Detroit Media Partnership, L.P. manages the business operations - including production, advertising and circulation - for the two leading

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newspapers: ''

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'' and ''

Detroit Free Press The ''Detroit Free Press'' (commonly referred to as the ''Freep'') is a major daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest local newspaper owned by Gannett (the publisher of ''USA Today''), and is operated by the Detro ...

''. Detroit Media Partnership also handles Detroit-area circulation for ''

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'', and ''

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''. Its headquarters are in

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History

Detroit Media Partnership is the result of a 100-year

joint operating agreement The Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 was an Act of the United States Congress, signed by President Richard Nixon, authorizing the formation of joint operating agreements among competing newspaper operations within the same media market area. It ...

between the ''Detroit Free Press'' and ''The Detroit News''. In 1987, the newspapers entered into the agreement, combining business operations while maintaining separate editorial staffs. The two papers also began to publish joint Saturday and Sunday editions, though the editorial content of each remained separate. At the time, the ''Detroit Free Press'' was the 10th highest circulation paper in the

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, and the combined ''

Detroit News ''The Detroit News'' is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. The paper began in 1873, when it rented space in the rival ''Detroit Free Press'' building. ''The News'' absorbed the ''Detroit Tribune'' on February ...

'' and '' Free Press'' was the country's fourth-largest Sunday paper. Originally called the Detroit Newspaper Agency, the company was reorganized and renamed after

Gannett Gannett Co., Inc. ( ) is an American mass media holding company headquartered in New York City. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. It owns the national newspaper ''USA Today'', as well as several ...

sold ''The Detroit News'' to

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, and purchased the ''Detroit Free Press'' from

Knight Ridder Knight Ridder was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. It was bought by McClatchy on June 27, 2006, allowing the latter to become the second largest newspaper publisher in the United States at the time ...

. Each paper now publishes separate editions Monday through Saturday, with the Detroit Free Press publishing the Sunday newspaper. In February 2014, the Partnership announced all three units would occupy six floors in both the old and new sections of the former Detroit Branch Building of the

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. The partnership anticipated completing the move before September and expected to place a sign on the exterior. In 2016 the company was rebranded a
Michigan.com
Christopher D Kirkpatrick
" Free Press Publisher Joyce Jenereaux announces retirement"
''Detroit Free Press'', 11:39 a.m. ET May 11, 2016

References

External links

Official website of DMPThe Detroit NewsThe Detroit Free Press
Companies based in Detroit Newspaper companies of the United States Gannett MediaNews Group Publishing companies established in 1987 Detroit Free Press Joint ventures The Detroit News {{US-media-company-stub