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The Capital Times
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| The Capital Times | |
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| Type | Monday - Saturday newspaper |
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| Owner | Capital Newspapers |
| Publisher | Clayton Frink[1] |
| Editor | Dave Zweifel[1] |
| Founded | 1917 |
| Political allegiance | Progressivism |
| Headquarters | Madison, Wisconsin, United States |
| Circulation | 19,355 Weekday 21,065 Saturday[2] |
| ISSN | 0749-4068 |
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| Website: www.madison.com/tct/ | |
The Capital Times is a daily Monday - Saturday newspaper published in Madison, Wisconsin by Capital Newspapers. The newspaper is primarily distributed in a 19 county region in south-central Wisconsin.[3] The Capital Times has a weekday circulation of 19,355 and a Saturday circulation of 21,065.[2]
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Founded by William T. Evjue in 1917, it began publishing as an afternoon daily on December 13, 1917, directly competing with the Wisconsin State Journal. The newspaper's motto was and continues to be "Wisconsin's Progressive Newspaper."[4]
Evjue, before starting the newspaper, was a managing editor and business manager at the State Journal. The Wisconsin State Journal had been a supporter of the progressive Robert La Follette, whom Evjue considered a hero, until he began publicly opposing World War I. In the summer of 1917, Evjue quit the Wisconsin State Journal over his disagreement with the State Journal's abandonment of La Follette.[4] [5]
Rumors were spread that the new newspaper was editorially pro-German due to Evjue's support for the anti-war LaFollette. As a result, shortly after publishing the first issue, the newspaper faced an advertising boycott. However, Evjue was resolved to beat the boycott and began visiting nearby communities selling $1 subscriptions. By the summer of 1919, the newspaper had a circulation of over 10,000 and the advertising boycott ended.[4]
In November of 1927, the paper would launch a Sunday edition.
Fierce competition continued between the Wisconsin State Journal and The Capital Times until the late 1940s when the newspapers could not afford to replace their aging equipment. After years of attempting to scoop each other and competing for advertising and circulation, the newspapers entered into consolidation talks in the hope of maintaining both newspapers.[4]
After tense negotiations, Lee Enterprises, owner of the Wisconsin State Journal, and Evjue's The Capital Times Company formed Madison Newspapers, Inc. (now Capital Newspapers) on November 15, 1948 to operate both newspapers under joint agency.
On February 1, 1949, the Wisconsin State Journal moved from afternoons to mornings and was the sole newspaper published on Sunday in the partnership.[6]
Following the death of its founder, William T. Evjue, in 1970, his controlling interest in The Capital Times Company, as publishers of The Capital Times, was transferred to The Evjue Foundation, founded a few years previous to make small donations to worthy causes.
As explained in a section of The Capital Times' website devoted to the Foundation's history, proceeds from Evjue's bequest
must go to organizations that best exemplify the beliefs that he championed during his lifetime, causes that could improve the quality of life for all the people in the Dane County area.
Accordingly, this bequest (initially valued @ $13,450) makes the Evjue Foundation majority shareholder of The Capital Times Company, in addition to being co-owner of Capital Newspapers.
As of 28 February 2005, the latest figures available, the Foundation's assets totalled $24,501,817, with $2,296,514 available for grants.
- Bill Berry (editorial)
- Linda Brazill (features)
- Judy Ettenhofer (editorial)
- Todd Finkelmeyer (sports)
- FYI Guy (features)
- Ed Garvey (editorial)
- Joe Hart (sports)
- Phil Haslanger (editorial)
- Mike Ivey (business)
- Margaret Krome (editorial)
- Mike Lucas (sports)
- Adam Mertz (sports)
- Joel McNally (editorial)
- Doug Moe (news)
- John Nichols (editorial)
- Barbara Quirk (features)
- Dennis Semrau (sports)
- Rob Schultz (sports)
- Rob Zaleski (news)
- Dave Zweifel (editorial)
- ^ a b Contact Us. Capital Newspapers. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
- ^ a b Retail Advertising Rates 2006/2007 (PDF). Capital Newspapers. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
- ^ The Capital Region's primary sources. Capital Newspapers. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
- ^ a b c d Our History. The Capital Times. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
- ^ Madison, WI. Lee Enterprises. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
- ^ History. Capital Newspapers. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
