CharlestonGazette West Virginia News
The largest newspaper of West Virginia, the CharlestonGazette appears
daily from Monday to Friday, and on Saturdays and Sundays it is issued
in combination with the Gazette-Mail.
The
CharlestonGazette early days go back to 1873 when it was known as the
Kanawha Chronicle and it appeared weekly. The present day name dates
from 1907, when it officially became the CharlestonGazette.
In 1960, after deciding on a consolidation agreement with Charleston
Daily Mail, the Gazette moved to one of the Daily Mail Building. This
further led to the first Joint Operating Agreement in the United States.
The American Department of Justice had to run an investigation to ensure
the property in the transaction between the CharlestonGazette and the
Charleston Daily Mail.
The whole procedure resulted in a very money-saving maneuver for both
papers, meaning that they co-used the modern IBM computer-based typesetting
and composition program.
A premiere in the Joint Operating Agreement, one of the first to use
IBM computer systems in the United States, the CharlestonGazette remains
one of the best-reputed family-owned newspapers.
The CharlestonGazette pursues the truth as the guiding principle of
every news report; usually form a liberal perspective, yet avoiding
too great a political bias.
