The Philadelphia Inquirer

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American newspaper daily newspaper newspaper

The Philadelphia Inquirer is a major American daily newspaper based in Philadelphia, known for its extensive regional coverage and award-winning investigative journalism.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
The Philadelphia Inquirer canonical	14
Philadelphia Inquirer	3
The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC	2
The Pennsylvania Inquirer	1
ownership stake in The Philadelphia Inquirer	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4493989 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Context triple: [Triangle Publications, ownedPublication, The Philadelphia Inquirer]

A. The Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Sun is a major daily newspaper based in Baltimore, Maryland, known for its coverage of local, regional, and national news.
B. Pittsburgh Dispatch
The Pittsburgh Dispatch was a prominent 19th-century Pittsburgh newspaper known for its influential reporting and for employing pioneering investigative journalist Nellie Bly early in her career.
C. The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is a major American daily newspaper based in Boston, renowned for its in-depth local and national reporting, including extensive coverage of the Boston Red Sox and New England sports.
D. The Boston Herald
The Boston Herald is a long-running Boston-based daily newspaper known for its coverage of local news, politics, and sports.
E. The Washington Times-Herald
The Washington Times-Herald was a Washington, D.C. daily newspaper known for its conservative editorial stance and coverage of national politics before its eventual merger into The Washington Post.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Target entity description: The Philadelphia Inquirer is a major American daily newspaper based in Philadelphia, known for its extensive regional coverage and award-winning investigative journalism.

A. The Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Sun is a major daily newspaper based in Baltimore, Maryland, known for its coverage of local, regional, and national news.
B. Pittsburgh Dispatch
The Pittsburgh Dispatch was a prominent 19th-century Pittsburgh newspaper known for its influential reporting and for employing pioneering investigative journalist Nellie Bly early in her career.
C. The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is a major American daily newspaper based in Boston, renowned for its in-depth local and national reporting, including extensive coverage of the Boston Red Sox and New England sports.
D. The Boston Herald
The Boston Herald is a long-running Boston-based daily newspaper known for its coverage of local news, politics, and sports.
E. The Washington Times-Herald
The Washington Times-Herald was a Washington, D.C. daily newspaper known for its conservative editorial stance and coverage of national politics before its eventual merger into The Washington Post.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American newspaper ⓘ daily newspaper ⓘ newspaper ⓘ
awards	Pulitzer Prize ⓘ
city	Philadelphia ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
coverageFocus	international news ⓘ investigative journalism ⓘ national news ⓘ regional news ⓘ
distributionArea	Delaware Valley ⓘ Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
format	broadsheet ⓘ
founded	1829 ⓘ
founder	John Norvell ⓘ John R. Walker ⓘ
hasEdition	digital edition ⓘ print edition ⓘ
hasSisterPublication	Philadelphia Daily News ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ linked to: Philadelphia
ISSN	0885-6613 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	online ⓘ print ⓘ
notableFor	investigative reporting ⓘ regional coverage of Philadelphia and surrounding areas ⓘ
OCLC	22600970 ⓘ
originalName	The Pennsylvania Inquirer ⓘ linked to: The Philadelphia Inquirer
owner	The Lenfest Institute for Journalism ⓘ The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC ⓘ linked to: The Philadelphia Inquirer
ownershipModel	public-benefit ownership via Lenfest Institute ⓘ
politicalAlignment	generally liberal editorial stance ⓘ
publisher	The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC ⓘ linked to: The Philadelphia Inquirer
publisherType	nonprofit-owned newspaper ⓘ
regionServed	Delaware ⓘ New Jersey ⓘ linked to: New Jersey, United States Pennsylvania ⓘ
state	Pennsylvania ⓘ
subjectArea	arts and culture ⓘ business ⓘ crime and justice ⓘ education ⓘ local government ⓘ politics ⓘ sports ⓘ
subjectOf	media studies on local journalism ⓘ
website	https://www.inquirer.com ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Triangle Publications → ownedPublication → The Philadelphia Inquirer ⓘ

Triangle Publications → parentCompanyOf → The Philadelphia Inquirer ⓘ

Cyrus H. K. Curtis → publisherOf → The Philadelphia Inquirer ⓘ

Liberty Medal → formerPresenter → The Philadelphia Inquirer ⓘ

John Sloan → employer → The Philadelphia Inquirer ⓘ

David Aldridge → employer → The Philadelphia Inquirer ⓘ

Mark Bowden → employer → The Philadelphia Inquirer ⓘ

Buzz Bissinger → employer → The Philadelphia Inquirer ⓘ

Moses Annenberg → notableWork → The Philadelphia Inquirer ⓘ

subject linked to: Annenberg family

Triangle Publications → published → The Philadelphia Inquirer ⓘ

subject linked to: Annenberg family

The Philadelphia Inquirer → originalName → The Pennsylvania Inquirer ⓘ