The Akron Press

The Akron Press was a newspaper serving Akron, Ohio. It was founded in 1898.

It began as the Akron edition of the Cleveland Press Penny,^[1] printed in Cleveland and was transported to Akron by train. It gained local flavor when it began being printed in Akron.^[2] By 1903 it was described as "distinct".^[3]

By the early 1920s it was competing with the Akron Times. The two then joined together on March 14, 1925^[1] to be The Times-Press,^[4][5][6] as the town wasn't big enough for both.^[2]

L. E. Judd, Akron-Press editor,^[7] since circa 1921,^[8] was editor of the combined newspaper.^{[1][2][9][10]}

Its stereotyping department was headed by Joseph J. Metker,^[11] an international stereotypers,^[12][13] and in 1929 his son Robert succeeded him.^[11]

In 1923, for a brief period, Henry C. Segal, worked as a reporter for the Akron Press.^[14]

In 1927, the newspaper was named: The Akron Times-Press^[15] which existed until 1938.^[16]