# Downtown Journal

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'''''Downtown Journal''''', founded during the 1970s<ref name=bizjournals /> as a print newspaper, was an online and print newspaper serving [Minneapolis](/source/Minneapolis%2C_Minnesota), [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota), in the [United States](/source/United_States). The paper covered the Minneapolis Mill District, Loring Park, North Loop, Elliot Park and the Mississippi riverfront.<ref name=bizjournals>{{cite news|title=Skyway News to become Downtown Journal|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2005/07/11/daily14.html|date=July 12, 2005|work=Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal|publisher=American City Business Journals|accessdate=2008-10-07}}</ref>

Minnesota Premier Publications, Inc., its parent company, acquired the paper as the ''Skyway News'' in 2001 and renamed it ''Downtown Journal'' in September 2005.<ref name=bizjournals /> MPP also publishes ''[Southwest Journal](/source/Southwest_Journal)'', ''Minnesota Parent'' and ''Minnesota Good Age''.  In April 2007, MPP redesigned its Web sites to concentrate more on online news;<ref>{{cite press release|title=MPP announces revamped dtjournal.com|url=http://www.mnpubs.com/index.php?publication=mpp&section=45&page=50&readmore=70|publisher=Minnesota Premier Publications|date=2007-04-30|accessdate=2007-08-27}}</ref> and, in July of that year, the ''Downtown Journal'' became a biweekly in print.<ref>{{cite news|author=Wyant, Carissa|title=Downtown Journal scales back publishing schedule|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2007/07/09/daily42.html|work=Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal|publisher=American City Business Journals|date=2007-07-13|accessdate=2007-08-29}}</ref>

The Downtown Journal ceased publication in December, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.journalmpls.com/|title=The Journal|website=The Journal|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-19}}</ref>

==See also==
* [Media in Minneapolis-St. Paul](/source/Media_in_Minneapolis-St._Paul)

==Notes==
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==External links==
* ''[http://www.downtownjournal.com/ Downtown Journal]''

Category:Newspapers published in Minnesota
Category:American news websites
Category:Mass media in Minneapolis–Saint Paul

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