Evansville Printing Corporation
by Pat Sides
In 1936, in the midst of the Depression, Evansville’s oldest newspaper, the Evansville Journal, ended its long run, leaving the city with two daily newspapers.
Two years later, the Courier and the Press merged to form the Evansville Printing Corporation, which was located at Second and Vine streets (seen here in the 1950s).
For several decades, the two newspapers shared mechanical production and advertising costs. They maintained separate editorial and business departments but jointly published the Sunday edition until 1998 when the Press closed.
By that time the joint operation had moved to new headquarters on Walnut Street.
The Courier (now the Courier & Press), founded in 1845, is Evansville’s sole surviving newspaper and one of the oldest in the state.
