The ''Standard-Examiner'' is a daily morning newspaper published in
Ogden, Utah
Ogden is a city in and the county seat of Weber County, Utah, United States, approximately east of the Great Salt Lake and north of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,321 in 2020, according to the US Census Bureau, making it Utah's eighth ...
. 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
''The Salt Lake Tribune'' is a newspaper published in the city of Salt Lake City, Utah. The ''Tribune'' is owned by The Salt Lake Tribune, Inc., a non-profit corporation. The newspaper's motto is "Utah's Independent Voice Since 1871."
History
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'' and the ''
Deseret News
The ''Deseret News'' () is the oldest continuously operating publication in the American west. Its multi-platform products feature journalism and commentary across the fields of politics, culture, family life, faith, sports, and entertainment. Th ...
''. It was acquired by Sandusky Newspapers, Inc. of
Sandusky, Ohio
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, on March 23, 1994.
History
On January 1, 1888, the first edition of the ''Ogden Standard'' was published. In 1904, the newspaper became rivals with the ''Ogden Examiner''. Subsequently, on April 1, 1920, the two competitors merged, creating the ''Standard-Examiner''.
The ''Standard-Examiner'' kept its offices in the Kiesel Building, just west of 24th Street (
SR-53) and Washington Boulevard (
US-89
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), until 1961 when the offices moved to 455 23rd Street. The building would remain there for 39 years. During that time, the newspaper, still owned by Glasmann's descendants, was sold to the Ohio-based Sandusky Newspaper Group (SNG). It is the largest-circulation newspaper owned by SNG.
In 2000, the ''Standard-Examiner'' moved to
Business Depot Ogden
Defense Depot Ogden was a U.S. military installation located in Ogden, Utah, United States. It encompassed with its southwest corner located on 12th Street (1200 South) and Tomlinson Road (1200 West). Its eastern border is the old Utah Norther ...
, a business park that had once been
Defense Depot Ogden. A new $10 million printing press was installed, and the newspaper switched to morning publication in the same year.
The ''Standard-Examiner'' reorganized its newsroom in August 2015 around a Real Time Desk, which reports breaking news online and curates the website. In April 2018, the ''
Provo Daily Herald
The ''Daily Herald'' is a daily newspaper that covers news and community events in Utah County, central Utah. Much of the coverage focuses on the Provo-Orem metropolitan area in Utah Valley.
The ''Daily Herald'' is owned by Ogden Newspapers. Th ...
'' announced that it was buying ''Standard-Examiner''. In mid-2018, The Ogden Newspapers Company bought out most of the Ogden Standard Examiner.
The ''Standard-Examiner'' is Utah's third largest daily news source, serving
Weber
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Notable pe ...
,
Davis
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Places Antarctica
* Mount Davis (Antarctica)
* Davis Island (Palmer Archipelago)
* Davis Valley, Queen Elizabeth Land
Canada
* Davis, Saskatchewan, an unincorporated community
* Davis Strait, between Nunavut and Gre ...
,
Box Elder and
Morgan Counties for over 128 years.
Top of Utah
The ''Top of Utah'' is used to refer to the northern section of Utah, including the 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 in a December 31, 2000, ''Ogden Standard-Examiner'' editorial as "the six-county Top of Utah region."
Online archive
The
Marriott Library
The J. Willard Marriott Library is the main academic library of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. The university library has had multiple homes since the first University of Utah librarian was appointed in 1850. The current building ...
at the
University of Utah has digitized early editions of the predecessor versions of the ''Standard-Examiner'', including the ''Ogden Junction'', the ''Ogden Herald'', and the ''Ogden Standard''.
See also
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List of newspapers in Utah
References
External links
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Companies based in Utah
Mass media in Salt Lake City
Newspapers published in Utah
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Ogden, Utah
1888 establishments in Utah Territory