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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 till 1938.[16]
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