''The Olympian'' is a newspaper based in
Olympia, Washington
Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat and largest city of Thurston County. It is southwest of the state's most populous city, Seattle, and is a cultural center of the southern Puget Sound region.
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, in the
United States
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History
Olympia was home to the first newspaper to be published in modern-day Washington, ''The Columbian'', which published its first edition on September 11, 1852.
''The Olympian'' started in 1860 as ''The Washington Standard'', a weekly paper. It was founded by John Miller Murphy, and its first issue was released on November 17, 1860. The paper became The Daily Olympian in February 1889 when it began publishing daily. Many people in Olympia still refer to The Olympian by its former name, or as "The Daily O."
''The Daily Olympian'' and another Olympia newspaper, ''The Daily Recorder'', merged in 1928.
''The Daily Olympian'' moved from its original home, on Legion Way and Washington Street, to the Capitol Press Building at the corner of Capitol Way and State Avenue.
The Gannett Company purchased ''The Daily Olympian'' in 1971 and shortened its name to ''The Olympian'' in 1982. ''The Olympian'' moved to its current location at 111 Bethel Street in 1972.
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In September 2005, ''The Olympian'' was traded by Gannett Company, Inc., along with the Bellingham and Boise newspapers, to Knight Ridder in exchange for the ''Tallahassee Democrat''.][
''The Olympian'' now shares much of its operations—including printing—with ''The News Tribune'', a McClatchy newspaper located in Tacoma. However, the newspaper's editor and reporters still work out of the Olympia office on Bethel Street.
In June 2017, ''The Olympian'' announced that it would move to an office in downtown Olympia, on the corner of Legion Way and Franklin Street. The building on Bethel Street will soon be occupied by the Olympia School District.
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Olympics trademark dispute
McClatchy submitted a trademark application for ''The Olympian'' in 2006, which was disputed by the United States Olympic Committee
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States. It was founded in 1895 as the United States Olympic Committee, and is headquartered in Col ...
under the terms of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978
The Amateur Sports Act of 1978, signed by President Jimmy Carter, established the United States Olympic Committee and provides for national governing bodies for each Olympic sport. The Act provides important legal protection for individual athletes ...
. The law was amended in 1998 to protect businesses and services in Washington state that were not named for the Olympic Games, but rather the geographic locations sharing the name. The United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States. The USPTO's headquarters are in Alexa ...
granted ''The Olympian'' its requested trademark in 2011.
See also
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* History of Olympia
The history of Olympia, Washington, includes long-term habitation by Native Americans, charting by a famous English explorer, settlement of the town in the 1840s, the controversial siting of a state college in the 1960s and the ongoing development ...
References
External links
TheOlympian.com
Official mobile website
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Mass media in Olympia, Washington
McClatchy publications
Newspapers published in Washington (state)