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The ''Kansas City Times'' was a morning newspaper in Kansas City, Missouri, published from 1867 to 1990. The morning ''Kansas City Times'', under ownership of the afternoon '' Kansas City Star'', won two
The ''Star'' and ''Times'' were locally owned by employees until 1977, when they were sold to Capital Cities. Under corporate ownership, ''The Times'' had higher circulation than its evening sister paper. Capital Cities made attempts to make the newsrooms appear to compete (though Kansas City did not have competing dailies after ''The Kansas City Journal'' folded in 1942).
''The Times'' won its only Pulitzer Prizes in 1982. Rick Atkinson won an award for "National Reporting", and ''The Times'' shared an award with ''The Star'' for "Local General or Spot New Reporting" for its coverage of the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse.
On March 1, 1990, ''The Star'' (then under ownership of
PBS American Experience Article on John Newman Edwards
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Pulitzer Prizes
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made ...
and was bigger than its parent when its name was changed to ''The Star''.
History
John C. Moore andJohn Newman Edwards
Major John Newman Edwards (January 4, 1839 – May 4, 1889) was famed General Joseph O. Shelby's adjutant during the American Civil War, an author, a pro- Confederate journalist and the founder of the Kansas City Times. He is perhaps best ...
founded ''The Times'' in 1867 to support the Democratic Party's anti-Reconstruction policies. Edwards had been adjutant of Confederate general Joseph O. Shelby's division during the American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...
. Moore was a colonel under Shelby, and before that chief of staff to General John S. Marmaduke, judge adjutant general, and second in the Marmaduke-Walker duel.
William Rockhill Nelson bought ''The Times'' on October 19, 1901, mainly because he wanted ''The Times Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. ne ...
wire. Nelson applied a subheading to the newspaper ''The Morning Kansas City Star'' and declared that '' The Kansas City Star'' empire was a 24-hour-a-day newspaper. In accordance with Nelson's will, employees took over the newspaper in 1926 upon the death of Nelson's daughter.
The ''Star'' and ''Times'' were locally owned by employees until 1977, when they were sold to Capital Cities. Under corporate ownership, ''The Times'' had higher circulation than its evening sister paper. Capital Cities made attempts to make the newsrooms appear to compete (though Kansas City did not have competing dailies after ''The Kansas City Journal'' folded in 1942).
''The Times'' won its only Pulitzer Prizes in 1982. Rick Atkinson won an award for "National Reporting", and ''The Times'' shared an award with ''The Star'' for "Local General or Spot New Reporting" for its coverage of the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse.
On March 1, 1990, ''The Star'' (then under ownership of Capital Cities/ABC
Capital Cities/ABC Inc. was an American media company. It was founded in 1985 when Capital Cities Communications purchased the much larger American Broadcasting Company. It eventually proposed a merger of equals with The Walt Disney Company and ...
) applied its name to the morning paper and ''The Times'' name disappeared, meaning that Kansas City no longer had an afternoon daily.
References
External links
PBS American Experience Article on John Newman Edwards
{{Authority control Kansas City Times Defunct newspapers published in Missouri Newspapers established in 1867 1867 establishments in Missouri 1990 disestablishments in Missouri Pulitzer Prize-winning newspapers