The Republic (Columbus, Indiana)
{{short description|American daily newspaper}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = The Republic
| image =
| caption =
| type = Daily newspaper
| format = Broadsheet
| foundation = {{start date|1872|04|04}}, as {{nowrap|The Columbus Republican}}{{cite web|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84027298/ |title=About The Columbus Republican|work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |accessdate=November 19, 2018}}
| owners = AIM Media Indiana
| publisher = AIM Media Indiana
| editor = Julie McClure
| circulation = 21,500 Daily
| circulation_date = 2012
| headquarters = 2980 N. National Road, Suite A
Columbus, Indiana 47201, {{nowrap|United States}}
| oclc =
| ISSN = 1086-0649
| website = {{URL|therepublic.com}}
}}
File:Former Republic newspaper office, Don Nissen.jpg
The Republic is an American daily newspaper published in Columbus, Indiana, United States. It is owned by AIM Media Indiana, a subsidiary of AIM Media.
It covers the city of Columbus and several nearby communities in Bartholomew and Jennings counties.
History
Isaac T. Brown founded The Columbus Republican, a weekly newspaper, in 1872. The first issue was published on Thursday, April 4, 1872. Isaac's father, Isaac M. Brown, served as the newspaper's editor during some of the early years. The Browns converted their newspaper to daily publication November 12, 1877, under the name Daily Evening Republican.{{cite web|title=Mission & History|url=http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/page/Mission%20History|work=DailyJournal.net|accessdate=June 15, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318111316/http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/page/Mission%20History|archivedate=March 18, 2015}} The newspaper's name was shortened to The Republic in January 1967.{{cite web|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047938/ |title=About The Republic|work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |accessdate=June 19, 2012}}
Isaac T. Brown died in 1917, leaving his son Raymond Brown in sole control of the newspaper. It stayed in the Brown family until its owner at the time, Home News Enterprises, a partnership established by Brown family members in 1994, sold to AIM Media Indiana in November 2015.
Over the past 50 years, The Republic has become the flagship newspaper of a chain of dailies and weeklies in Indiana, including several that adjoin The Republic{{'s}} coverage area. Robert N. Brown, Raymond's son, in 1963 founded the Daily Journal in Johnson County, which borders Bartholomew County to the north. The company expanded its footprint in the Columbus area twice more in the 21st century, purchasing the weekly Brown County Democrat in 2002,{{cite web|title=Company Overview|url=http://www.bcdemocrat.com/index.php?id=6|work=Brown County Democrat|accessdate=June 15, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124145412/http://bcdemocrat.com/index.php?id=6|archivedate=November 24, 2009}} and The Tribune daily in Jackson County (immediately south of Bartholomew County) in 2012.{{cite news|title=HNE Purchases Seymour Tribune|url=http://www.hspa.com/hne-purchases-seymour-tribune/|accessdate=June 15, 2012|newspaper=Hoosier State Press Association|date=January 12, 2012}}
Newspaper plant and offices
{{Main|The Republic office}}
The Republic newspaper plant and offices in Columbus were designed by architect Myron Goldsmith (1918-1996) and built in 1971. It is a steel frame and brick Modern style building with a glass and white aluminum curtain wall with some aluminum panels. The rectangular, one-story building measures 248 feet by 93 feet, sits on a low concrete foundation, and has a flat roof.{{cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title = Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher = Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2015-07-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/448ca/N/The_Republic_NHL,_Bartholomew_Co..pdf | title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: The Republic | accessdate = 2015-07-01| author =Lois Joyner and Laura Thayer | date= June 2011}} and [https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/448cf/N/The_Republic_NHL_photos.pdf Accompanying photographs].{{rp|4–6}}
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2012-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2012-11-02|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 10/22/12 through 10/27/12|publisher=National Park Service}} The building was featured throughout the 2017 film Columbus.
In 2018, Indiana University purchased the building to house their graduate architecture program.{{Cite web|url=https://soaad.indiana.edu/news-events/_news/2018/2018-04-30-the-republic-master-of-architecture-program.html|title=Indiana University purchases former Republic building to house master's program|website=School of Art, Architecture + Design|language=en|access-date=2019-02-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://architecture.indiana.edu/news-events/march-news/2019-01-31-republic-ded.html|title=Dedication of the Republic Building|website=J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program|language=en|access-date=2019-02-21}}
References
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External links
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- {{URL|www.therepublic.com|The Republic website}}
- {{URL|homenewsenterprises.com|Home News Enterprises}}
{{Columbus, Indiana}}
{{HomeNews}}
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Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1971
Category:Newspapers published in Indiana