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[[Image:PostcardHartfordCourant1898to1901.jpg|thumb|left|Courant building on State Street (about 1900)]]
According to the Library of Congress' database of U.S. newspapers, the origins of the ''Hartford Courant'' intertwines with the publication of the weekly ''Connecticut Courant''.<ref>See ''[https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84023856/ Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries]''.</ref> Founded by Thomas Green, the ''Connecticut Courant'' was first published on October 29, 1764.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://connecticuthistory.org/the-oldest-continuously-published-newspaper-today-in-history/ |title=The Oldest Continuously Published Newspaper – Today in History |website=ConnecticutHistory.org |access-date=2014-01-15}}. See also {{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-6212003.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610235722/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-6212003.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 10, 2014 |title=Spiked: how chain management corrupted America's oldest newspaper |periodical=[[The Nation]] |first=Bruce |last=Shapiro |author-link=Bruce Shapiro |date=December 19, 1987 |access-date=January 15, 2014}}. Moreover, {{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8193695.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610234217/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8193695.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 10, 2014 |title=First Colonial Newspaper Now on Exhibit in Boston |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |publisher=Affiliated Publications |first=Gloria |last=Negri |date=September 26, 1990 |access-date=January 15, 2014}}</ref> In the years following 1774, the title of the paper would be changed to ''The Connecticut Courant and Hartford Weekly Intelligencer'', later simplified to ''The Connecticut Courant, and the Weekly Intelligencer'' (1778 to 1791), then reverted to the original form ''The Connecticut Courant'' from 1791 to 1914, when the publication ceased.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82016133/.
In 1837, John L. Boswell, who had become the printer proprietor of ''The Connecticut Courant'' the previous year (until 1849), started also the publication of ''The Daily Courant''.<ref>See the online [https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82006814/ Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries] of Library of the Congress. See also "[https://www.courant.com/2014/10/18/chapter-three-a-nation-torn-apart/ Chapter Three: A Nation Torn Apart]", ''Hartford Courant'', October 18, 2014. </ref> In 1840, the title would be changed to ''The Hartford Daily Courant'', to finally become ''The Hartford Courant'' in 1887. Based on the notion that the daily publication was an offshoot of the weekly ''Connecticut Courant'', the newspaper board adopted in 2018 the motto "Older than the nation" as its slogan.<ref>{{cite web |title=THC History |url=http://www.courant.com/about/thc-history,0,4107859.html |website=courant.com}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=no}}</ref>
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Tribune Company brought frequent changes in the Courant's top leadership. On November 18, 2013, Tribune appointed Nancy Meyer as publisher, succeeding Rich Graziano who left to become president and general manager of WPIX-TV (PIX11) in New York City.
In 2014, the ''Courant'' purchased the ''[[ReminderNews]]'' chain of weekly newspapers.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 26, 2014 |title=Hartford (CT) Courant to Acquire ReminderNews Publications – Editor & Publisher |url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/hartford-ct-courant-to-acquire-remindernews-publications/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105193222/https://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/hartford-ct-courant-to-acquire-remindernews-publications/ |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |access-date=9 December 2017 |website=[[Editor & Publisher]]}}</ref>The ''Reminder'' name remained on the mastheads of all editions until November 2015, when the papers were redesigned and renamed ''Courant Community''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |
On October 10, 2014, Tribune Company announced the appointment of Rick Daniels as publisher of the Courant, succeeding Nancy Meyer, who was promoted to publisher and CEO of the Orlando Sentinel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.courant.com/business/hc-new-courant-publisher-rick-daniels-nancy-meyer-20141010-story.html|title=Rick Daniels Named Courant Publisher; Nancy Meyer Leaving For Florida Media Group|first=KENNETH R.|last=GOSSELIN|website=Hartford Courant|publisher=Tribune Publishing|access-date=December 9, 2017}}</ref>
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Andrew Julien was named the combined publisher and editor in March 2016, replacing Tom Wiley, who departed after two months.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gosselin |first1=Ken |title=Julien Named Courant Publisher And Editor-in-Chief In Tribune Shake-Up |url=http://www.courant.com/business/hc-tribune-courant-20160302-story.html |access-date=20 September 2018 |agency=The Hartford Courant |date=March 2, 2016}}</ref>
In 2018, the Hartford Courant joined more than 300 newspapers in releasing editorials in response to President's Trump's anti-media rhetoric, a show of solidarity initiated by [[The Boston Globe]]. "The Hartford Courant joins newspapers from around the country today to reaffirm that the press is not the enemy of the American people.''"'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.courant.com/opinion/editorials/hc-ed-enemy-of-the-american-people-20180810-story.html|title=Editorial: The President Wants You To Think We're The Enemy. Here's What We Really Do|date=16 August 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/16/media/free-press-trump-editorials/index.html|title='We are not the enemy': 16 must-read editorials that capture the spirit of a free press|date=16 August 2018}}</ref>
In October 2020, the ''Courant'' announced that it would be discontinuing printing the paper in Hartford and outsourcing future printing to the ''[[Springfield Republican]]'' in Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite news |author=Kenneth R. Gosselin |title=Hartford Courant will outsource printing of newspaper |url=https://www.courant.com/business/hc-biz-courant-outsource-printing-20201019-n4ckr2bcyrev3blpig5xbsst3u-story.html |work=Hartford Courant |date=October 19, 2020 |access-date=2020-10-19 }}</ref>
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Journalist Denis Edward Horgan suggest that the title could derive from Dutch ''krant''.<ref>
''Flotsam: A Life in Debris'' (Higganum, Conn.: Higganum Hill Books, 2007), 62.</ref> The word, alternatively spelled ''courante'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/krant
== Current news and editorial board ==
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Lisa Chedekel and Matthew Kauffman of the Hartford Courant were 2007 Pulitzer Prize Finalists in Investigative Reporting for their in-depth reporting on suicide rates among American soldiers in Iraq which led to congressional and military action addressing the issues raised in the series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/lisa-chedekel-and-matthew-kauffman|title=Finalist: Lisa Chedekel and Matthew Kauffman of Hartford Courant}}</ref>
The Hartford Courant Staff was a 2013 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for its comprehensive and compassionate coverage of the [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/newtown-sandy-hook-school-shooting/hc-gunman-kills-26-at-sandy-hook-school-in-newtown-20130107-story.html|title=Gunman Kills 26 At Sandy Hook School In Newtown|date=14 December 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/staff-177|title=2013 Finalist: Staff of The Hartford Courant}}</ref> The paper was given exclusive access originally to the investigative files collected by the FBI on the shooter's life, growing up.
==Politics==
The paper endorsed [[George W. Bush]] in both the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 Presidential election]] and the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 Presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=READERS ARE AGHAST AT COURANT'S ENDORSEMENT OF BUSH |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2000-10-31-0010312071-story.html |website=courant.com |date=31 October 2000 |publisher=Hartford Courant |access-date=13 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2004 Courant Bush Endorsement |url=https://www.courant.com/opinion/editorials/hc-2004bushendorse-1024-story.html |website=courant.com |date=24 October 2004 |publisher=Hartford Courant |access-date=13 August 2022}}</ref>
In the 2012 Presidential Election, the ''Courant'' endorsed [[Barack Obama|President Barack Obama]] for a second term over Republican [[Mitt Romney]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Obama Deserves A Second Term |url=https://www.courant.com/opinion/editorials/hc-xpm-2012-10-26-hc-ed-obama-endorsement-1028-20121026-story.html |website=courant.com |date=26 October 2012 |publisher=The Hartford Courant |access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>
The ''Courant'' weighed in on the contentious and antagonistic 2016 Presidential Election, endorsing Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]] over Republican candidate [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.courant.com/opinion/editorials/hc-ed-courant-endorses-hillary-clinton-20161006-story.html|title=ICYMI Editorial: The Courant Endorses Hillary Clinton|date=5 November 2016 }}</ref>
In August 2018 the ''Courant'' endorsed [[Ned Lamont]] in the Democratic primary as the only "credible" choice compared to rival [[Joe Ganim]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.courant.com/opinion/editorials/hc-ed-courant-endorses-lamont-of-2010-story.html|title=Editorial: Our Nod For Democratic Nominee Goes To (The Old) Ned Lamont|date=5 August 2018 }}</ref> The ''Courant'' went on to endorse independent candidate [[Oz Griebel]] in the general election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/opinion/editorials/hc-ed-courant-endorses-oz-griebel-for-governor-20181022-story.html|title=Editorial: The Courant Endorses Oz Griebel For Governor|date=28 October 2018 }}</ref>
For the 2020 Presidential Election, The ''Courant'' weighed in, endorsing Democrat [[Joe Biden]] over Republican candidate [[Donald Trump]]. The Courant took a stronger stance in its 2020 endorsement against Trump than it did in 2016, arguing that a vote for Trump was a vote for racism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/opinion/editorials/hc-ed-presidential-endorsement-2020-20201018-rqapfry7zvejdesonlcwzpwu7a-story.html|title=Courant Presidential Endorsement: You probably think you can vote for Donald Trump but not support racism; here's why you're wrong|date=18 October 2020 }}</ref>
==Controversies==
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Gombossy's lawsuit against the ''Courant'' was thrown out by a [[Connecticut Superior Court]] judge in July 2010. In his decision, Judge Marshall K. Berger, Jr. remarked that newspaper owners and editors have a "paramount" right to "control [the] content of their papers," further observing that in his role at the ''Courant'', Gombossy had "no constitutional right to publish anything."<ref>[http://articles.courant.com/2010-07-02/news/hc-gombossy-lawsuit-0702-20100701_1_dismisses-judge-george-gombossy Judge Dismisses Former Columnist's Lawsuit Against The ''Courant''], The Hartford Courant, retrieved July 6, 2010.</ref>
However, Gombossy's attorneys filed a second complaint, and Judge Berger reinstated the complaint. The case headed to trial in the fall of 2011. "In late 2011 the suit was resolved," according to Gombossy's CTWatchdog website.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ctwatchdog.com/about-2
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