Editing Joseph Medill (section)

==Publishing career==
{{cn span|In 1859 Medill purchased the ''Coshocton Democratic Whig'' then renamed the paper as the ''Democratic Whig.'' In 1853, Medill and [[Edwin Cowles]] started the ''Leader'', a newspaper in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]]. (It was later absorbed by ''[[The Plain Dealer]].'') In 1854, the ''Tribune''{{`}}s part-owner, Captain J. D. Webster, asked Medill to become the paper's managing editor. Medill was further encouraged to come to [[Chicago]] by Dr. Charles H. Ray of [[Galena, Illinois]], and editor [[Horace Greeley]] of the ''[[New York Tribune]]''.|date=October 2024}}

In 1855, Medill sold his interest in the ''Leader'' to Cowles and bought the ''Tribune'' in partnership with Dr. Ray and [[Alfred Cowles, Sr.|Alfred Cowles]] (Edwin's brother).<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Rushton |first=Wyatt |title=Joseph Medill and the Chicago Tribune |access-date=2007-10-24 |publisher=University of Wisconsin-Madison |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gcc7AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA7-IA2 |year=1916}}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=1895 |encyclopedia=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States |publisher=James T. White & Company |url=https://archive.org/details/nationalcyclopa01whitgoog/page/n255 |access-date=2007-10-24 |last=White |first=James Terry |page=224}}</ref>

{{cn span|Under Medill's management, the ''Tribune'' flourished, becoming one of the largest newspapers in Chicago. Medill served as its managing editor until 1864, when [[Horace White (writer)|Horace White]] became editor-in-chief. At that time Medill left day-to-day operations of the ''Tribune'' for political activities.|date=October 2024}}

{{cn span|But White clashed with Medill over the [[1876 United States presidential election|presidential election of 1872]]. So, in 1873 Medill bought additional equity from Cowles and from White, becoming majority owner. In 1874, he replaced White as editor-in-chief. Medill served as editor-in-chief until his death.|date=October 2024}}