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71-483: Similar to the Blitz series , NFL Street is seven-on-seven American football , modeled after street football . NFL players wear street clothing instead of helmets and uniforms, though players can wear football jerseys. Like other American football games, it utilizes basic football rules, but without fouls, penalties, or injuries, naturally leading to more aggressive gameplay than its real-life model. One important feature in

142-732: A Blitz in 2004 for the first time since the series began. After losing the NFL license to Electronic Arts , Midway brought back the original Blitz style play with 2005's Blitz: The League . The celebrations and the violent aspects returned and were ramped up to levels that the NFL never allowed. In place of real NFL teams are fictional teams such as the New York Nightmare and the Minnesota Reapers. Although no current NFL players were featured, retired players Lawrence Taylor and Bill Romanowski were hired to lend their voices to and help promote

213-464: A 1997 arcade game NFL Blitz that was ported to home consoles and spawned a series of sequels. Rather than being designed as a realistic interpretation of the sport of football, like Madden NFL or NFL 2K , the Blitz series was created as an over-the-top, exaggerated version of the sport, inspired by Midway's own NBA Jam basketball games. In 2005, after losing the NFL license, Midway relaunched

284-643: A daily newspaper and 62 weekly and biweekly newspapers branded The Community Press in Ohio and The Community Recorder in Kentucky. The Department of Justice cleared the purchase the following March. In January 2004, the Enquirer informed the Post of its intention to let the JOA expire. The Post published its final print edition upon the JOA's expiration on December 31, 2007, leaving

355-412: A first down would mean players would have to go 30 yards, instead of ten. Plays such as "Da Bomb" allowed for a quarterback to accurately throw the ball most of the length of the field at will and receivers could make impossible catches. On the other side, defensive players were able to leap up and swat (if not intercept) balls no other game could allow for or dive incredible lengths to make a stop. From

426-458: A local news insert published twice-weekly on Thursdays and Saturdays in Hamilton , Butler , Warren , and Clermont counties. Since September 2015, the Enquirer and local Fox affiliate WXIX-TV have partnered on news gathering and have shared news coverage and video among the paper, broadcasts, and online media. In 2016, the Enquirer launched a true crime podcast called Accused that reached

497-479: A mess of excellent unsportsmanlike, showboating taunts." The Village Voice gave the Xbox version a score of nine out of ten and said, "In the surprisingly good single-player "NFL Challenge" mode, you earn points to build a franchise, choosing everything from the players' mutated genes (10 attributes, plus size) to their speed-enhancing sneakers. 'Cause it ain't all about the steroids." However, Entertainment Weekly gave

568-511: A new entry in the series simply titled NFL Blitz . The game took the series back to the original style of Blitz , but removed the late hits due to input by the NFL. Late hits and some tackles were also removed in the Arcade1Up re-release of the first two games (and NFL Blitz 2000 Gold Edition ), which was released in 2022. "It's our belief that this is like the Road Runner ... (NFL Blitz)

639-528: A new printing press off Western Avenue in the West End to print both papers. In August 1980, William J. Keating appointed George Blake to serve as the Enquirer ' s first new editor since the Gannett acquisition. Blake, who was previously editor at The News-Press of Fort Myers, Florida , had a tendency to delegate that contrasted with the hands-on style of his predecessor, Luke Feck. The Enquirer underwent

710-402: A pool of around 40 NFL players, some of which are Legends. In game, the teams are referred as "Team One" and "Team Two". Regulation Pickup Games of NFL Street allow each team one redraft (also called a "Re") if one team believes the random assortment of players available in the draft are not up to par. However, if both teams have used their redraft, another redraft can be done if both teams dislike

781-460: A promotion that offered a free plot of land near Loveland, Ohio , along the Little Miami River , after paying for a one-year subscription to the daily. The Loveland Castle was built on two such plots. The surrounding community is now known as Loveland Park . By the late 1940s, sales of the Enquirer , Cincinnati's last remaining morning daily, had increased dramatically, fueled in part by

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852-409: A series also developed by Midway, were unlockable characters in some versions. The game was created by Midway Games and headed by lead artist, Sal DiVita and lead programmer, Mark Turmell. The NFL paid little attention to the game's development until just before the launch. Upon watching a preview scrimmage by Turmell and DiVita, league representatives said they could not have the NFL associated with

923-415: A single word in large type. According to a 1912 college textbook on newspaper making, "The Enquirer has printed some masterpieces replete with a majesty of diction that is most artistic; but there are few papers that can imitate it successfully." During the 1930s and 1940s, the Enquirer was widely regarded among newspapers for its innovative and distinctive typography . In the 1920s, the Enquirer ran

994-888: A staff reorganization and introduced a new format in September 1982. Under Blake, the Enquirer had a reputation for friendliness to corporate interests, exemplified in its weak coverage of the savings and loan crisis that engulfed financier Charles Keating , brother of Enquirer publisher William J. Keating. The paper's approach changed dramatically in January 1993 with the arrival of president and publisher Harry Whipple and editor Lawrence Beaupre from Gannett Suburban Newspapers in White Plains, New York . Beaupre emphasized investigative reporting, beginning with aggressive coverage of Charles Keating's conviction. By 1995, he had brought his team of aggressive investigative reporters from White Plains to

1065-404: A touchdown. On defense, it allows the player to easily get through their opponents blockers, cause fumbles, and possibly create a turnover. While difficult, it is possible to cancel a Gamebreaker by stopping your opponent from scoring. Additionally a Gamebreaker may be canceled if the player activates his while his opponent's is already activated. In this situation, both Gamebreakers are canceled. It

1136-620: Is a morning daily newspaper published by Gannett in Cincinnati, Ohio , United States. First published in 1841, the Enquirer is the last remaining daily newspaper in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky , although the daily Journal-News competes with the Enquirer in the northern suburbs. The Enquirer has the highest circulation of any print publication in the Cincinnati metropolitan area. A daily local edition for Northern Kentucky

1207-415: Is also possible to stop a defensive Gamebreaker by running out of bounds. Quick Game — In this mode you select a team and play a quick game against either the computer or a friend. The scoring system can be in touchdowns or style points, depending on the choice of the player. Pickup Game — A Pickup Game is the same as a Quick Game, but instead of choosing a team, you and your opponent create teams from

1278-552: Is available online at the Cincinnati.com website. In the 1864 presidential election , the newspaper opposed the reelection of Abraham Lincoln . On his second inauguration the paper wrote, "Mr. Lincoln commences today, a second term unfettered by constitutional restraint as if he were the Czar of Russia or the Sultan of Turkey." From 1920 to 2012 , the editorial board endorsed every Republican candidate for United States president. By contrast,

1349-420: Is not what goes on when players are on the field. This is a cartoon. Still, next year, we will dial this back a little more. We're going to err on the side of conservatism." —Gene Goldberg, then-NFL vice president of consumer products, in 2002 The Blitz titles largely follow standard American football rules as outlined by the NFL, but with key differences to encourage faster and more aggressive play. In

1420-504: Is published as The Kentucky Enquirer . The Enquirer won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting for its project titled "Seven Days of Heroin". In addition to the Cincinnati Enquirer and Kentucky Enquirer , Gannett publishes a variety of print and electronic periodicals in the Cincinnati area, including 16 Community Press weekly newspapers, 10 Community Recorder weekly newspapers, and OurTown magazine. The Enquirer

1491-525: The Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester, New York , and the Lansing State Journal . One of his first moves was to reassign media critics to reporting positions. Callinan originally attempted to address declining circulation by focusing on lifestyle content aimed at younger readers; however, this approach alienated the paper's older core audience. The paper responded by reemphasizing national news in

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1562-501: The American Security and Trust Company of Washington, D.C. , as trustee . Ned successfully broke the trust regarding The Post , an action that led to its bankruptcy and eventual sale to Eugene Meyer in 1933. The Enquirer , however, continued to be held in trust until 1952. In the 1910s, the Enquirer was known for an attention-getting style of headline in which individual words or phrases cascaded vertically, beginning with

1633-402: The Blitz series as Blitz: The League , depicting fictional players and teams in a fictional league with slightly more realistic (though still exaggerated) on-field play and a focus on the seedy behind-the-scenes lives of the players. Following the dissolution of Midway, EA Sports acquired the rights to the Blitz name and relaunched the series on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live with

1704-451: The Enquirer endorsed Hillary Clinton for president , its first endorsement of a Democrat for president since Woodrow Wilson in 1916 . The Kentucky Enquirer consists of an additional section wrapped around the Cincinnati Enquirer and a remade Local section. The front page is remade from the Ohio edition, although it may contain similar elements. Reader-submitted content is featured in six zoned editions of Your HomeTown Enquirer ,

1775-493: The Enquirer as the only daily newspaper in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Following the Post ' s closure, the Enquirer made efforts to appeal to The Kentucky Post ' s former readership, for example referring to the Cincinnati metropolitan area as "Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky" rather than simply "Greater Cincinnati". In April 2006, The Enquirer was cited by The Associated Press with

1846-687: The Enquirer merged with the Daily Morning Message to become the Enquirer and Message (the Daily Enquirer and Message beginning in May 1844). In January 1845, the paper dropped the Message name, becoming The Cincinnati Daily Enquirer . Finally, in May 1849, the paper became The Cincinnati Enquirer . In 1844, James J. Faran took an interest in the Enquirer . In 1848, Washington McLean and his brother S. B. Wiley McLean acquired an interest in

1917-619: The Enquirer signed a joint operating agreement (JOA) with The Cincinnati Post . For two years, the Enquirer had secretly negotiated the terms of the JOA with the Post while securing concessions from labor unions. The two papers petitioned the Justice Department for an antitrust exemption under the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 . This was the second JOA application under the Newspaper Preservation Act;

1988-456: The Enquirer was printed from a 130,000-square-foot (12,000 m ) press off Western Avenue in the West End. Until 2007, this facility also printed The Cincinnati Post under a joint operating agreement . Since March 2013, Gannett has contracted with The Columbus Dispatch in Columbus to print all its Cincinnati publications, including the Enquirer . Similarly, Gannett has contracted with

2059-565: The Enquirer went behind a metered paywall . In March 2013, Gannett closed its West End printing facility and contracted with The Columbus Dispatch to print the Enquirer in Columbus. Shortly after, the Enquirer began publishing in a smaller compact tabloid format. Former Post and Enquirer pressman Al Bamberger purchased the former Enquirer facility that June and sold it to Wegman Company, an office furniture installation company. Buchanan retired in March 2015. Gannett named Rick Green,

2130-467: The Enquirer . On March 22, 1866, a gas leak caused Pike's Opera House to explode, taking with it the Enquirer offices next door. A competitor, the Cincinnati Daily Times , allowed the Enquirer to print on its presses in the wake of the disaster. As a result, the Enquirer missed only one day of publication. However, archives of the paper's first 25 years were lost. Washington McLean

2201-744: The Enquirer . In October 2005, the Enquirer launched NKY.com , a website covering news from Boone , Campbell , and Kenton counties in Northern Kentucky. NKY.com was one of the first newspaper-published websites to make extensive use of user-created content , which it featured prominently on 38 community pages. In August 2006, Cincinnati.com launched 186 community pages covering towns and neighborhoods in Ohio and Indiana and began soliciting and publishing stories and articles from readers, which appear in Your Hometown Enquirer inserts. Since October 2012, Cincinnati.com has operated behind

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2272-532: The Enquirer . The paper won awards for Michael Gallagher 's 1996 investigation into Fluor Daniel 's cleanup of the uranium processing plant at Fernald Feed Materials Production Center . On May 3, 1998, the Enquirer published a special 18-page section, titled " Chiquita Secrets Revealed", that accused the Cincinnati-based fruit company of labor abuses, polluting, bribery, and other misdeeds. Chiquita, owned by former Enquirer owner Lindner, denied all of

2343-484: The Enquirer's news operation moved one block west, to 312 Plum Street. The Enquirer operated two news bureaus until July 2013. The Northern Kentucky bureau produced The Kentucky Enquirer and The Community Recorder , while the West Chester bureau covered Butler and Warren counties for The Cincinnati Enquirer ' s northern zones and produced some editions of The Community Press . From 1977 to 2013,

2414-598: The Lafayette, Indiana , Journal & Courier to print Community Press and Community Recorder editions since 2007. The Enquirer launched its first website, Enquirer.com , on November 1, 1996. Due to a joint operating agreement with The Cincinnati Post , it launched concurrently with the Post ' s site, @The Post . A shared website, GoCincinnati! , located at gocinci.net, displayed classified advertising and offered dial-up Internet access subscriptions. Local access numbers were available in cities throughout

2485-522: The Times-Star with an offer of $ 7.6 million, with the Portsmouth Steel Company as their agent. The deal closed on June 6, 1952. In its first year under employee ownership, the Enquirer reported a net earnings of $ 349,421. The employees lacked sufficient capital and managerial expertise to run the paper. City editor John F. Cronin led a revolt against management on November 25, 1955; he

2556-565: The Times-Star , merging the afternoon paper with the Post . With the Times-Star and Enquirer acquisitions, the Scripps family owned all of Cincinnati's dailies, along with WCPO-AM , WCPO-FM , and WCPO-TV . The E. W. Scripps Company operated the Enquirer at arm's length, even omitting the Scripps lighthouse logo from the Enquirer 's nameplate. Nevertheless, the United States Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit against

2627-600: The 2012 title simply called NFL Blitz . In 2000 Midway released a spinoff to Blitz based on the Arena Football League titled Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed for the PlayStation. Critical reception for Blitz: The League was mostly positive. Gamerankings.com gives the PlayStation 2 release a score of 75% and the Xbox release a score of 77%. GameSpot.com gave both PS2 and Xbox versions an 8.6/10. The Cincinnati Enquirer The Cincinnati Enquirer

2698-599: The NFL Challenge mode. The same features apply as in Pickup Game, but instead of a 40 player pool, you can select from any of the players in the game, including Legends. You can choose 1-2 players from any team except from the cheat code teams. The rosters are based on the 2003 NFL roster, with some earlier players as NFL Legends. The original score was done by turntablist group The X-Ecutioners , along with several songs that were part of pre-album releases for other artists on

2769-453: The NFL's video game rights, acquired the rights to the NFL Blitz intellectual property, and on October 19, 2011, EA Sports announced NFL Blitz ' return via a story with Electronic Gaming Monthly and the release of an announcement trailer. EA Sports intended the new NFL Blitz to be an "arcade" football experience, different from the simulation-oriented Madden series. The result was

2840-480: The NFL, pass interference is allowed, as are late hits, showboating and excessive celebrations. There are no timeouts, but the clock stops after every play. Extra point attempts are claimed to be automatic, but there are rare misses. Field goals and Two-point conversions are played out as usual. Quarters have been shortened to two minutes (default setting) with a faster running timer than real time; this includes overtime, which isn't sudden death . For most releases,

2911-596: The United States by July 2006. NFL Street received "favorable" reviews on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic . It received a runner-up position in GameSpot ' s 2004 "Best Alternative Sports Game" award category across all platforms, losing to Mario Power Tennis . Maxim gave the game all five stars and said the player can "dispense with kicking and doodle-heavy playbooks, and deploy between-the-leg laterals and double reverses, plus

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2982-443: The allegations. Gallagher was charged and convicted for illegally obtaining some of the evidence through voicemail hacking , and the Enquirer fired him for lying about his sources. Faced with a potential lawsuit over the voicemail hacking, the Enquirer settled with Chiquita out of court, paying the company $ 14 million. Under the terms of the agreement, the paper published an unprecedented three-day-long, front-page retraction of

3053-406: The beginning, one of the key changes in Blitz was the animations. Where other games had to keep normal tackling and stops, Blitz players were able to stop a play in a variety of unique ways. One of the most common was for a defensive player to grab his opponent and spin him around and fling him to the ground, sometimes giving them extra yards in the process. This violent and theatrical style allows

3124-678: The city. The Enquirer ' s first issue, on April 10, 1841, consisted of "just four pages of squint-inducing text that was, at times, as ugly in tone as it was in appearance". It declared its staunch support for the Democratic Party , in contrast to the three Whig papers and two ostensibly independent papers then in circulation. A weekly digest edition for regional farmers, the Weekly Cincinnati Enquirer , began publishing on April 14 and would continue until November 25, 1843, as The Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer . In November 1843,

3195-620: The company in 1964. In 1968, Scripps entered into a consent decree to sell the Enquirer . It was sold to influential Cincinnati millionaire Carl Lindner Jr. 's American Financial Corporation on February 20, 1971. In turn, Lindner sold the Enquirer to a Phoenix -based company of his, Combined Communications, in 1975, for $ 30 million plus 500,000 shares of common stock and 750,000 shares of common stock warrants in Combined Communications. Combined Communications merged with Gannett Company in 1979. On September 22, 1977,

3266-521: The corner of Third and Main, then to Main between Third and Pearl. In 1866, the Enquirer began publishing from offices in the 600 block of Vine Street, near Baker Street. From 1916 to 1928, the newspaper constructed a new headquarters and printing plant, the Cincinnati Enquirer Building , on this property. In 1992, the newspaper moved to 312 Elm Street. At the end of 2022, the newspaper's 30-year lease agreement at Elm Street expired, and

3337-577: The country through a network of Gannett publications. Both papers' home pages moved to a more memorable domain, Cincinnati.com , on November 1, 1998. The new brand encompassed about 300 local commercial sites and some community organizations. From May 2002 to March 2007, Cincinnati.com also included WCPO.com , the website of Post sister company WCPO-TV . The Post closed at the end of 2007, ending Scripps' involvement in Cincinnati.com . The CiN Weekly , Community Press , and Community Recorder weekly newspapers have also been online partners with

3408-418: The current editorial board claims to take a pragmatic editorial stance. According to then-editor Peter Bhatia , "It is made up of pragmatic, solution-driven members who, frankly, don't have much use for extreme ideologies from the right or the left. ... The board's mantra in our editorials has been about problem-solving and improving the quality of life for everyone in greater Cincinnati." On September 24, 2016,

3479-508: The draft. This is known in the NFL Street community as "Mutual Garb." NFL Challenge — This is the main mode in the game. You create a team, from logo to players height, and go through a series of challenges against other teams, unlocking new football stadiums, teams, equipment, and development points for improving your team by completing several challenges that vary in their difficulty All NFL Pickup — To unlock this mode, you must first beat

3550-530: The editor of The Des Moines Register and a former Enquirer assistant editor, as president and publisher. In August 2016, Gannett eliminated the Enquirer ' s Publisher position, transferring Green to the North Jersey Media Group in New Jersey. The Enquirer has published from many downtown Cincinnati locations. From Fifth Street between Main and Sycamore, it moved to Third Street, then to

3621-477: The entire series, destroyed any evidence they had gathered against Chiquita, and transferred Beaupre to Gannett headquarters. The paper largely reverted to its former approach to business coverage. On April 10, 2000, the Enquirer and Post downsized from a traditional 12 + 5 ⁄ 16 -inch-wide (313 mm) broadsheet format to an 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 -inch-wide (300 mm) format similar to Berliner . They also began publishing in color every day of

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3692-541: The first, involving the Anchorage Daily News and Anchorage Times , was summarily approved but already seen as a failure. The Enquirer – Post agreement was approved on November 26, 1979, taking effect after negotiations and legal battles with unions. As the more financially sound paper, the Enquirer received an 80% stake in the business and handled all business functions of both papers, including printing, distribution, and selling advertising. Gannett opened

3763-419: The game a B and said, "This pigskin sim fumbles by forcing players to run their amateur team against the pros in order to unlock better fields and additional players - a clear case of unnecessary roughness." The Cincinnati Enquirer gave it two-and-a-half stars out of five and called it "a fun, simplistic diversion, especially with a group of friends. However, once you've seen all the style moves it doesn't have

3834-453: The game as it was then programmed. They said there was too much violence in the game and offered to refund Midway's license fee . Midway was eager to keep the NFL's endorsement of the game, so they compromised on some of the graphic violence and "late hits" in the game. Beginning in 1997, Midway released a new entry in the series each year. However, after the commercial failure of the more simulation-oriented Blitz Pro , Midway did not release

3905-417: The game is "style points", which the player can earn by successfully completing style moves (which includes making a huge play or taunting the other team during the game). Gaining enough style points will earn the player a "Gamebreaker", which lasts for the entire drive. The Gamebreaker concept was adopted from NBA Street . An offensive Gamebreaker allows the player to plow through defenders and easily score

3976-407: The game. The game contains a significant amount of explicit content not seen in other entries of the series, such as the use of anabolic steroids and "juicing" injured players with what seems to be the equivalent of a cortisone shot. Blitz: The League also introduced an extensive story mode created with the help of one of the writers from ESPN's Playmakers . As a result of the mature themes in

4047-458: The more violent or insane aspects of the game as the license progressed. Subsequent releases stripped down "excessive celebrations" and late hits until the game was almost one of the sims to which it was originally opposed. However, the game still retained its over-the-top aspects including censored profanity done in a comical manner. Raiden and Shinnok, characters from the Mortal Kombat series,

4118-471: The news cooperative's General Excellence Award, naming The Enquirer as the best major daily newspaper in Ohio. Earlier that year, parent Gannett Co. named The Enquirer the most improved of the more than 100 newspapers in the chain. In December 2010, Callinan left for a professorship at the University of Cincinnati and was succeeded by Carolyn Washburn as editor. In October 2012, the online version of

4189-528: The newspaper and creating niche, crowdsourced products online for younger audiences. In October 2003, The Enquirer began publishing and distributing CiN Weekly , a free lifestyle magazine aimed at younger readers, to compete against Cincinnati CityBeat . In 2004, Gannett purchased local magazines Design and Inspire and increased coverage in The Kentucky Enquirer . In November 2004, Gannett purchased HomeTown Communications Network, publisher of

4260-422: The original games, seven players are on the field per side (as opposed to eleven). Not only were there fewer players, but positions were flexible at best. Wide receivers could be known to run the ball and sometimes pass, and defensive players were all crosses between pass rushers and defensive backs. 2002 saw an increase to eight players and NFL Blitz Pro (released in 2003) increased to the full eleven. Unlike

4331-473: The players to execute textbook professional wrestling moves such as the German suplex , elbow drop , and leg drop even after a tackle has been completed and the whistle blown. In addition, the team with the lead often receives kick-offs deeper in its own territory and are more likely to fumble or throw interceptions to help level the gameplay and encourage closer games. The NFL, however, made Midway tame most of

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4402-460: The soundtrack. By July 2006, the PlayStation 2 version of NFL Street had sold 950,000 copies and earned $ 37 million in the United States. Next Generation ranked it as the 58th highest-selling game launched for the PlayStation 2 , Xbox or GameCube between January 2000 and July 2006 in that country. Combined console sales of NFL Street games released in the 2000s reached 2 million units in

4473-509: The staying power of much deeper football games like EA's own Madden NFL 2004 ." David Leonard of PopMatters critiqued the game's depiction of African-American men, comparing the "emphasis on savagery, violence and animalistic features" to those used in the controversial first-person shooter Ethnic Cleansing . NFL Blitz NFL Blitz is a series of American football themed video games originally released by Midway featuring National Football League (NFL) teams. It began as

4544-495: The success of its Sunday morning monopoly; meanwhile, The Cincinnati Post and especially The Cincinnati Times-Star faced a declining afternoon market. In February 1952, The Cincinnati Times-Star offered to buy the Enquirer from the American Security and Trust Company for $ 7.5 million. In response, the 845 employees of the paper pooled their assets, formed a committee, and obtained loans to successfully outbid

4615-507: The title, The League is the first and only professional football franchise to ever receive the "Mature" rating from the ESRB and was banned in Australia . A sequel, Blitz: The League II was released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on October 13, 2008. After Midway's bankruptcy filing in 2009, EA Sports , publisher of the popular NFL simulation series Madden NFL and the exclusive holder of

4686-477: The top of iTunes' podcasts chart. Under then-editor Peter Bhatia , the Enquirer became the first newsroom in the nation to dedicate a reporter to covering the heroin epidemic full time. That reporter, Terry DeMio, and reporter Dan Horn helped lead a staff of about 60 journalists to report the heroin project that won the newspaper its second Pulitzer Prize. The award was the first the newsroom won for its reporting, but its second win overall. The first Pulitzer win

4757-520: The week. Gannett promoted the narrower format as being "easier to handle, hold, and read" but also cited reduced newsprint costs. In May 2003, Gannett replaced Harry Whipple with Cincinnati native Margaret E. Buchanan as president and publisher. Buchanan, previously publisher of the Idaho Statesman , was the newspaper's first woman publisher. The same year, Tom Callinan became editor of the Enquirer after stints as editor of The Arizona Republic ,

4828-582: Was a leading Copperhead whose editorial policies led to the suppression of the paper by the United States government during the Civil War . After the war, McLean pursued an anti- Republican stance. One of his star writers was Lafcadio Hearn , who wrote for the paper from 1872 to 1875. James W. Faulkner served as the paper's political correspondent, covering the Ohio State Legislature and Statehouse, from 1887 until his death in 1923. The Faulkner Letter

4899-467: Was a well-known column often carried in regional newspapers. In the 1860s, Washington McLean bought out Faran's interest in the Enquirer . In 1872, he sold a half interest in the newspaper to his son, John Roll McLean , who assumed full ownership of the paper in 1881. He owned the paper until his death in 1916. Having little faith in his only child, Ned , John Roll McLean put the Enquirer and another paper he owned, The Washington Post , in trust with

4970-642: Was awarded to Jim Borgman for editorial cartoons in 1991. The Enquirer ' s predecessor was the Phoenix , edited by Moses Dawson as early as 1828. It later became the Commercial Advertiser and in 1838 the Cincinnati Advertiser and Journal . By the time John and Charles Brough purchased it and renamed it the Daily Cincinnati Enquirer , it was considered a newspaper of record for

5041-413: Was fired the following month. Beset by financial problems and internal strife, they sold the paper to The E. W. Scripps Company , owner of The Cincinnati Post , on April 26, 1956. Scripps purchased a 36.5% controlling interest in the Enquirer for $ 4,059,000, beating out The Times-Star Company's $ 2,380,051 and Tribune Publishing 's $ 15 per share, or $ 2,238,000. Two years later, Scripps also acquired

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