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Detroit Free Press is a daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events.

The newspaper is published seven days a week.

It is one of the best American media outlets, according to Mondo Times members.

The Detroit Free Press, known informally as the "Freep," is the larger of Detroit's two major daily newspapers. The paper was founded in May 1831.

In the spring of 2009, The Detroit Free Press cut back from offering home delivery seven days a week to delivery three days a week, each Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The newspaper however is still published everyday of the week.

With daily circulation of 290,730, Detroit Free Press is one of the largest circulation newspapers in the USA. Learn more at Mondo Newspapers, the worldwide newspaper directory.

This newspaper is owned by Gannett Company, Inc..

The web site is presented in the English language.


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 Contact Information

Jeff Taylor is the managing editor of the Detroit Free Press.

  Section editors:   
Book editor: Sharon Wilmore
Business editor: Jeff Taylor
Entertainment editor: Steve Byrne
Opinion editor: Stephen Henderson
Sports editor: Gene Myers
Travel editor: Nicole Avery

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 Content:     Very Good (6 votes)
 Political Bias:   Leans Left (6 votes)
 Credibility:   High (6 votes)
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Comments to date: 4. The most recent comments are below.

Eric Kallgren    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 10:11pm on Monday, May 25th, 2009

The Detroit Free Press won a 2009 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting on April 20, 2009:

Awarded to the Detroit Free Press Staff, and notably Jim Schaefer and M. L. Elrick, for their uncovering of a pattern of lies by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that included denial of a sexual relationship with his female chief of staff, prompting an investigation of perjury that eventually led to jail terms for the two officials."

The prize is awarded for a distinguished example of reporting on significant issues of local concern, demonstrating originality and community expertise, in print or online or both, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).


Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 11:14pm on Thursday, April 30th, 2009

In April 2009, the Detroit Free Press promoted Paul Anger to editor and publisher of the newspaper. Previously he was the paper's editor and vice president of news.


Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 11:24am on Friday, April 3rd, 2009

The two major Detroit newspapers now have limited home delivery, as the Wall Street Journal noted on March 31, 2009:

"Under a new distribution model announced in December, Gannett Co.'s Free Press and MediaNews Group's News this week limited their home delivery to Thursday and Friday, while only the Free Press arrives Sunday.

On other days, the two papers will publish an abbreviated print paper sold only on the newsstand and a replica electronic edition available via the Internet.

On Monday, the two dailies marked the occasion by distributing about a half-million copies of the abbreviated papers free at 18,000 locations throughout Michigan."


Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 2:49pm on Monday, December 15th, 2008

On December 13, 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported that the two major Detroit newspapers may cut back on home delivery:

"Detroit Media Partnership L.P., which operates the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News, is expected to announce next week that it will cease home delivery of the papers' print editions on most days of the week, according to people familiar with the company's thinking.

Detroit Media has not made a final decision, these people said. But the leading scenario set to be unveiled Tuesday calls for the Free Press, the 20th largest U.S. newspaper by weekday circulation, and the News to end home delivery on all but the most lucrative days -- Thursday, Friday and Sunday. On the other days, the company would sell single copies of abbreviated print editions at newsstands and direct readers to the papers' expanded digital editions.

The Free Press, owned by Gannett Co., and the News, owned by MediaNews Group, are operated by Detroit Media under a so-called joint operating agreement.

The Free Press and the News would be the first dailies in a major metropolitan market to curtail home delivery and drastically scale back their print editions. Other newspapers are contemplating similar moves in response to the erosion of advertising and the rising costs of printing and delivery. In October the Christian Science Monitor said it will stop printing a daily newspaper in April and move instead to an online version with a weekly print product."


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