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The Akron Beacon Journal was established in 1897 when two distinct newspapers joined forces to create a single morning publication. The Summit Beacon had been running since 1839 while the Akron Evening Journal began operations just one year prior in 1896.
GateHouse Media bought the newspaper in 2018 after McClatchy sold it to Black Press on the 2nd of August 2006. It stands today as the sole daily newspaper serving Akron and its surrounding areas in Northeast Ohio.
The paper utilizes printing facilities at The Repository located in Canton, Ohio after printing its final edition using its own presses on the 11th of November 2013. Both publications were owned by GateHouse during this period.
Herman Fetzer wrote under the pen name Jake Falstaff for readers of the Akron Times and Cleveland Press. He began his column Pippins and Cheese in 1920 while working as a suburban reporter.
John S. Knight won the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing based on Vietnam War weekly notebook columns. His son inherited ownership following Charles death in 1933 before the publication became part of Knight Ridder.