''The Pantagraph'' is a daily newspaper that serves Bloomington–Normal,

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, along with 60 communities and eight counties in the

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area. Its headquarters are in Bloomington and it is owned by

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. The name is derived from the Greek words "panta" and "grapho," which has a combined meaning of "write all things."

History

Bloomington businessman Jesse W. Fell founded the newspaper on January 14, 1837, making it among the oldest still-operating businesses in McLean County, though the business lapsed during 1839-1845. W. O. Davis and his heirs owned the ''Pantagraph'' for many years until selling the paper to

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in 1980. The paper was purchased by Pulitzer from Chronicle Publishing Company in 1999; Lee Enterprises bought Pulitzer in 2005. The paper was originally called ''The Bloomington Observer and McLean County Advocate''. Through the years, the newspaper went through several name changes, such as ''The Whig'', ''The Intelligencer'', ''The Daily Pantagraph'', ''The Pantagraph'' in 1985, just ''Pantagraph'' in 2006, changing back to ''The Pantagraph'' in 2008. From 1935 to 2018, the newspaper operated from a 65,000-square-foot building at 301 W. Washington St. Then-Publisher Julie Bechtel announced in November 2017 that the business would move two blocks east to a new home at 205 N. Main St., just across from the McLean County Museum of History in the heart of downtown Bloomington.

Operations

''The Pantagraph'' was a news partner of

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, which is situated in East Peoria, Illinois. Its sister publications include The Woodford County Journal in Eureka, Herald & Review in Decatur and Journal Gazette & Times-Courier in Mattoon.

References

External links

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Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections: Daily Pantagraph (1901)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pantagraph, The 1837 establishments in Illinois Daily newspapers published in the United States Lee Enterprises publications Newspapers published in Bloomington–Normal Newspapers established in 1837 Newspapers published in Illinois