The ''Iowa City Press-Citizen'' is a daily

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published in

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, United States that serves most of Johnson County and portions of surrounding counties. Its primary competitors are ''

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'' of

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, which has a news bureau in Iowa City, and ''

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'', the

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's student newspaper.

History

The ''Press-Citizen'' was formed in 1920 from the merger of two newspapers: the Democratic ''Iowa State Press'', founded in 1860, and the

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''Iowa City Citizen'', founded in 1891. Merritt Spiedel bought the ''Press-Citizen'' in 1921; Spiedel's company merged with the

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style building for the paper. Located at 319 E. Washington Street, the building also housed a mural by artist Mildred W. Pelzer, ''Symphony of Iowa''. In 1966, the mural was restored by Forrest Bailey, who was commissioned by Richard Feddersen for the work. The painting was later donated by Fedderson to the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. The ''Press-Citizen'' switched from afternoon to morning publication on September 15, 1997. On August 29, 1999, the ''Press-Citizen'' began publishing a Sunday edition that includes local news and sports sections packaged with the Sunday state edition of another Gannett newspaper, ''

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''. On February 15, 2015, the ''Press-Citizen'' announced that it would be discontinuing the Sunday edition on March 1 of the same year. Subscribers instead receive ''The Des Moines Sunday Register'' on Sundays which includes articles written by ''Press-Citizen'' reporters.

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