Chicago Examiner
The Chicago Examiner, a William Randolph Hearst publication, began in 1902 as a morning edition to complement the evening edition paper, the Chicago American. Introduced at the cost of one penny, the Examiner set off a circulation war with the Chicago Tribune. The Chicago Public Library’s ten-year run of the Examiner, while incomplete, extends from February of 1908 to April of 1918 and represents the longest run of the paper still available. The Examiner eventually merged with the Chicago Herald, which Hearst bought in 1918.
