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The newspaper was sold on March 1, 1967 to S.I. Newhouse's newspaper chain, and has been under the control of the Newhouse family ever since.[8] The paper was previously held by the trusts of the Holden estate, and operated as The Plain Dealer Publishing Company, part of the Forest City Publishing Company, which also published the Cleveland News until its purchase and subsequent closure by its major competitor, the Cleveland Press, owned by the E.W. Scripps Company, in 1960.[9] March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ...
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On December 18, 2005, The Plain Dealer ceased publication of its weekly Sunday Magazine, which had been published uninterrupted for over 85 years.[10] The demise of the paper's Sunday Magazine was attributed to the high cost of newsprint and declining revenue, and the PD reassigned the editors, designers, and reporters to other areas of the newspaper. It also assured readers that the stories that would formerly have appeared in the Sunday Magazine would be integrated into other areas of the paper. In the Gregorian calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), with 13 days remaining until the end of the year. ...
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In January 2007, Editor Doug Clifton announced his retirement, effective in June. Publisher Terry Egger is currently searching for his replacement.
Awards In 2005, Connie Schultz won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary.[11] It was the first Pulitzer for The Plain Dealer since 1953.[12] Schultz announced a self-imposed sabbatical from her column in February 2006, to work on her husband Congressman Sherrod Brown's (successful) run for U.S. Senate.[13] Schultz returned to print in January, 2007.[14] Connie Schultz (born July 21, 1957), of Cleveland, Ohio, is a columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. ...
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Other recent awards have included a "2003 Editor of the Year" honor for Doug Clifton, given by Editor & Publisher, the industry newsletter. E&P cited Clifton's efforts to energize The Plain Dealer's reporters and newsroom as quick and extremely successful; they had been languishing for years beforehand. E&P redirects here. ...
The Plain Dealer was named best large newspaper in Ohio by the Associated Press in April of 2007.[15]
Pricing, distribution, circulation The daily paper costs 50 cents at the newsstand, 41 cents for home delivery, and the Sunday edition is $1.50 for newsstand or home delivery. These prices only apply to The Plain Dealer's home delivery area, which are the Northeast Ohio counties of Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, Portage, Erie, Ottawa, Summit, Ashtabula, Medina and Lorain. The Plain Dealer is however, available all over the state at the newsstand, including the state capital, Columbus, and anywhere in the US or world via US mail service. The Plain Dealer currently has a total circulation of 344,704 on weekdays and 442,482 on Sunday, making the paper the largest newspaper in Ohio by circulation, a status it has held for some time. The paper posted an increase in weekday circulation for the first time in recent memory in April of 2007.[16] A typical newsstand in New York City. ...
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Lorain County is a county located in the northeastern region state of Ohio, United States, and is considered to be a part of what is locally referred to as Greater Cleveland. ...
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Bureaus The Plain Dealer operates a variety of news bureaus. In addition to its local metro reporters and columnists, The Plain Dealer operates a bureau in Columbus, at the state capital, that focuses on state-wide news and reporting. The P.D. also operates a Washington bureau that reports on national news and events, focusing on the actions of and stories relating to the Ohio delegation in the U.S. Congress. A Female Reporter A reporter is a type of journalist who researches and presents information in certain types of mass media. ...
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Major sections The Plain Dealer is organized into several major sections, depending on the day of the week. The Sunday edition is, as with any major U.S. daily newspaper, the largest edition of the week.
Major sections printed on most editions include:
All editions - News
- Includes Front Page, International, and National News (including Washington, D.C.).
- Metro
- Local news for Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, obituaries and death notices, local, national and international weather, as well as Opinion and Forum, the paper's opinion, letters to the editor, and editorial commentary section.
- Business
- Local and national business news, stocks, bonds.
- Sports
- Cleveland and National Sports News and Commentary. The sports section focuses its "beat reporters" on the Browns, Cavaliers, and Indians, in addition to heavy coverage of the Ohio State University football team.
- Arts & Life
- Arts, Entertainment and Living Section. Includes comics (printed in full color in all daily editions).
- Classifieds
- Home, auto, jobs, other classified advertising.
In addition to these sections, various work week editions include special sections such as: This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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- BusinessMonday
- Special Monday business section featuring long-format articles and advice.
- Mosaic
- Section highlighting Cleveland's cultural diversity.
- Taste
- Recipes and reviews of food, area restaurants, and food-related events.
- Inside and Out
- Home and garden section, with articles relating to home improvement and decoration.
- The Locker Room
- High school sports insert section with human interest pieces on area high school athletes in a variety of sports.
- Friday! Magazine
- Recently revamped weekend magazine featuring movie reveiews, event calendars, restaurant reviews and other cultural / nightlife pieces.
- Real Estate
- Insert section highlighting area real estate and communities to live in.
- Golf Monday
- Is a section dedicated to golf. It debuted on April 7, 2003.
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Plain Dealer Sunday Sunday editions include, in addition to the major sections above: - Driving
- special section on driving and automobile reviews.
- Travel
- detailing travel tips.
- PDQ
- "lighter" feature section aimed at younger readers.
- Homes
- detailing homes in the area and housing trends.
- Sunday Arts
- expanded arts section.
- BigCollegeSunday
- college football section, focusing on Ohio State.
Discontinued Sections - The Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine
- was discontinued as of December 18, 2005
Style The Plain Dealer employs a modern styling of a daily newspaper, and the P.D. itself has undergone dramatic stylistic changes in the past few years to update the print edition's look. The Sunday edition was known as Plain Dealer Sunday, while weekday editions were The Plain Dealer, however in recent weeks the paper has standardized its masthead as "The Plain Dealer" across all editions. Sunday is also more colorful and includes many one-time special sections with full page graphics, pictures, and other content. Weekday and Sunday editions regularly feature front pages with content boxes on the upper part of the page detailing news inside. The physical width of the paper has been reduced in recent years as well, a trend throughout the newspaper industry.
Employees
Executive staff and editors - Terrance C.Z. Egger, President and Publisher
- Robert M. Long, Executive Vice President
- Douglas C. Clifton, Editor
- Tom O'Hara, Managing Editor
- Brent Larkin, Opinion Editor
- Ted Diadiun, Reader Representative (ombudsman)
- Elizabeth McIntyre, Assistant Managing Editor/Metro
- Chris Quinn, Metro Editor
- Debbie Van Tassel, Assistant Managing Editor/Features
- Paul O'Donnell, Business Editor
- Kathy Kroll, National Editor
- Daryl Kannberg, Page One Editor
- Roy Hewitt, Sports Editor
- Chris Jindra, Sunday Editor
- David Kordalski, Visual Editor
- Kim Crow, Style Editor
- Stuart Warner, Projects Editor/Writing Coach
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Columnists - Tony Brown, theater
- John Campanelli, pop culture
- Joe Crea, food
- Kim Crow, fashion
- Dick Feagler
- Regina Brett
- Brent Larkin
- Bill Lubinger, restaurants
- Phillip Morris
- Kevin O'Brien
- Donald Rosenberg, orchestra
- Chris Sheridan
- John Soeder, pop music
- Elizabeth Sullivan
- Bill Livingston, Sports
- Bud Shaw, Sports
- Connie Schultz
- Michael Heaton, Minister of Culture
- Sheryl Harris, Consumer Affairs
- Teresa Dixon Murray, Personal Finance
- John Kroll, Weekend Diary (podcast)
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Connie Schultz (born July 21, 1957), of Cleveland, Ohio, is a columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. ...
Criticism and Controversies
Political leanings The Plain Dealer has been criticized by liberal columnists for staking out generally conservative positions on its editorial page, despite the heavy Democratic tilt of its Northeast Ohio readership. In 2004, most notoriously, the publisher decided to endorse no candidate rather than endorse John Kerry as the editorial board had recommended. [17] The news coverage is generally more neutral, with national and international news often culled from wire services, including the New York Times and Washington Post. This article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ...
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The paper has also been accused of being too soft on Sen. George Voinovich, and in the 2004 election cycle for the U.S. Senate, not providing fair coverage, if any, to Voinovich's opponent, State Sen. Eric Fingerhut, a Democrat.[18] George Victor Voinovich (Vojinović in Serbo-Croatian) (born July 15, 1936) is an American politician of the Republican Party. ...
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Publishing concealed weapons permit holder lists In 2005, the newspaper twice published lists of concealed weapon permit holders from the 5 counties around Cleveland. Editor Doug Clifton defended the paper's decision, sparking a feud with a pro-carry lobbyist group.[19] State Senator Steve Austria called it abuse of the media access privilege, saying publishing these names would threaten the safety of the men and women who obtain these permits. An Ohio gun rights group then published Mr. Clifton's home address and phone number.[20] The phrase Gun politics refers to the views of different people within a particular country as to what degree of control (increased gun rights vs. ...
"Held stories" controversy The Plain Dealer made national headlines in the summer of 2005, when editor Douglas Clifton announced that the newspaper was withholding two stories "of profound importance" after Judith Miller of The New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time Magazine were ordered to reveal confidential sources who had provided information on Joseph Wilson's wife being a CIA operative. The decision to compel the reporters to reveal sources was seen in the news media as a license to go after reporters and newspapers in the courtroom for not revealing confidential informants and a violation of the trust between reporter and said informants. Clifton was vilified in the news media as "having no backbone" and he himself even admitted that people could refer to him as "chickenshit." Clifton told the national press that while he and the reporters involved in the story were willing to be jailed for not revealing sources, the legal department of the Plain Dealer Publishing Company was worried that the newspaper itself would be sued and strongly opposed the printing of the stories. "Talking isn't an option and jail is too high a price to pay", Clifton said.[21] The controversy ended when the Cleveland Scene, an alternative weekly Cleveland newspaper, published a similar story, thus allowing The Plain Dealer to print the withheld story. The story turned out to be on former Mayor Michael R. White's federal corruption probe, which was leaked to the press by an attorney on the case. The second withheld story has yet to be revealed.[22] Judith Miller Judith P. Miller (born January 2, 1948), is an American journalist. ...
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Theater Critic Assaulted In late 2006, the head of the Cleveland Play House assaulted theater critic Tony Brown after a negative review of a Play House play.[23] Cleveland Play House is a theater complex in the Fairfax neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. ...
Cleveland.com The Plain Dealer is the major news contributor to Cleveland.com, the regional news, event, and communication portal run by Advance Internet. The paper does not operate its own editorial website, but does run a separate website for the business side of the newspaper, including advertising. Cleveland.com also features news from WKYC-TV, the local NBC affiliate, and the Sun Newspapers, which are a group of smaller, weekly, more suburban-oriented newspapers in the Greater Cleveland metro area also owned by Advance Publications. The Sun Newspapers are the largest chain of paid weekly newspapers in the country. A Web portal is a single point of access to information which is Linked from various logically related internet based applications and of interest to various type of users Portals present information from diverse sources in a unified way. ...
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The quality of the site (as well as other Advance Internet sites) is regularly criticized by the staff, including Editor Doug Clifton, newsroom staff and locals.[24]
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References - ^ Editor & Publisher, April 2007. [25]
- ^ Scarborough Research, May 2006. Retrieved November 27, 2006.
- ^ Scarborough Research Multi-Market Study R2, Nov. 2003; Demographics USA 2003. Retrieved March 21, 2006.
- ^ Columbua Journalism Review (2005). [26] Who Owns What. Retrieved June 5th, 2006.
- ^ Crain's Cleveland Business Book of Lists 2005. "Largest Cuyahoga County Employers".
- ^ "Plain Dealer editor retiring", The Plain Dealer, Jan. 19 2007. [27]
- ^ Cleveland: Confused City on a See-saw (Electronic Edition). [28] Philip W. Porter, 1976. Pages 234-235.
- ^ Cleveland: Confused City on a See-saw (Electronic Edition). [29] Philip W. Porter, 1976. Page 10.
- ^ The Pulitzer Prizes (2005) [30]. Retrieved June 5th, 2006.
- ^ The Pulitzer Prizes (1953) [31]. Retrieved June 5th, 2006.
- ^ The Plain Dealer, April 22nd, 2007 edition, Metro Section.
- ^ "Newspaper circulation declines", Seth Sutel, October 31, 2006. [32].
- ^ "It's Time To Do What Feels Right", Connie Schultz, February 16, 2006. [33]. Retrieved June 5th, 2006.
- ^ "The Plain Dealer kills off Sunday Magazine", Editor and Publisher, December 2005.
- ^ "For the Record", Presstime, September 2004, Reggie Borges.
- ^ "WHO HAS YOUR BACK? Journalism in the Corporate Age", Columbia Journalism Review, September 2005.
- ^ "Keeping reporters' notes out of court", The American Editor, August 2005 - October 2005, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION. Pam Luecke, Author.
- ^ "The New Dealer", Cleveland Magazine, Jan 2006. [34]
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