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Philadelphia Inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer is the major daily newspaper for the Philadelphia area. It was founded on June 1, 1829 and is the third oldest surviving daily newspaper in the United States. In 1936 it was purchased by Moses Annenberg, and on December 31, 1969 the paper joined the Knight publishing organization, now Knight Ridder Circulation in 2002 was 388,671 daily and over 778,000 sunday. The Philadelphia Inquirer composition and layout is done with Macintosh computers.