Courier Journal

The Courier-Journal
The July 27, 2005 front page
of The Courier-Journal
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Gannett
PresidentEddie Tyner
EditorMary Irby-Jones
FoundedNovember 8, 1868; 156 years ago (1868-11-08)
Political alignmentWhig (formerly)
Headquarters525 West Broadway
Louisville, Kentucky 40201
 United States
Circulation
  • 29,818 daily
  • 40,898 Sunday
(as of Q3 2022)[1][2]
Websitecourier-journal.com

The Courier Journal, also known as the Louisville Courier Journal (and informally The C-J or The Courier), and called The Courier-Journal between November 8, 1868, and October 29, 2017, is a daily newspaper published in Louisville, Kentucky and owned by Gannett, which bills it as "Part of the USA Today Network".

It is the newspaper with the highest number of recorded circulation in Kentucky.[3][4] According to the 1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, the paper is the 48th-largest daily paper in the United States.[needs update]

  1. ^ Gannett. "Form 10-K". Securities & Exchange Commission. Archived from the original on March 10, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  2. ^ Benton, Joshua (March 9, 2023). "The scale of local news destruction in Gannett's markets is astonishing". Nieman Lab. Archived from the original on March 10, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Conley, Julia (June 11, 2020). "Kentucky's largest newspaper endorses progressive Charles Booker in Senate race. "Frankly, it's time to shake up the establishment," the Courier-Journal's editorial board writes". Salon. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  4. ^ Kessler, Martin (May 15, 2020). "'You're Not Going To Marry The NBA, Are You?' The Dating Woes Of A Beat Writer". WBUR-FM. Archived from the original on May 31, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2021.