History
The ''Evansville Courier'' was founded in 1845 by William Newton, a young attorney. Its first issue was printed two years before the city had a charter. The ''Evansville Press'' was founded in 1906 by Edward W. Scripps as an afternoon daily. Both papers were separate and fierce competitors until 1937, when the ''Evansville Press'' was flooded and the ''Evansville Courier'' agreed to print their competitor's paper. In 1938, the two papers formed a joint operating agreement to handle business affairs. The two papers retained separate staffs and editorial policies, but published a joint Sunday edition with two editorial pages from the two papers. The E. W. Scripps Company sold the ''Press'' and bought the ''Courier'' in 1986. The joint Sunday edition was replaced by a Sunday edition of the ''Courier.'' The two newspapers continued to publish separate editions until the ''Evansville Press'' was discontinued as a separate newspaper on December 31, 1998. The ''Courier'' was renamed the ''Courier & Press''. In 2015, the newspaper was purchased byNotable contributors
* Karl Kae Knecht, cartoonist and photographer * Edward J. Meeman, began his journalism career at the ''Evansville Press'' as a $4 a week cub reporter; later edited the '' Memphis Press-Scimitar'' and encouraged environmental reportingReferences
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Evansville Courier and Press Newspapers of Southwestern Indiana Newspapers published in Indiana Gannett publications Mass media in Evansville, Indiana Daily newspapers published in the United States Newspapers established in 1845 1845 establishments in Indiana