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The Morning Call is part of Tribune Publishing, with sister newspapers the , , , , , , , , and .The company s publishing history goes back to 1883 when The Critic, an Allentown newspaper, was founded. The editor, owner and chief reporter of the Critic was Samuel S. Woolever.In what would become a family dynasty that would oversee the company for four decades, in 1894 Muhlenberg College senior David A. Miller went to work for the Critic as its sole reporter. Its owners were Charles Weiser, editor, and Kirt W. DeBelle, business manager.A reader contest was involved in the naming of the newspaper when, in late 1894, the company said that a school boy or girl in Lehigh County would receive $5 in gold if he or she could guess the publication's new name. The identity of the lucky winner is <a href=http://www.radiorcs.com/page.php?sale=Kate-Spade-Green-Wallet>Kate Spade Outlet Online</a> lost to history, but on Jan. 1, 1895, Allentown City Treasurer A.L. Reichenbach, who had supervised the contest, read out the new name: The Morning Call. That same year, David A. Miller and his brother Samuel Miller were able to purchase their first shares of The Morning Call. It was the start of a series of stock buyouts that would leave the newspaper entirely in the hands of the Miller brothers by 1904. In that nine-year period, the Miller brothers worked to gather subscribers. In one case, David A. Miller even attended a corn husking party and had every family there signed up by the time he left. By 1920, World War I and the work of the Millers had raised circulation to 20,000. A series of newspaper mergers that year, funded by Gen. Harry Clay Trexler, led to the Millers' sale of The Morning Call to the Trexler interests. <a href=http://www.alportico.net/page.php?sale=True-Religion-For-Kids-On-Sale>True Religion For Kids On Sale</a> It was only after Trexler's death in 1933, and at the urging of David A. Miller's sons, Donald P. and Samuel W., that David A. Miller returned to the newspaper in 1934. In 1935 The Morning Call acquired the sole remaining Allentown newspaper, The Chronicle and News, and renamed it the Evening Chronicle. In 1938 the Sunday Call-Chronicle was first published. In 1951, David A. Miller assumed the official title of president of the Call-Chronicle newspapers. He would keep that post until his death in 1958 at the age of 88. That September his sons, Donald and Samuel, were named publishers. After Samuel's death in 1967, Donald P. Miller continued to run the newspaper. He did so with his son, Edward D. Miller, until the late 1970s when Edward became executive editor and publisher. The Evening Chronicle went to press for the last time in 1980. In 1981 Edward D. Miller left the newspaper, and Donald P. Miller returned as chairman. The publisher and chief executive officer was Bernard C. Stinner. They retained control of the newspaper until 1984, when it was sold to The Times Mirror Company, joining the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, The Baltimore Sun, the Hartford Courant and Southern Connecticut Newspapers Inc., publishers of the Stamford Advocate and Greenwich Times. Gary K. Shorts was publisher and chief executive officer from 1987 until succeeded by Guy Gilmore in 2000. Susan Hunt was named publisher in June 2001. In September 1996, The Morning Call launched its website.In 2000, Times Mirror was acquired by the Tribune Company, merging 11 newspapers, 22 television stations, four radio stations, a cable TV company, and Tribune Interactive.In February 2006, Timothy R. Kennedy was named publisher.In 2010, , the publisher and CEO of The Baltimore Sun Media Group, also became The Morning Call s publisher and CEO.The Morning Call s editor and vice president is and the vice president of advertising is .In August 2014, The Morning Call became part of as Tribune Co. created a separate company for its publishing businesses. The Morning Call is dedicated to providing the most comprehensive and essential news coverage in the Lehigh Valley. It is highly committed to watchdog journalism and has been a five-time recipient since 2002 of the G. <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Michael-Kors-Flip-Flops>Michael Kors Flip Flops</a> Richard Dew Award for Journalistic Service in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania News Media Association s highest journalistic award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to community or state. Several of the works prompted statewide reforms. Copyright 2014,
