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The Telegraph (Alton)
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The Telegraph is a newspaper
that serves the St. Louis Metro-East
. It was founded in 1836 as the Alton Telegraph by Lawson A. Parks.. It is published seven days a week and has an average daily circulation of 20,441. The paper is owned by Freedom Communications
. Until the 1970s, the Telegrpah was previously known as the Alton Daily Telegrpah and then the Alton Evening Telegraph
In 1969, the Alton Telegraph was sued for defamation by a local builder, James C. Green. A jury awarded $9 million. The newspaper could not appeal unless it posted a $10 million bond, and instead declared bankruptcy, eventually settling for slightly more than its insurance limits.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
that serves the St. Louis Metro-East
Metro-East
Metro East is a region in Illinois that comprises the eastern suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It encompasses five Southern Illinois counties in the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area. The region's most populated city is Belleville at 45,000 residents...
. It was founded in 1836 as the Alton Telegraph by Lawson A. Parks.. It is published seven days a week and has an average daily circulation of 20,441. The paper is owned by Freedom Communications
Freedom Communications
Freedom Communications, Inc. is a media conglomerate in the United States. It owns approximately 100 daily and weekly newspapers in the US, with a combined daily circulation of nearly one million subscribers, and also operates over seventy local news websites...
. Until the 1970s, the Telegrpah was previously known as the Alton Daily Telegrpah and then the Alton Evening Telegraph
In 1969, the Alton Telegraph was sued for defamation by a local builder, James C. Green. A jury awarded $9 million. The newspaper could not appeal unless it posted a $10 million bond, and instead declared bankruptcy, eventually settling for slightly more than its insurance limits.