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The Olympian
	The July 27, 2005 front page of; The Olympian
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	The McClatchy Company
Founder(s)	John Miller Murphy
Founded	1860 (as The Washington Standard)
Language	English
Headquarters	400 Union Ave. SE, Suite 200; Olympia, WA 98501; United States
Circulation	13,153 Daily; 15,454 Sunday (as of 2020)
ISSN	0746-7575
OCLC number	10253415
Website	theolympian.com

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The Olympian is a daily newspaper based in Olympia, Washington, in the United States. It is owned by The McClatchy Company and publishes a daily printed edition.

History

Olympia was home to the first newspaper to be published in modern-day Washington, The Columbian (unrelated to the modern publication), which published its first edition on September 11, 1852.^[2]^[3]

The Olympian started in 1860 as The Washington Standard, a weekly paper. It was founded by John Miller Murphy, and its first issue was released on November 17, 1860.^[4] The paper became The Daily Olympian in February 1889 when it began publishing daily. Many people in Olympia still refer to The Olympian by its former name, or as "The Daily O."

The Daily Olympian and another Olympia newspaper, The Daily Recorder, merged in 1928.^[5] The Daily Olympian moved from its original home, on Legion Way and Washington Street, to the Capitol Press Building at the corner of Capitol Way and State Avenue.

The Gannett Company purchased The Daily Olympian in 1971 and shortened its name to The Olympian in 1982.^[6] The Olympian moved to its location at 111 Bethel Street in 1972.^[5]

In September 2005, The Olympian was traded by Gannett Company, Inc., along with The Bellingham Herald and Boise newspapers, to Knight Ridder in exchange for the Tallahassee Democrat.^[5] In 2006, Knight Ridder was acquired by The McClatchy Company.^[7]

In June 2017, The Olympian announced that it would move to an office in downtown Olympia, on the corner of Legion Way and Franklin Street.^[8] The building on Bethel Street was to be occupied by the Olympia School District's administrative office.^[9]

In 2019, printing of the paper was moved to the press of The Columbian in Vancouver, Washington. Before that, it had been printed for many years in Tacoma on a press originally part of The News Tribune. The age of that press made it too costly to maintain.^[10] Starting on Jan. 25, 2020, The Olympian ceased producing a printed newspaper on Saturdays and replaced it with expanded newspapers on Fridays and Sundays.^[11]

In July 2023, The Olympian switched from delivering physical papers by local carrier to using the U.S. Mail.^[12] In March 2024, the paper announced it would decrease the number of print editions to three a week starting May 6.^[13]

Olympics trademark dispute

McClatchy submitted a trademark application for The Olympian in 2006, which was disputed by the United States Olympic Committee under the terms of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978, amended in 1998, which gives the USOC exclusive control of various names derived from the name "Olympic Games". But the 1998 law makes an exception to protect businesses and services in Washington state that were not named for the Olympic Games, but rather the geographic locations sharing the name.^[14] The United States Patent and Trademark Office granted The Olympian its requested trademark in 2011.^[15]

References

^ "McClatchy | Markets". 2022-02-09. Archived from the original on 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
^ Katz, William A. (March 1963). "The Columbian: Washington Territory's First Newspaper". Oregon Historical Quarterly. 64 (1): 33–40. JSTOR 20612722.
^ Dougherty, Phil (September 2, 2017). "The Columbian, Washington's first newspaper, is published in Olympia on September 11, 1852". HistoryLink. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
^ Himes, George H. (August 11, 1912). "John Miller Murphy Closes Long Career". The Sunday Oregonian. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "About Us". The Olympian.
^ "Newspaper has colorful history". The Olympian. January 31, 2002. p. 39. Retrieved October 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Media shakeup: McClatchy to buy Knight Ridder". The Cascadia Advocate. March 13, 2006. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
^ Demarest, Dusti. "Executive Editor". The Olympian. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
^ "School Improvement Bond Projects". osd.wednet.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
^ Cockrell, Debbie; Kidd, Sue; Driscoll, Matt (February 3, 2019). "They stopped the presses. Printing of The News Tribune and The Olympian outsourced". The News Tribune. Archived from the original on February 10, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
^ "The News Tribune, The Olympian to stop printing Saturday newspapers". FOX13 News | Seattle & Western Washington | Formerly Q13 News. 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
^ Demarest, Dusti (May 11, 2023). "Changes coming to The Olympian's print, digital products". The Olympian. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
^ Demarest, Dusti (1 March 2024). "The Olympian to change print days as digital transition evolves". The Olympian. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ Hill, Christian (October 6, 2009). "Newspaper trademark bid challenged by U.S. Olympic Committee". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on October 9, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
^ Feder, J. Lester; Geidner, Chris (November 18, 2013). "International Olympic Committee Won't Challenge Russian Anti-Gay Broadcast Under Olympic Banner". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved January 19, 2022.

External links

[1] "McClatchy | Markets". 2022-02-09. Archived from the original on 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2023-04-12.

[2] Katz, William A. (March 1963). "The Columbian: Washington Territory's First Newspaper". Oregon Historical Quarterly. 64 (1): 33–40. JSTOR 20612722.

[3] Dougherty, Phil (September 2, 2017). "The Columbian, Washington's first newspaper, is published in Olympia on September 11, 1852". HistoryLink. Retrieved October 24, 2018.

[4] Himes, George H. (August 11, 1912). "John Miller Murphy Closes Long Career". The Sunday Oregonian. Retrieved April 5, 2018.

[about-5] "About Us". The Olympian.

[6] "Newspaper has colorful history". The Olympian. January 31, 2002. p. 39. Retrieved October 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[7] "Media shakeup: McClatchy to buy Knight Ridder". The Cascadia Advocate. March 13, 2006. Retrieved 2023-12-01.

[8] Demarest, Dusti. "Executive Editor". The Olympian. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

[9] "School Improvement Bond Projects". osd.wednet.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-01.

[10] Cockrell, Debbie; Kidd, Sue; Driscoll, Matt (February 3, 2019). "They stopped the presses. Printing of The News Tribune and The Olympian outsourced". The News Tribune. Archived from the original on February 10, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2023.

[11] "The News Tribune, The Olympian to stop printing Saturday newspapers". FOX13 News | Seattle & Western Washington | Formerly Q13 News. 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2023-12-01.

[12] Demarest, Dusti (May 11, 2023). "Changes coming to The Olympian's print, digital products". The Olympian. Retrieved November 30, 2023.

[13] Demarest, Dusti (1 March 2024). "The Olympian to change print days as digital transition evolves". The Olympian. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[14] Hill, Christian (October 6, 2009). "Newspaper trademark bid challenged by U.S. Olympic Committee". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on October 9, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2022.

[15] Feder, J. Lester; Geidner, Chris (November 18, 2013). "International Olympic Committee Won't Challenge Russian Anti-Gay Broadcast Under Olympic Banner". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved January 19, 2022.

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-| name                = The Olympian
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+| logo = The Olympian logo.svg
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+| image = [[Image:The Olympian front page.jpg|225px|border]]
-| caption             = The July 27, 2005 front page of<br />''The Olympian''
+| caption = The July 27, 2005 front page of<br />''The Olympian''
-| type                = Daily [[newspaper]]
+| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
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+| format = [[Broadsheet]]
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+| foundation = 1860 (as ''The Washington Standard'')
-| ceased publication  =
+| ceased publication =
+| owners = [[McClatchy|The McClatchy Company]]
-| price               = $1 daily or $2 Sundays/Thanksgiving Day.
+| founder = John Miller Murphy
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+| language = English
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+| circulation = 13,153 Daily<br />15,454 Sunday
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+| circulation_date = 2020
-| circulation         = 11,750 daily<br />27,758 Sunday <ref name="McClatchy profile">{{cite web|url=https://www.mcclatchy.com/our-impact/markets/the-olympian|title=The McClatchy Company Newspapers: The Olympian|publisher=The McClatchy Company|accessdate=8 January 2007}}</ref>
+| circulation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-09 |title=McClatchy {{!}} Markets |url=https://www.mcclatchy.com/our-impact/markets/the-olympian/ |access-date=2023-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219145015/https://www.mcclatchy.com/our-impact/markets/the-olympian/ |archive-date=2022-02-19 }}</ref>
-| headquarters        = 522 Franklin St. S.E.<br />[[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|WA]] 98501<br />[[United States]]
+| headquarters = 400 Union Ave. SE, Suite 200<br />[[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]], [[Washington (state)|WA]] 98501<br />[[United States]]
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+| website = {{URL|theolympian.com}}
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-'''''The Olympian''''' is a newspaper based in [[Olympia, Washington]], in the [[United States]].
+'''''The Olympian''''' is a daily newspaper based in [[Olympia, Washington]], in the [[United States]]. It is owned by [[McClatchy|The McClatchy Company]] and publishes a daily printed edition.
 ==History==
-{{Unreferenced section|date=December 2006}}
-Olympia was home to the first newspaper to be published in modern-day Washington, ''The Columbian''<!--no relation to current Vancouver paper-->, which published its first edition on September 11, 1852.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Oregon Historical Quarterly |volume=64 |pages=33–40 |number=1 |date=March 1963 |title=The Columbian: Washington Territory's First Newspaper |first=William A. |last=Katz |jstor=20612722}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Phil |date=September 2, 2017 |title=The Columbian, Washington's first newspaper, is published in Olympia on September 11, 1852. |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/20433 |work=HistoryLink |accessdate=October 24, 2018}}</ref>
+Olympia was home to the first newspaper to be published in modern-day Washington, ''The Columbian'' (unrelated to the [[The Columbian|modern publication]]), which published its first edition on September 11, 1852.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Oregon Historical Quarterly |volume=64 |pages=33–40 |number=1 |date=March 1963 |title=The Columbian: Washington Territory's First Newspaper |first=William A. |last=Katz |jstor=20612722}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Phil |date=September 2, 2017 |title=The Columbian, Washington's first newspaper, is published in Olympia on September 11, 1852. |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/20433 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=October 24, 2018}}</ref>
-''The Olympian'' started in 1860 as ''The Washington Standard'', a weekly paper. It was founded by John Miller Murphy, and its first issue was released on November 17, 1860.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1912-08-11/ed-1/seq-56/ |title=John Miller Murphy Closes Long Career |last=Himes |first=George H. |date=August 11, 1912 |work=The Sunday Oregonian |access-date=April 5, 2018}}</ref> The paper became The Daily Olympian in February 1889 when it began publishing daily. Many people in Olympia still refer to The Olympian by its former name, or as "The Daily O."
+''The Olympian'' started in 1860 as ''The Washington Standard'', a weekly paper. It was founded by John Miller Murphy, and its first issue was released on November 17, 1860.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1912-08-11/ed-1/seq-56/ |title=John Miller Murphy Closes Long Career |last=Himes |first=George H. |date=August 11, 1912 |work=The Sunday Oregonian |access-date=April 5, 2018}}</ref> The paper became ''The Daily Olympian'' in February 1889 when it began publishing daily. Many people in Olympia still refer to ''The Olympian'' by its former name, or as "The Daily O."
 ''The Daily Olympian'' and another Olympia newspaper, ''The Daily Recorder'', merged in 1928.<ref name=about>{{cite news |url=http://www.theolympian.com/customer-service/about-us/ |title=About Us |newspaper=The Olympian}}</ref> ''The Daily Olympian'' moved from its original home, on Legion Way and Washington Street, to the Capitol Press Building at the corner of Capitol Way and State Avenue.
-The Gannett Company purchased ''The Daily Olympian'' in 1971 and shortened its name to ''The Olympian'' in 1982. ''The Olympian'' moved to its current location at 111 Bethel Street in 1972.<ref name=about/>
+[[The Gannett Company]] purchased ''The Daily Olympian'' in 1971 and shortened its name to ''The Olympian'' in 1982.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 31, 2002 |title=Newspaper has colorful history |page=39 |work=The Olympian |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-olympian-newspaper-has-colorful-hist/157713856/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=October 23, 2024}}</ref> ''The Olympian'' moved to its location at 111 Bethel Street in 1972.<ref name=about/>
-In September 2005, ''The Olympian'' was traded by Gannett Company, Inc., along with the Bellingham and Boise newspapers, to Knight Ridder in exchange for the ''Tallahassee Democrat''.<ref name=about/>
+In September 2005, ''The Olympian'' was traded by Gannett Company, Inc., along with ''[[The Bellingham Herald]]'' and Boise newspapers, to [[Knight Ridder]] in exchange for the ''[[Tallahassee Democrat]].<ref name="about" />'' In 2006, [[Knight Ridder]] was acquired by [[The McClatchy Company]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2006 |title=Media shakeup: McClatchy to buy Knight Ridder |url=https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2006/03/media-shakeup-mcclatchy-to-buy-knight.html |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=The Cascadia Advocate |language=en}}</ref>
+In June 2017, ''The Olympian'' announced that it would move to an office in downtown Olympia, on the corner of Legion Way and Franklin Street.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Demarest |first1=Dusti |title=Executive Editor |url=http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article155433894.html |access-date=June 10, 2017 |newspaper=The Olympian}}</ref> The building on Bethel Street was to be occupied by the Olympia School District's administrative office.<ref>{{Cite web |title=School Improvement Bond Projects |url=https://osd.wednet.edu/departments/capital_planning_construction/school_improvement_bond_projects |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=osd.wednet.edu |language=en-US}}</ref>
-''The Olympian'' now shares much of its operations—including printing—with ''The News Tribune'', a McClatchy newspaper located in Tacoma. However, the newspaper's editor and reporters still work out of the Olympia office on Bethel Street.
+In 2019, printing of the paper was moved to the press of ''[[The Columbian]]'' in Vancouver, Washington.  Before that, it had been printed for many years in Tacoma on a press originally part of The News Tribune.  The age of that press made it too costly to maintain.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cockrell |first=Debbie |last2=Kidd |first2=Sue |last3=Driscoll |first3=Matt |date=February 3, 2019 |title=They stopped the presses. Printing of The News Tribune and The Olympian outsourced |url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article225367595.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210034810/https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article225367595.html |archive-date=February 10, 2019 |access-date=November 30, 2023 |website=The News Tribune}}</ref> Starting on Jan. 25, 2020, ''The Olympian'' ceased producing a printed newspaper on Saturdays and replaced it with expanded newspapers on Fridays and Sundays.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-23 |title=The News Tribune, The Olympian to stop printing Saturday newspapers |url=https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/the-news-tribune-the-olympian-to-stop-printing-saturday-newspapers |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=FOX13 News {{!}} Seattle & Western Washington {{!}} Formerly Q13 News |language=en-US}}</ref>
-In June 2017, ''The Olympian'' announced that it would move to an office in downtown Olympia, on the corner of Legion Way and Franklin Street.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Demarest |first1=Dusti |title=Executive Editor |url=http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article155433894.html |accessdate=June 10, 2017 |newspaper=The Olympian}}</ref> The building on Bethel Street will soon be occupied by the Olympia School District.
+In July 2023, ''The Olympian'' switched from delivering physical papers by local carrier to using the U.S. Mail.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Demarest |first=Dusti |date=May 11, 2023 |title=Changes coming to The Olympian's print, digital products |url=https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article275233716.html |access-date=November 30, 2023 |website=The Olympian}}</ref> In March 2024, the paper announced it would decrease the number of print editions to three a week starting May 6.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Demarest |first=Dusti |date=1 March 2024 |title=The Olympian to change print days as digital transition evolves |url=https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article285865536.html |access-date=2 March 2024 |website=The Olympian}}</ref>
+===Olympics trademark dispute===
+McClatchy submitted a trademark application for ''The Olympian'' in 2006, which was disputed by the [[United States Olympic Committee]] under the terms of the [[Amateur Sports Act of 1978]], amended in 1998, which gives the USOC
+exclusive control of various names derived from the name "Olympic Games".  But the 1998 law makes an exception to protect businesses and services in Washington state that were not named for the Olympic Games, but rather the geographic locations sharing the name.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hill |first=Christian |date=October 6, 2009 |title=Newspaper trademark bid challenged by U.S. Olympic Committee |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010007020_olympian06m.html |work=The Seattle Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009110412/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010007020_olympian06m.html |archive-date=October 9, 2009 |accessdate=January 19, 2022}}</ref> The [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] granted ''The Olympian'' its requested trademark in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Feder |first1=J. Lester |last2=Geidner |first2=Chris |date=November 18, 2013 |title=International Olympic Committee Won't Challenge Russian Anti-Gay Broadcast Under Olympic Banner |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/lesterfeder/international-olympic-committee-wont-object-to-russian-anti |work=[[BuzzFeed News]] |accessdate=January 19, 2022}}</ref>
 ==See also==
-{{Portal|United States|Journalism}}
+* {{Portal inline|United States}}
+* {{Portal inline|Journalism}}
-*[[History of Olympia]]
+* [[History of Olympia]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.theolympian.com TheOlympian.com]
+* [http://www.theolympian.com TheOlympian.com]
-*[http://m.theolympian.com Official mobile website]
+* [http://m.theolympian.com Official mobile website]
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+[[Category:1860 establishments in Washington Territory]]
+[[Category:Newspapers established in 1860]]

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