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The Des Moines Register is the daily morning newspaper of Des Moines, Iowa, in the United States. A separate edition of the Register is sold throughout much of Iowa. As of March 31, 2005, the Register has a circulation of 150,907 for the daily edition and 239,367 for the Sunday edition. [1]

History

The first newspaper in Des Moines, the Iowa Star, was founded in 1849. In 1855 the Iowa Citizen began publication; it was renamed the Iowa State Register in 1860. In 1902 the Register merged with the Des Moines Leader, a descendant of the Star, to become the Des Moines Register and Leader. Sidewalks: The Entertainment Project - Registration Agreement Terms By clicking
Register below you agree to be bound by these conditions. In 1903, Des Moines banker Gardner Cowles purchased the Register and Leader; the name became the Des Moines Register in 1915. (Cowles also acquired the Des Moines Tribune in 1908. The Tribune, which merged with the rival Des Moines News in 1924 and the Des Moines Capital in 1927, served as the evening paper for the Des Moines area until it ended publication on September 25, 1982. )

Under the ownership of the Cowles family, the Register became Iowa's largest and most influential newspaper, eventually adopting the slogan "The Newspaper Iowa Depends Upon. " Newspapers were distributed to all four corners of the state by train and later by truck as Iowa's highway system was improving.