''The Indianapolis Star'' (also known as ''IndyStar'') is a morning daily

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that began publishing on June 6, 1903, in

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, United States. It has been the only major daily paper in the city since 1999, when the ''

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'' ceased publication. It won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2021 and the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting twice, in 1975 and 1991. It is currently owned by Gannett.

History

''The Indianapolis Star'' was founded on June 6, 1903, by

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industrialist George F. McCulloch as competition to two other

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dailies, the ''

Indianapolis Journal The ''Indianapolis Journal'' was a newspaper published in Indianapolis, Indiana, during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The paper published daily editions every evening except on Sundays, when it published a morning edition. The fi ...

'' and the ''Indianapolis Sentinel''. It acquired the ''Journal'' a year and two days later, and bought the ''Sentinel'' in 1906. Daniel G. Reid purchased the ''Star'' in 1904 and hired John Shaffer as publisher, later replacing him. In the ensuing court proceedings, Shaffer emerged as the majority owner of the paper in 1911 and served as publisher and editor until his death in 1943. Central Newspapers, Inc. and its owner,

Eugene C. Pulliam Eugene Collins Pulliam (May 3, 1889 – June 23, 1975) was an American newspaper publisher and businessman who was the founder and president of Central Newspapers Inc., a media holding company. During his sixty-three years as a newspaper publish ...

—maternal grandfather of future Vice President

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—purchased the ''Star'' from Shaffer's estate on April 25, 1944, and adopted initiatives to increase the paper's circulation. In 1944, the ''Star'' had trailed the evening ''

'' but by 1948 had become Indiana's largest newspaper. In 1948, Pulliam purchased the ''News'' and combined the business, mechanical, advertising, and circulation operations of the two papers, with the ''News'' moving into the ''Star's'' building in 1950. The editorial and news operations remained separate.

Eugene S. Pulliam Eugene Smith Pulliam (September 7, 1914 – January 20, 1999) was the publisher of the ''The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis Star'' and the ''The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis News'' from 1975 until his death. He was also a supporter of First A ...

took over as publisher upon the death of his father in 1975, a role he retained until his own death in 1999. In September 1995, the newsroom staffs of the ''Star'' and the ''News'' merged. In 1999, the ''News'' ceased publication, leaving the ''Star'' as the only major daily paper in Indianapolis. Soon thereafter the trustees of Central Newspapers, Inc., the owner of the ''Star'' and other newspapers in Indiana and Arizona, began investigating the sale of the small chain to a larger entity. In 2000, the Gannett Company acquired the paper, amongst others when it purchased the firm "Central Newspapers" for $2.6 billion, leaving Indianapolis with no locally owned newspaper other than the ''

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'', a weekly mainly circulated in the African-American community. On July 27, 2012, it was announced that ''The Indianapolis Star'' would relocate from its headquarters at 307 North Pennsylvania Street. It was later announced that the new location would be the former

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department store in

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. This move took place from the summer to fall of 2014. The former location had been used since 1907. After

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, USA Gymnastics national team osteopathic physician, was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison in January 2018 for sexually abusing female athletes, the prosecutor in the case specifically praised ''The Indianapolis Star'' for uncovering Nassar's decades-long history of abuse. The ''Star'' began its investigative reporting into Nassar and USA Gymnastics in 2016 and published its first related article in August 2016 when it shed light on USA Gymnastics' failure to properly investigate credible complaints of sexual abuse or pass the complaints on to police. After the August 2016 story, one of Nassar's victims, Rachael Denhollander, approached the Star about Nassar and USA Gymnastics' failure to investigate her complaint about him. This resulted in a September 2016 story on Nassar specifically. After the Nassar story, the ''Star'' was approached by many of Nassar's victims who shared similar stories of abuse. Nassar was charged with criminal sexual conduct in November 2016.

Pulitzer Prizes

The ''Star'' has won the

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once for national reporting and twice for investigative reporting. In 1975, the ''Star'' was honored for its 1974 series on

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within the

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. It was cited again in 1991 for its 1990 series on

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. In 2021, the ''Star'' was awarded a

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for an investigation into attacks by police K-9 units.

Production facilities

The ''Indianapolis Star'' has the largest and most advanced printing presses in the nation. The Pulliam Production Center at 8278 N. Georgetown Road on the northwest side of Indianapolis cost $72 million and covers ; printing of the ''Star'' at the facility began in 2002. The press hall that houses the four

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Geoman presses has on two levels. Each of the presses weighs , stands seven stories tall, and can print 75,000 papers an hour. With all four presses running, 300,000 papers can be printed in just one hour. The Pulliam Production Center allows tours of the facility.

Sections

Part of the newspaper's masthead displays the text of 2 Corinthians 3:17: "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." Monday through Saturday *Section A – National and world news, business, editorial *Section B - USA TODAY *Section C – Metro+State - metro and state news, obituaries, classified ads (except on Wednesdays), weather *Section D - Sports (with 1 sports columnist

Gregg Doyel Gregg Doyel is a sports columnist for the ''Indianapolis Star'', formerly a national sports writer for CBSSports.com, who three times has been named the country's top sports columnist by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Doyel has earned 13 di ...

) *Section E - (Wednesday) Classified ads, with none in section C; (Friday) Taste, which also includes movie listings *Section F – Extra (puzzles, advice, comics, television) *Local Living - (Thursdays only) things to do, community content ''The Sunday Star'' *Section A – National and world news, job classifieds *Section B - USA TODAY *Section C – Metro+State - metro and state news, obituaries, editorial, weather *Section D – Sports *Section E – Business, classified ads *Section F - Home+Garden powered by Home Finder *Section G - Indy Living (arts and entertainment, health, puzzles, etc.) *Section U - USA TODAY Life Sunday *Comics – Sunday comics

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