The Olympian
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The Olympian is a McClatchy newspaper in Olympia, Washington, in the United States.
[edit] History
The Olympian started in 1860 as "The Washington Standard" a weekly paper. Daily papers did not start until February of 1889. The Olympian started daily service as a way to lead the crusade to make Olympia the capital of Washington State. The Olympian was running strong when in 1906 it was purchased by S.A. Perkins.
Mr. Perkins founded the Daily Recorder in 1891, which served as one of the news outlets in Olympia, but after a couple years of running both papers in town Perkins consolidated the two papers into what is now The Daily Olympian in 1927. The Perkins family sold the Olympian to Federated Publications in 1967, but on July 1, 1971 Gannett Corporation acquired the Daily Olympian from Federated Publication who is a subsidiary of Gannett Co. In its 130 year life the Olympian has had three name changes and occupied four buildings to bring it to its current offices on 4th Avenue in Olympia.
In February, 1982, the paper's name was shortened from The Daily Olympian to The Olympian. In September, 2005, Gannett sold The Olympian to Knight Ridder, who then sold it in 2006 to the current owners, The McClatchy Company. [1]
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