{{short description|Newspaper in Ogden, Utah}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Standard-Examiner | logo = | image = The standard examiner, ogden,utah 5.11.1922.jpg | caption = A 1922 front page of ''The Standard-Examiner'' | type = Daily newspaper | format = | owners = Ogden Newspapers | founder = Frank J. Cannon | publisher = Jim Konig | editor = Ryan Christner | associate_editor = | managing_editor = Jared Lloyd | news_editor = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = | staff_writers = | founded = 1888 | political_position = | language = English | ceased_publication = | relaunched = | headquarters = Ogden, Utah<br />United States | circulation = | sister_newspapers = ''Provo Daily Herald'' | ISSN = | oclc = | website = {{URL|standard.net}} }}
The '''''Standard-Examiner''''' is a daily morning newspaper published in Ogden, Utah. As of 2017, it is the third largest daily newspaper in terms of circulation in Utah, after ''The Salt Lake Tribune'' and the ''Deseret News''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standard.net/The-News-Starts-Here/2014/07/03/Standard-Examiner-Through-the-Years.html|title=The News Starts Here {{!}} Standard-Examiner|last=Standard-Examiner|website=Standard-Examiner|access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref> The paper has served Weber, Davis, Box Elder and Morgan Counties for over a century.
==History== [[File:Nameplate, The Ogden Standard (newspaper), Ogden City, Utah- Wednesday May 15, 1918 (page 1) (cropped).jpeg|thumb|262x262px|Nameplate, The Ogden Standard (newspaper) on Wednesday May 15, 1918]] On January 1, 1888, the first edition of the ''Ogden Standard'' was published.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 1, 1888 |title=Number 1, Volume 1 |work=The Ogden Standard |pages=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> It was founded by Frank J. Cannon. In 1892, Cannon sold the paper to William Glasmann so he could run for congress.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Keahey |first=John |date=December 8, 1991 |title=Possible Standard-Examiner Sale Evokes Memories for Publisher |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |pages=84}}</ref> Frank Francis, managing editor at the ''Standard'' for 7 years, secured an Associated Press franchise and launched a morning newspaper in Ogden called ''The Morning Examiner'' on January 1, 1904.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 6, 1903 |title=A Morning Paper For Ogden |work=The Semi-Weekly Standard |location=Ogden, Utah |pages=7}}</ref> It was rumored the ''Examiner'' was financially back by William Randolph Hearst, but this was false.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 26, 1903 |title=The Hearst Canard in Ogden. |work=Goodwin's Weekly: A Thinking Paper for Thinking People |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |pages=5}}</ref> It was actually funded by Glasmann.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=April 30, 1972 |title=Standard-Examiner History: A Tribute |work=The Ogden Standard-Examiner |pages=22}}</ref>
In 1911, the ''Examiner'' was acquired by J. U. Eldridge.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 11, 1911 |title=Morning Examiner Sold To Eldridge |work=The Ogden Standard-Examiner |pages=3}}</ref> In 1916, Glasmann died of a sudden heart attack.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 13, 1916 |title=WM. Glasmann Succumbs To Sudden Heart Attack {{!}} Published of Standard Dies At Residence |work=The Ogden Examiner |pages=1}}</ref> ''The'' ''Evening Standard'' was then published by his widow Evelyn Ellis Glasmann.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=February 28, 1955 |title=Mrs. Evelyn Glazebrook, 86, 'Ogden Examiner' Chief, Dies |work=Deseret News |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |pages=24}}</ref> Their son Abraham Lincoln Glasmann worked as editor and son Roscoe "Ross" Glasmann worked as general manager.<ref name=":1" /> Mrs. Glasmann started a tradition of serving coffee and homemade donuts to election night crowds, which the newspaper continued for decades.<ref name=":1" />
On April 1, 1920, the ''Standard'' and ''Examiner'' merged to form the ''Standard-Examiner''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 1, 1920 |title=An Anniversary |work=The Ogden Examiner |pages=4}}</ref> Mrs. Glasmann remarried to J.S. Glazebrook, a prominent real estate broker, and he died 14 years before her death in 1955.<ref name=":2" /> Abe Glasmann died in 1970.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 2, 1970 |title=Utah Publisher Abe Glasmann Is Dead At 77 |work=The Indianapolis News |pages=19 |agency=United Press International}}</ref> He was succeeded by his daughter Wilda Gene Glasmann Hatch, who was married to George C. Hatch.<ref name=":1" />
In February 1989, ''The Lakeside Review'' of Davis County, a weekly sibling paper, was absorbed into the ''Standard-Examiner''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 1, 1989 |title=Staffs of daily, weekly merge area coverage |work=Lakeside Review |location=Layton, Utah |pages=2}}</ref> Later that year the Hatch family acquired sole ownership of the paper and reorganized Standard Corp. with help from E. W. Scripps Company. Randell "Randy" C. Hatch followed in his mother's footsteps and was named editor and publisher. At that time the Hatch family also owned KUTV.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 13, 1989 |title=New Board Appointed {{!}} Standard-Examiner Names Publisher |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |pages=31 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> In December 1990, Randy Hatch announced a series of cost saving measures, including cutting the paper's size by 30%.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 21, 1990 |title=Standard Examiner Tightening Belt |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |pages=50 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
The Hatch family took on debt to gain complete control of the ''Standard-Examiner'' while businesses cut back on buying advertisements amid the early 1990s recession in the United States. In December 1991, Hatch family announced plans to sell the paper and entered talks with businessman Joe Cannon, a descendant of Frank J. Cannon. At that time the paper's Sunday circulation was 58,000.<ref name=":0" /> The deal fell through and the ''Standard-Examiner'' was instead sold to Sandusky Newspapers, Inc. of Sandusky, Ohio, on March 23, 1994.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 11, 1992 |title=Talks under way for sale of Standard-Examiner |work=The Daily Spectrum |location=St. George, Utah |pages=10 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Evans |first=DeAnn |date=March 28, 1993 |title=New Owners Vow Better Ogden Daily |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |pages=25}}</ref>
In 2000, the ''Standard-Examiner'' moved to Business Depot Ogden, a business park that had once been Defense Depot Ogden.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 29, 2000 |title=Utah Briefs |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |pages=17}}</ref> A new $10 million printing press was installed, and the newspaper switched from an afternoon to morning publication in the same year.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 19, 2000 |title=Ogden Paper Changes |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |pages=34}}</ref> In April 2018, the West Virginia-based Ogden Newspapers, which owned the ''Provo Daily Herald,'' purchased the ''Standard-Examiner''.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 23, 2018 |title=Owner of Provo Daily Herald buys Ogden Standard-Examiner |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/owner-of-provo-daily-herald-buys-ogden-standard-examiner/ |access-date=24 April 2018 |work=The Seattle Times |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> Following the sale 29 staffers were laid off.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-11 |title=Standard-Examiner newspaper lets go of 29 staffers |url=https://apnews.com/general-news-50c3d66bb3b0458a9b3413035956a1dd |access-date=2025-12-21 |website=Associated Press |language=en}}</ref>
==Top of Utah== The ''Top of Utah'' is used to refer to the northern section of Utah, including the Davis, Weber, Box Elder, Morgan, Cache, and Rich counties."<ref name="Top of Utah.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.topofutah.com/contact.php|title=Top of Utah.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jobs.utah.gov/edo/press/2001/080301.asp|title=jobs.utah.gov - file not found|website=jobs.utah.gov}}</ref> This term was coined by ''Standard-Examiner'' publisher Scott Trundle in the mid-1990s<ref name="Top of Utah.com"/> and used in a December 31, 2000, ''Ogden Standard-Examiner'' editorial as "the six-county Top of Utah region."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6448101_ITM|title=Apps - Access My Library - Gale|website=www.accessmylibrary.com}}</ref>
==Online archive== The Marriott Library at the University of Utah has digitized early editions of the predecessor versions of the ''Standard-Examiner'', including the ''Ogden Junction'', the ''Ogden Herald'', and the ''Ogden Standard''.
==See also== * List of newspapers in Utah
==References== {{reflist|22em}}
==Further reading== * (1994) [https://web.archive.org/web/20230920143938/https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/j/JOURNALISM.shtml "Journalism in Utah"] article in the [https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/ ''Utah History Encyclopedia.''] The article was written by Sherilyn Cox Bennion and the Encyclopedia was published by the University of Utah Press. ISBN 9780874804256. Archived from [https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/j/JOURNALISM.shtml the original] on September 20, 2023 and retrieved on May 20, 2024.
==External links== {{commons category|Standard-Examiner}} * {{official website|http://www.standard.net/}} * {{cite web|url=http://digitalnewspapers.org/newspaper/?paper=Ogden+Standard|title=Digital Archives of the ''Ogden Standard-Examiner'' (Marriott Library, University of Utah)}} {{Ogden, Utah}} {{Sandusky Newspapers}}
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