NEWSPAPER

Founded 1 June 1829 by Jesper Harding. He eventually merged the paper with the Daily Courier, titling the combined paper The Pennsylvania Inquirer and Daily Courier in 1839. He renamed it The Pennsyvania Inquirer and National Gazette in 1845. Jesper's son, William White Harding, assumed editorship in 1859 and changed the name of the paper to its present name in April 1860. Today it is the third-oldest independent newspaper in the United States.

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

Location:
Philadelphia, PA

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Walter Annenberg	Business	13-Mar-1908	1-Oct-2002	Media mogul, created TV Guide
Dan Balz	Journalist	c. 1946		Washington Post political reporter
Donald Barlett	Journalist	17-Jul-1936		Barlett & Steele
Richard Harding Davis	Author	18-Apr-1864	11-Apr-1916	Yellow-era journalist
John L. Dotson, Jr.	Publisher	?		Akron Beacon Journal publisher, 1992-2001
Ed Guthman	Journalist	11-Aug-1919	31-Aug-2008	Nixon enemy, Pulitzer Prize winner
David Cay Johnston	Journalist	24-Dec-1948		Perfectly Legal
William D. Kelley	Government	12-Apr-1814	9-Jan-1890	Powerful 19th century Congressman
James Mann	Author	1946		Rise of the Vulcans
Norman Pearlstine	Journalist	4-Oct-1942		Former Time Inc. Editor in Chief
Jane G. Pepper	Agriculturalist	c. 1945		Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Rick Santorum	Politician	10-May-1958		US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1995-2007
Michael Smerconish	Radio Personality	15-Mar-1962		Philadelphia talk radio host
Merrie Spaeth	Business	23-Aug-1948		PR guru for Reagan, Swift Boat Vets
James Steele	Journalist	3-Jan-1943		Barlett & Steele
I. F. Stone	Journalist	24-Dec-1907	17-Jul-1989	I. F. Stone's Weekly
Tim Weiner	Journalist	20-Jun-1956		Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
John Yoo	Government	10-Jun-1967		Thinks Geneva Conventions are obsolete
John Ziegler	Radio Personality	28-Mar-1967		Right-wing talk radio host

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