| Company Name: |
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
| Headquarters: |
Memphis TN |
| Industry: |
Printing & Publishing |
| Sector: |
Services |
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In 1841, when Memphis was only 20 years old, Col. Henry Van Pelt produced the first edition of The Appeal in the wooden shack where he lived. Printing it weekly on single sheets of paper, Van Pelt began an institution that 150 years later is the major voice of the Mid-South. It was also the only medium delivered every day during 1994's crippling ice storm. "Old Reliable" is still going strong. The paper is credited with initiating prison system reform, child-abuse legislation and riverfront restoration.
