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56-553: Commonly, however, it refers to the economic and cultural-social region centered on the Greater Dayton area . Middletown and Hamilton both fall under the economic and cultural-social influence of Cincinnati and thus are not commonly included in this sense. Institutions and enterprises in the Dayton area, such as Miami Valley Career Technology Center , Miami Valley Hospital , Miami Valley Young Marines, Miami Valley Council of

112-589: A 0.3% decline in population. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area formerly included Clark County and Preble County . In 2005, Clark County containing Springfield, Ohio separated from the Dayton MSA to create their own MSA named Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area . As a result of new Census criteria to delineate metropolitan areas, Preble County was eliminated from the MSA in 2013 as it no longer qualified for inclusion. A significant drop in population for

168-568: A 19% population growth in Beavercreek , and a 40% population growth in Springboro . Smaller growths in the 2010 census in the Dayton area included Miamisburg , Centerville , Vandalia , and Fairborn . Many of Dayton's suburbs that saw declines in populations fared well from 2000 to 2010. Dayton's largest suburb, Kettering for example, only saw a 2.3% decline during the ten-year period and Huber Heights , Dayton's third largest suburb, saw

224-474: A concept has already received the nickname of "Daytonnati." The two metropolitan areas were expected to be combined after tabulation of the 2010 Census , but this did not occur. As of the 2020 census this has still not occurred due to criteria not being met for combined area designation Greater Dayton is part of the Great Lakes Megalopolis containing an estimated 54 million people. As of

280-664: A daily newspaper and 62 weekly and biweekly newspapers branded The Community Press in Ohio and The Community Recorder in Kentucky. The Department of Justice cleared the purchase the following March. In January 2004, the Enquirer informed the Post of its intention to let the JOA expire. The Post published its final print edition upon the JOA's expiration on December 31, 2007, leaving

336-470: A household in the MSA was $ 47,381, and the median income for a family was $ 59,770. Males had a median income of $ 38,430 versus $ 26,205 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $ 25,436. From the 2000 Census to the 2010 Census , the Dayton region has seen a shift in population from its urban core to more out-lying affluent suburbs. This is evidenced by a 10% growth in population in Englewood ,

392-463: A local news insert published twice-weekly on Thursdays and Saturdays in Hamilton , Butler , Warren , and Clermont counties. Since September 2015, the Enquirer and local Fox affiliate WXIX-TV have partnered on news gathering and have shared news coverage and video among the paper, broadcasts, and online media. In 2016, the Enquirer launched a true crime podcast called Accused that reached

448-538: A new printing press off Western Avenue in the West End to print both papers. In August 1980, William J. Keating appointed George Blake to serve as the Enquirer ' s first new editor since the Gannett acquisition. Blake, who was previously editor at The News-Press of Fort Myers, Florida , had a tendency to delegate that contrasted with the hands-on style of his predecessor, Luke Feck. The Enquirer underwent

504-791: A population of 814,049. The Dayton–Springfield–Kettering Combined Statistical Area is a CSA in the U.S. state of Ohio , as defined by the United States Census Bureau . It consists of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area (the counties of Montgomery , Greene and Miami ); the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area ( Clark County ); the Urbana Micropolitan Statistical Area ( Champaign County );

560-468: A promotion that offered a free plot of land near Loveland, Ohio , along the Little Miami River , after paying for a one-year subscription to the daily. The Loveland Castle was built on two such plots. The surrounding community is now known as Loveland Park . By the late 1940s, sales of the Enquirer , Cincinnati's last remaining morning daily, had increased dramatically, fueled in part by

616-415: A single word in large type. According to a 1912 college textbook on newspaper making, "The Enquirer has printed some masterpieces replete with a majesty of diction that is most artistic; but there are few papers that can imitate it successfully." During the 1930s and 1940s, the Enquirer was widely regarded among newspapers for its innovative and distinctive typography . In the 1920s, the Enquirer ran

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672-904: A staff reorganization and introduced a new format in September 1982. Under Blake, the Enquirer had a reputation for friendliness to corporate interests, exemplified in its weak coverage of the savings and loan crisis that engulfed financier Charles Keating , brother of Enquirer publisher William J. Keating. The paper's approach changed dramatically in January 1993 with the arrival of president and publisher Harry Whipple and editor Lawrence Beaupre from Gannett Suburban Newspapers in White Plains, New York . Beaupre emphasized investigative reporting, beginning with aggressive coverage of Charles Keating's conviction. By 1995, he had brought his team of aggressive investigative reporters from White Plains to

728-539: The Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester, New York , and the Lansing State Journal . One of his first moves was to reassign media critics to reporting positions. Callinan originally attempted to address declining circulation by focusing on lifestyle content aimed at younger readers; however, this approach alienated the paper's older core audience. The paper responded by reemphasizing national news in

784-509: The American Security and Trust Company of Washington, D.C. , as trustee . Ned successfully broke the trust regarding The Post , an action that led to its bankruptcy and eventual sale to Eugene Meyer in 1933. The Enquirer , however, continued to be held in trust until 1952. In the 1910s, the Enquirer was known for an attention-getting style of headline in which individual words or phrases cascaded vertically, beginning with

840-690: The Boy Scouts of America and Miami Valley Storytellers illustrate local usage. During the mid-twentieth century, among the largest employers in the Valley were Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, Champion Paper and Fiber in Hamilton, Armco in Middletown, and National Cash Register in Dayton. Local television stations WDTN , Think ( WPTD and WPTO ), WHIO-TV , WKEF and WRGT include

896-595: The Cincinnati.com website. In the 1864 presidential election , the newspaper opposed the reelection of Abraham Lincoln . On his second inauguration the paper wrote, "Mr. Lincoln commences today, a second term unfettered by constitutional restraint as if he were the Czar of Russia or the Sultan of Turkey." From 1920 to 2012 , the editorial board endorsed every Republican candidate for United States president. By contrast,

952-521: The Enquirer endorsed Hillary Clinton for president , its first endorsement of a Democrat for president since Woodrow Wilson in 1916 . The Kentucky Enquirer consists of an additional section wrapped around the Cincinnati Enquirer and a remade Local section. The front page is remade from the Ohio edition, although it may contain similar elements. Reader-submitted content is featured in six zoned editions of Your HomeTown Enquirer ,

1008-501: The Enquirer as the only daily newspaper in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Following the Post ' s closure, the Enquirer made efforts to appeal to The Kentucky Post ' s former readership, for example referring to the Cincinnati metropolitan area as "Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky" rather than simply "Greater Cincinnati". In April 2006, The Enquirer was cited by The Associated Press with

1064-470: The Enquirer is the last remaining daily newspaper in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky , although the daily Journal-News competes with the Enquirer in the northern suburbs. The Enquirer has the highest circulation of any print publication in the Cincinnati metropolitan area. A daily local edition for Northern Kentucky is published as The Kentucky Enquirer . The Enquirer won

1120-711: The Enquirer merged with the Daily Morning Message to become the Enquirer and Message (the Daily Enquirer and Message beginning in May 1844). In January 1845, the paper dropped the Message name, becoming The Cincinnati Daily Enquirer . Finally, in May 1849, the paper became The Cincinnati Enquirer . In 1844, James J. Faran took an interest in the Enquirer . In 1848, Washington McLean and his brother S. B. Wiley McLean acquired an interest in

1176-649: The Enquirer signed a joint operating agreement (JOA) with The Cincinnati Post . For two years, the Enquirer had secretly negotiated the terms of the JOA with the Post while securing concessions from labor unions. The two papers petitioned the Justice Department for an antitrust exemption under the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 . This was the second JOA application under the Newspaper Preservation Act;

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1232-461: The Enquirer was printed from a 130,000-square-foot (12,000 m ) press off Western Avenue in the West End. Until 2007, this facility also printed The Cincinnati Post under a joint operating agreement . Since March 2013, Gannett has contracted with The Columbus Dispatch in Columbus to print all its Cincinnati publications, including the Enquirer . Similarly, Gannett has contracted with

1288-569: The Enquirer went behind a metered paywall . In March 2013, Gannett closed its West End printing facility and contracted with The Columbus Dispatch to print the Enquirer in Columbus. Shortly after, the Enquirer began publishing in a smaller compact tabloid format. Former Post and Enquirer pressman Al Bamberger purchased the former Enquirer facility that June and sold it to Wegman Company, an office furniture installation company. Buchanan retired in March 2015. Gannett named Rick Green,

1344-477: The Enquirer . On March 22, 1866, a gas leak caused Pike's Opera House to explode, taking with it the Enquirer offices next door. A competitor, the Cincinnati Daily Times , allowed the Enquirer to print on its presses in the wake of the disaster. As a result, the Enquirer missed only one day of publication. However, archives of the paper's first 25 years were lost. Washington McLean

1400-762: The Enquirer . In October 2005, the Enquirer launched NKY.com , a website covering news from Boone , Campbell , and Kenton counties in Northern Kentucky. NKY.com was one of the first newspaper-published websites to make extensive use of user-created content , which it featured prominently on 38 community pages. In August 2006, Cincinnati.com launched 186 community pages covering towns and neighborhoods in Ohio and Indiana and began soliciting and publishing stories and articles from readers, which appear in Your Hometown Enquirer inserts. Since October 2012, Cincinnati.com has operated behind

1456-540: The Enquirer . The paper won awards for Michael Gallagher 's 1996 investigation into Fluor Daniel 's cleanup of the uranium processing plant at Fernald Feed Materials Production Center . On May 3, 1998, the Enquirer published a special 18-page section, titled " Chiquita Secrets Revealed", that accused the Cincinnati-based fruit company of labor abuses, polluting, bribery, and other misdeeds. Chiquita, owned by former Enquirer owner Lindner, denied all of

1512-490: The Enquirer's news operation moved one block west, to 312 Plum Street. The Enquirer operated two news bureaus until July 2013. The Northern Kentucky bureau produced The Kentucky Enquirer and The Community Recorder , while the West Chester bureau covered Butler and Warren counties for The Cincinnati Enquirer ' s northern zones and produced some editions of The Community Press . From 1977 to 2013,

1568-783: The Greenville Micropolitan Statistical Area ( Darke County ); and the Sidney Micropolitan Statistical Area ( Shelby County ). As of the 2020 Census, the CSA had a population of 1,086,512. According to an article in The Cincinnati Enquirer , as Greater Cincinnati grows northward through Butler County, its outer suburbs are expected to expand and begin to overlap the Greater Dayton area. Such

1624-603: The Lafayette, Indiana , Journal & Courier to print Community Press and Community Recorder editions since 2007. The Enquirer launched its first website, Enquirer.com , on November 1, 1996. Due to a joint operating agreement with The Cincinnati Post , it launched concurrently with the Post ' s site, @The Post . A shared website, GoCincinnati! , located at gocinci.net, displayed classified advertising and offered dial-up Internet access subscriptions. Local access numbers were available in cities throughout

1680-614: The Miami Valley , or more formally the Dayton–Kettering–Beavercreek, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area , as defined by the United States Census Bureau , is an area consisting of three counties in the Miami Valley region of Ohio and is anchored by the city of Dayton . As of 2020, it is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Ohio and the 73rd-largest metropolitan area by population in the United States with

1736-538: The Times-Star with an offer of $ 7.6 million, with the Portsmouth Steel Company as their agent. The deal closed on June 6, 1952. In its first year under employee ownership, the Enquirer reported a net earnings of $ 349,421. The employees lacked sufficient capital and managerial expertise to run the paper. City editor John F. Cronin led a revolt against management on November 25, 1955; he

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1792-580: The Times-Star , merging the afternoon paper with the Post . With the Times-Star and Enquirer acquisitions, the Scripps family owned all of Cincinnati's dailies, along with WCPO-AM , WCPO-FM , and WCPO-TV . The E. W. Scripps Company operated the Enquirer at arm's length, even omitting the Scripps lighthouse logo from the Enquirer 's nameplate. Nevertheless, the United States Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit against

1848-403: The census 2010, there were 799,232 people, 343,971 households, and 220,249 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 80.40% White , 14.90% African American , 0.20% Native American , 1.80% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 0.80% from other races , and 2.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.90% of the population. The median income for

1904-405: The 2018 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting for its project titled "Seven Days of Heroin". In addition to the Cincinnati Enquirer and Kentucky Enquirer , Gannett publishes a variety of print and electronic periodicals in the Cincinnati area, including 16 Community Press weekly newspapers, 10 Community Recorder weekly newspapers, and OurTown magazine. The Enquirer is available online at

1960-695: The Cincinnati and Dayton metropolitan areas as one by that time, though it would be up to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget to make the merger decision. The new Cincinnati–Dayton metropolitan area would be comparable in size to that of the Orlando–Deltona–Daytona Beach, FL CSA and place it within the top 20 most populous metros in the US, with a population of nearly 3.0 million. 39°46′07″N 84°11′23″W  /  39.768611°N 84.189676°W  / 39.768611; -84.189676 Greater Dayton Metro Dayton or

2016-488: The Dayton MSA is noted in the 2010 census because of these changes. Greater Dayton is home to a number of higher education facilities, including: Notable largest employers in the Dayton region : Greater Dayton is served by international, regional and county airports, including: The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority operates a public busing system in Montgomery county. Other transit agencies serve

2072-443: The allegations. Gallagher was charged and convicted for illegally obtaining some of the evidence through voicemail hacking , and the Enquirer fired him for lying about his sources. Faced with a potential lawsuit over the voicemail hacking, the Enquirer settled with Chiquita out of court, paying the company $ 14 million. Under the terms of the agreement, the paper published an unprecedented three-day-long, front-page retraction of

2128-697: The city. The Enquirer ' s first issue, on April 10, 1841, consisted of "just four pages of squint-inducing text that was, at times, as ugly in tone as it was in appearance". It declared its staunch support for the Democratic Party , in contrast to the three Whig papers and two ostensibly independent papers then in circulation. A weekly digest edition for regional farmers, the Weekly Cincinnati Enquirer , began publishing on April 14 and would continue until November 25, 1843, as The Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer . In November 1843,

2184-630: The company in 1964. In 1968, Scripps entered into a consent decree to sell the Enquirer . It was sold to influential Cincinnati millionaire Carl Lindner Jr. 's American Financial Corporation on February 20, 1971. In turn, Lindner sold the Enquirer to a Phoenix -based company of his, Combined Communications, in 1975, for $ 30 million plus 500,000 shares of common stock and 750,000 shares of common stock warrants in Combined Communications. Combined Communications merged with Gannett Company in 1979. On September 22, 1977,

2240-533: The corner of Third and Main, then to Main between Third and Pearl. In 1866, the Enquirer began publishing from offices in the 600 block of Vine Street, near Baker Street. From 1916 to 1928, the newspaper constructed a new headquarters and printing plant, the Cincinnati Enquirer Building , on this property. In 1992, the newspaper moved to 312 Elm Street. At the end of 2022, the newspaper's 30-year lease agreement at Elm Street expired, and

2296-577: The country through a network of Gannett publications. Both papers' home pages moved to a more memorable domain, Cincinnati.com , on November 1, 1998. The new brand encompassed about 300 local commercial sites and some community organizations. From May 2002 to March 2007, Cincinnati.com also included WCPO.com , the website of Post sister company WCPO-TV . The Post closed at the end of 2007, ending Scripps' involvement in Cincinnati.com . The CiN Weekly , Community Press , and Community Recorder weekly newspapers have also been online partners with

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2352-418: The current editorial board claims to take a pragmatic editorial stance. According to then-editor Peter Bhatia , "It is made up of pragmatic, solution-driven members who, frankly, don't have much use for extreme ideologies from the right or the left. ... The board's mantra in our editorials has been about problem-solving and improving the quality of life for everyone in greater Cincinnati." On September 24, 2016,

2408-546: The editor of The Des Moines Register and a former Enquirer assistant editor, as president and publisher. In August 2016, Gannett eliminated the Enquirer ' s Publisher position, transferring Green to the North Jersey Media Group in New Jersey. The Enquirer has published from many downtown Cincinnati locations. From Fifth Street between Main and Sycamore, it moved to Third Street, then to

2464-477: The entire series, destroyed any evidence they had gathered against Chiquita, and transferred Beaupre to Gannett headquarters. The paper largely reverted to its former approach to business coverage. On April 10, 2000, the Enquirer and Post downsized from a traditional 12 + 5 ⁄ 16 -inch-wide (313 mm) broadsheet format to an 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 -inch-wide (300 mm) format similar to Berliner . They also began publishing in color every day of

2520-550: The first, involving the Anchorage Daily News and Anchorage Times , was summarily approved but already seen as a failure. The Enquirer – Post agreement was approved on November 26, 1979, taking effect after negotiations and legal battles with unions. As the more financially sound paper, the Enquirer received an 80% stake in the business and handled all business functions of both papers, including printing, distribution, and selling advertising. Gannett opened

2576-493: The following counties and cities in the cultural Miami Valley: Additionally, WHIO includes the following locations in its news and weather coverage: As Greater Cincinnati grows northward through Butler County, it could conceivably merge with Greater Dayton by 2030, thereby virtually erasing any boundary between the two current Combined Statistical Areas (CSA). As a result, the US Census Bureau could begin reporting

2632-477: The news cooperative's General Excellence Award, naming The Enquirer as the best major daily newspaper in Ohio. Earlier that year, parent Gannett Co. named The Enquirer the most improved of the more than 100 newspapers in the chain. In December 2010, Callinan left for a professorship at the University of Cincinnati and was succeeded by Carolyn Washburn as editor. In October 2012, the online version of

2688-537: The newspaper and creating niche, crowdsourced products online for younger audiences. In October 2003, The Enquirer began publishing and distributing CiN Weekly , a free lifestyle magazine aimed at younger readers, to compete against Cincinnati CityBeat . In 2004, Gannett purchased local magazines Design and Inspire and increased coverage in The Kentucky Enquirer . In November 2004, Gannett purchased HomeTown Communications Network, publisher of

2744-503: The success of its Sunday morning monopoly; meanwhile, The Cincinnati Post and especially The Cincinnati Times-Star faced a declining afternoon market. In February 1952, The Cincinnati Times-Star offered to buy the Enquirer from the American Security and Trust Company for $ 7.5 million. In response, the 845 employees of the paper pooled their assets, formed a committee, and obtained loans to successfully outbid

2800-672: The surrounding counties and provide connections with RTA, including transit authorities in Greene and Miami counties. In addition to the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center , the Dayton Region's largest performing arts center, Greater Dayton has a vibrant theater community throughout the region. The Cincinnati Enquirer The Cincinnati Enquirer is a morning daily newspaper published by Gannett in Cincinnati, Ohio , United States. First published in 1841,

2856-477: The top of iTunes' podcasts chart. Under then-editor Peter Bhatia , the Enquirer became the first newsroom in the nation to dedicate a reporter to covering the heroin epidemic full time. That reporter, Terry DeMio, and reporter Dan Horn helped lead a staff of about 60 journalists to report the heroin project that won the newspaper its second Pulitzer Prize. The award was the first the newsroom won for its reporting, but its second win overall. The first Pulitzer win

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2912-527: The week. Gannett promoted the narrower format as being "easier to handle, hold, and read" but also cited reduced newsprint costs. In May 2003, Gannett replaced Harry Whipple with Cincinnati native Margaret E. Buchanan as president and publisher. Buchanan, previously publisher of the Idaho Statesman , was the newspaper's first woman publisher. The same year, Tom Callinan became editor of the Enquirer after stints as editor of The Arizona Republic ,

2968-597: Was a leading Copperhead whose editorial policies led to the suppression of the paper by the United States government during the Civil War . After the war, McLean pursued an anti- Republican stance. One of his star writers was Lafcadio Hearn , who wrote for the paper from 1872 to 1875. James W. Faulkner served as the paper's political correspondent, covering the Ohio State Legislature and Statehouse, from 1887 until his death in 1923. The Faulkner Letter

3024-467: Was a well-known column often carried in regional newspapers. In the 1860s, Washington McLean bought out Faran's interest in the Enquirer . In 1872, he sold a half interest in the newspaper to his son, John Roll McLean , who assumed full ownership of the paper in 1881. He owned the paper until his death in 1916. Having little faith in his only child, Ned , John Roll McLean put the Enquirer and another paper he owned, The Washington Post , in trust with

3080-676: Was awarded to Jim Borgman for editorial cartoons in 1991. The Enquirer ' s predecessor was the Phoenix , edited by Moses Dawson as early as 1828. It later became the Commercial Advertiser and in 1838 the Cincinnati Advertiser and Journal . By the time John and Charles Brough purchased it and renamed it the Daily Cincinnati Enquirer , it was considered a newspaper of record for

3136-413: Was fired the following month. Beset by financial problems and internal strife, they sold the paper to The E. W. Scripps Company , owner of The Cincinnati Post , on April 26, 1956. Scripps purchased a 36.5% controlling interest in the Enquirer for $ 4,059,000, beating out The Times-Star Company's $ 2,380,051 and Tribune Publishing 's $ 15 per share, or $ 2,238,000. Two years later, Scripps also acquired

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