Indianapolis News

The Indianapolis News was an evening newspaper published for 130 years, beginning December 7, 1869, and ending on October 1, 1999. The "Great Hoosier Daily," as it was known, at one time held the largest circulation in the state of Indiana. It was also the oldest Indianapolis newspaper until it closed and was housed in the Indianapolis News Building from 1910 to 1949. After Eugene C. Pulliam, the founder and president of Central Newspapers acquired the "News" in 1948, he became its publisher, while his son, Eugene S. Pulliam, served as the newspaper's managing editor. Eugene S. Pulliam succeeded his father as publisher of the "News" in 1975.
The "Indianapolis News" was an evening paper, and its decline matched a growing circulation of the morning newspaper, the "Indianapolis Star". Prior to the closing, there had been a partial merging of the newspaper staff with the "Star".