The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio's only four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper, serves readers in Summit, Portage, Stark, Medina and Wayne counties. Founded in 1839 as the Summit Beacon, the newspaper took its current name when the Summit Beacon merged with the Akron Journal in 1897. 

Today's Beacon Journal delivers daily news and information in print, online at Ohio.com.The largest newspaper of Canada-based Black Press Ltd., the Akron Beacon Journal operates under Sound Publishing Holdings Inc., the parent company's Washington-based U.S. subsidiary. 

From 1903 to 1974, the Akron Beacon Journal was owned by Knight Newspapers, a family-owned journalistic dynasty that spanned six decades, three wars and 10 presidents. Knight Newspapers merged with Ridder Publications in 1974 to become Knight Ridder, a publicly traded corporation. The Knight Ridder era ended in 2006 with the sale of the corporation to McClatchy Co., which subsequently sold the Akron Beacon Journal to Black Press Ltd.

On Aug. 7, 2006, Edward R. Moss became the ninth publisher of the Akron Beacon Journal. The newspaper executive had been vice president of sales and marketing at Media General and publisher at newspapers in Pennsylvania, Louisiana, California and Michigan. He was appointed by David Black, president of Black Press Ltd. of Canada, a privately held company that owns and operates 115 newspapers in western Canada and the states of Washington, Hawaii and Ohio.