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The Detroit News

major newspaper of the Detroit, Michigan area
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Summary

The Detroit News is a newspaper[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of newspaper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (384 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Detroit News was a member of Alliance for Audited Media[3].
  • The Detroit News was a member of JournalList[4].
  • The Detroit News's instance of is recorded as newspaper[5].
  • The Detroit News's instance of is recorded as daily newspaper[6].
  • The Detroit News's instance of is recorded as website[7].
  • The Detroit News was published by Evening News Association[8].
  • The Detroit News is owned by Digital First Media[9].
  • The Detroit News's Commons category is recorded as The Detroit News[10].
  • The Detroit News's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • The Detroit News's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • 1873 marks the founding of The Detroit News[13].
  • The Detroit News's official website is recorded as http://www.detnews.com/[14].
  • The Detroit News's official website is recorded as https://detroitnews.com/[15].
  • The Detroit News's official website is recorded as http://detroitnews.com[16].
  • The Detroit News's official website is recorded as http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqd&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft_dat=xri:pqd:PMID=7562[17].
  • The Detroit News's official website is recorded as http://detnews.com/[18].
  • The Detroit News's official website is recorded as https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.sgp/npe.sn95070373[19].
  • The Detroit News's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Detroit News[20].
  • The Detroit News's described by source is recorded as The Expanding News Desert[21].
  • The Detroit News's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Detroit News'}[22].
  • The Detroit News's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Detroit news'}[23].
  • The Detroit News's newspaper format is recorded as broadsheet[24].
  • The Detroit News's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+304130'}[25].
  • The Detroit News's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+313232'}[26].
  • The Detroit News's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+331574'}[27].

Body

Founding

1873 marks the founding of The Detroit News[13].

Ownership

The Detroit News is owned by Digital First Media[9].

Why It Matters

The Detroit News ranks in the top 2% of newspaper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (384 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

daily newspaper newspaper United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . auditedmedia.com. auditedmedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . auditedmedia.com. auditedmedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . journallist.net. journallist.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . auditedmedia.com. auditedmedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Muck Rack. Retrieved . muckrack.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . usnewsdeserts.com. Retrieved . usnewsdeserts.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · ArthurPSmith · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'hi', 'it', 'no', 'simple', 'tr', 'uk']
    Ror id → 02nzzs580
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58016|batch #58016]]"
  2. 9w ago · WebRunner95 · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → Alliance for Audited Media, JournalList
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Member of: JournalList, Update outlet to include JournalList trust.txt membership ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/f33f35fe0de|details]])"
  3. 10w ago · WebRunner95 · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → newspaper, daily newspaper, website
    Member of → Alliance for Audited Media, JournalList
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||3 */ Update outlet to include Alliance for Audited Media membership ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/ff47105dd56|details]])"
  4. 11w ago · Animalparty · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publisher → Evening News Association
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Publisher: Evening News Association"
  5. 20w ago · Nashona · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Newspaper format → broadsheet
    Official website → http://www.detnews.com/, https://detroitnews.com/, http://detroitnews.com +3
    Topic's main category → Category:The Detroit News
    Inception → +1873-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ George eastman museum people id: 89660, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/165304638|Detroit News (#165304638)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4824|George E"
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