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 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 become The Times-Press,^[4][5][6] as the town was not big enough for both.^[2]

L. E. Judd, from circa 1921,^[7] was editor of the combined newspaper.^{[1][2][8][9][10]} Its stereotyping department was headed by Joseph J. Metker,^[11] an international stereotyper,^[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 renamed the Akron Times-Press^[15] and existed until 1938.^[16]