Detroit Free Press
Along with The Detroit News, the Detroit Free Press is one of the two major Metro Detroit newspapers. It is owned by Knight Ridder. Considered editorially to be the more liberal of the two. It was first published as The Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer on May 5, 1831. In 1989, the paper entered into a 100-year joint operating agreement with its rival, combining business operations while keeping separate editoral staffs. At that time it was the tenth highest circulation paper in the U.S. The Free Press moved into the News building in 1998 and the two publish a single joint weekend edition. In 1995, employees of the Free Press and News went on strike, ranging from entry-level printers to columnists and critics. The strike was resolved years later, and some of the strikers came back, but many did not.
