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The Detroit Free Press launched on the 5th of May 1831 as Michigan's first daily newspaper. John R. Williams and his uncle Joseph Campau started the publication using a Washington press purchased from the Oakland Chronicle of Pontiac.
Gannett Company acquired the paper in 2005 before GateHouse Media completed its purchase of Gannett on the 19th of November 2019. The newspaper moved to Clifford Street in December 2024 after receiving notice from Dan Gilbert's Bedrock Management Services.
The partnership ended on the 28th of December 2025 when Gannett announced it would not renew the agreement six months after closing its Sterling Heights printing facility. The one hundred-year joint operating agreement began in 1989 but concluded following the January 2025 job cuts at the print plant.
The Detroit Free Press has received ten Pulitzer Prizes over its history alongside four Emmy Awards. Jack Ohman won multiple Pulitzers for editorial cartoons while David Turnley contributed significant photojournalism to the paper's legacy.
Free Press offices relocated to a facility on Clifford Street in the Grand Circus Park Historic District in December 2024. This move followed their departure from West Fort Street after receiving notice from Dan Gilbert's Bedrock Management Services.