Ralph M. Ingersoll was an American newspaper publisher.
In the 1950s, his father,
Ralph Ingersoll, acquired and managed several newspapers. His company,
Ingersoll Publications
21st Century Media was an American media company. It was the successor of Ingersoll Publications and Journal Register Company, and it was succeeded by Digital First Media.
The company operated more than 350 multi-platform products in 992 comm ...
, founded in 1957, was taken over by his son Ralph M. Ingersoll Jr. in 1982 after he had bought his father out in a deal that left them no longer on speaking terms.
The Ingersoll chain included about 40 daily papers, the largest of which was
The New Haven Register
The ''New Haven Register'' is a daily newspaper published in New Haven, Connecticut. It is owned by Hearst Communications. The Register's main office is located at 100 Gando Drive in New Haven. The ''Register'' was established about 1812 and ...
, acquired in 1986. It also owned
The Trentonian
''The Trentonian'' is a daily newspaper serving Trenton, New Jersey, USA, and the surrounding Mercer County community. The paper in 2020 has a daily circulation of under 8,000 and a Sunday circulation under 7,000. As of August 2020, it was ranke ...
, in New Jersey's capital, and more than 100 weekly papers, including St. Louis Suburban Newspapers, a group of 41 weeklies.
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*{{cite news, url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/17/books/crusading-editor-dies-rich.html?scp=1&sq=Ralph%20Ingersoll&st=cse, title=Crusading Editor Dies Rich, first= Lester, last= Bernstein , newspaper=The New York Times, date=November 17, 1985
Ingersoll Ingersoll may refer to:
People
*Ingersoll (surname)
*Ingersoll Lockwood (1841–1918), American lawyer and writer
Places Canada
* Ingersoll, Ontario
United States
* Ingersoll, Oklahoma
* Ingersoll, Wisconsin
* Ingersoll Township, Michigan
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