Ogden Standard Examiner

The ''Standard-Examiner'' is a daily morning newspaper published in Ogden, Utah, United States. With roughly 30,000 subscribers on Sunday and 25,000 daily, it is the third largest daily newspaper in terms of circulation in Utah, after ''The Salt Lake Tribune'' and the ''Deseret News''. It was acquired by Sandusky Newspapers, Inc. of Sandusky, Ohio, on March 23, 1994.

History

The ''Standard-Examiner'' is Utah's third largest daily news source, serving Weber, Davis, Box Elder and Morgan counties for over 128 years. Every week, over 200,000 area residents read ''Standard-Examiner'' through print, online and mobile formats to stay informed on happenings in their local community and throughout the world.

The ''Standard-Examiner'' traces its roots to Jan. 1, 1888, when the first edition of the ''Ogden Standard'' rolled off the presses. In a small city that was tough on newspapers, it persevered. But in 1904, it met competition from the ''Ogden Examiner''.

For 16 years, the ''Standard''—owned by William Glasmann—and the ''Examiner'' sparred for readership. But on April 1, 1920, the two competitors merged, creating the ''Standard-Examiner''.

For more than two generations, the ''Standard-Examiner'' kept its offices in the Kiesel Building, just west of 24th Street ( SR-53) and Washington Boulevard (US-89). In 1961, the newspaper moved to 455 23rd Street, where it would remain for 39 years.

During that time, the newspaper, still owned by Glasmann's descendants, was sold to the Ohio-based Sandusky Newspaper Group. It is the largest-circulation newspaper owned by SNG.

In 2000, the ''Standard-Examiner'' moved to Business Depot Ogden, a business park that had once been Defense Depot Ogden. Besides new offices, a new $10 million printing press was installed. Historically an evening newspaper, the ''Standard-Examiner'' also switched to morning publication that year.

The ''Standard-Examiner'' reorganized its newsroom in August 2015 around a Real Time Desk, which breaks news online, curates standard.net and engages readers on social media.

In April 2018, the ''Provo Daily Herald'' announced that it was buying ''Standard-Examiner''.

In mid-2018, The Ogden Newspapers Company bought out most of the Ogden Standard Examiner

Top of Utah

The "Top of Utah" is used to refer to the "northern part of the Beehive State, Davis, Weber, Box Elder, Morgan, Cache, and Rich counties." This term was coined by ''Standard-Examiner'' publisher Scott Trundle in the mid-1990s and used, as in a December 31, 2000, ''Ogden Standard-Examiner'' editorial, as "the six-county Top of Utah region."

Online archive

The Marriott Library at the University of Utah has begun digitizing early editions of the predecessor versions of the ''Standard-Examiner'', including the ''Ogden Junction'', the ''Ogden Herald'', and the ''Ogden Standard''.

See also

* List of newspapers in Utah

References

External links

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Digital Archives of the ''Ogden Standard-Examiner'' (Marriott Library, University of Utah)

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Companies based in Utah
Mass media in Salt Lake City
Newspapers published in Utah
Companies based in Ogden, Utah
Ogden, Utah
1888 establishments in Utah Territory