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The Detroit Free Press

NEWSPAPER

Founded 1831 in Detroit by Sheldon McNight as The Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer. The paper was instrumental in making Michigan a U.S. state.

Official Website:
http://www.freep.com/

Location:
Detroit, MI

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Mitch Albom Novelist 23-May-1958   Tuesdays with Morrie
Clayton Boyce Business ?   American Trucking Associations
Frank Bruni Journalist 31-Oct-1964   New York Times food critic
Ellen Goodman Journalist 11-Apr-1941   Retired columnist for The Boston Globe
Edgar Guest Poet 20-Aug-1881 5-Aug-1959 A Heap o' Livin'
David Hunke Publisher c. 1952   Newspaper publisher
David Cay Johnston Journalist 24-Dec-1948   Perfectly Legal
Katherine Lanpher Radio Personality 27-May-1959   Al Franken's sidekick on Air America
Elvis Mitchell Critic 1958   New York Times film critic
Al Neuharth Journalist 22-Mar-1924   Founder of USA Today
Daniel Okrent Author 2-Apr-1948   Former public editor, New York Times
Bruce Vilanch Author 23-Nov-1948   The fat guy who writes everyone's jokes
Ben G. Wright Publisher c. 1911 10-Apr-2001 Publisher, Field and Stream

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