Memphis Press-Scimitar
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The Memphis Press-Scimitar was an afternoon newspaper based in Memphis, Tennessee
, United States, and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
. Created from a merger in 1926 between the Memphis Press and the Memphis News-Scimitar, the newspaper ceased in 1983. It was the main rival to The Commercial Appeal
, also based in Memphis and owned by Scripps. At the time of its closure, the Press- Scimitar, had lost a third of its circulation in 10 years and was down to daily sales of 80,000 copies.
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
, United States, and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
E. W. Scripps Company
The E. W. Scripps Company is an American media conglomerate founded by Edward W. Scripps on November 2, 1878. The company is headquartered inside the Scripps Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its corporate motto is "Give light and the people will find their own way."On October 16, 2007, the company...
. Created from a merger in 1926 between the Memphis Press and the Memphis News-Scimitar, the newspaper ceased in 1983. It was the main rival to The Commercial Appeal
The Commercial Appeal
The Commercial Appeal is the predominant daily newspaper of Memphis, Tennessee, and its surrounding metropolitan area. It is owned by The E. W. Scripps Company, a major North American media company. Scripps also owned the former afternoon paper, the Memphis Press-Scimitar, which it folded in...
, also based in Memphis and owned by Scripps. At the time of its closure, the Press- Scimitar, had lost a third of its circulation in 10 years and was down to daily sales of 80,000 copies.
Further reading
- "Memphis Press-Scimitar Rolls Final Edition Today", Associated PressAssociated PressThe Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
via Ocala Star-Banner, 31 October 1983. - "Memphis Paper Quits.; Evening Appeal Is Consolidated With The Commercial Appeal", The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, 1 July 1933, accessed 7 November 2010. - Frank, Ed. "The History", Memphis Press-Scimitar, accessed 7 November 2010. Archived by WebCiteWebCiteWebCite is a service that archives web pages on demand. Authors can subsequently cite the archived web pages through WebCite, in addition to citing the original URL of the web page. Readers are able to retrieve the archived web pages indefinitely, without regard to whether the original web page is...
on 7 November 2010. [Text is identical to the Tennessee Encyclopedia.]